Ad blocker detected: Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors. Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker on our website.
XCrunner wrote:Any word on if these are authorized at RIP? Thanks!
I doubt that anyone is gonna be looking inside your smelly boots......but who knows? Glad to hear that you're avoiding the whole V-Drive thing. Smart move. Jump School is really kind of a fun break from the other training, or at least I thought it was. Stay up to snuff on your PT, and stay focused. You'll be wearing some Wings pretty soon.
Good SITREP. Keep focused on your training and stay in touch here. Never, never quit!
Ranger Class 13-71
Advisor, VN 66-68 69-70
42d Vn Ranger Battalion 1969-1970
Trainer, El Salvador 86-87
Advisor, Saudi Arabian National Guard 91, 93-94
75th RRA Life Member #867
Good sitrep. Good to see that you're rocking right on, unlike some members here who are on a three week hold.
"watch out for that first step, it's a doozy"
If you get past the 34' tower, the rest is a breeze. On the 34' tower, keep those eyes on the horizon to defeat the fear-of-heights monster. That's the only time you might have to man up, and after you've done it once, your only fear is of the bruising on your crotch from the leg straps - so try to get every evolution right the first time! No opening shock is near as hard as the end of slack on that damn tower.
Jumping is no sweat. With 68-90 other almost-paratroopers on the plane, you won't have the guts to be the one chickenshit who unhooks and sits down.
The PJs have a saying that might inspire you during RIP: "They might kill you, but they can't eat you".
Enjoy your time as a private while this is still 'fun'. The responsibility that goes with stripes is tougher than the smokings you'll be subject to a few months from now.
Good sitrep, you beat the hard part, that damnable tower.
Jumping will be great, just like stepping out into a great big video screen. You won't have any sensation of height until you experience ground rush and then there's nothing you can do about it anyway!
Always remember: the fall can't hurt you, it's that sudden stop at the bottom that can suck.
Good mid-week SITREP. Do not neglect your PT. BAC will be over before you know it. Never, never quit!
Ranger Class 13-71
Advisor, VN 66-68 69-70
42d Vn Ranger Battalion 1969-1970
Trainer, El Salvador 86-87
Advisor, Saudi Arabian National Guard 91, 93-94
75th RRA Life Member #867
Too bad you missed the 250' towers, that was the most fun in jump school, other than "perfect" jumps.
Don't drink Sunday night! Discourage the guys in your stick as well - there'll be enough airsick bags going around as it is come Monday