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Offline Thrilla

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I get a chance at earning some wings!
on: May 12, 2005, 12:41:21 pm
I got a slot for U.S. Army Airborne School.

[sarcasm/] I leave June 8th for 3 lovely weeks at Fort Benning, Georgia.  It's going to be cake and ice cream and holding hands around the camp fire singing camp fire songs with SGT Airborne.  Yay!!!![\sarcasm]

Actually, I am pretty excited I get to go.  It is something I've wanted to do.  My biggest fear though is breaking a leg or ankle or something and getting sent home, but I'm pretty light wieght so I should be fine.
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Offline Rictor

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I get a chance at earning some wings!
Reply #1 on: May 12, 2005, 01:24:38 pm
Congrats man. You're going in for paratroopers or what?

Fort Benning....that's where they have the SOA, right?  Luck you, South America's finest killers are going to be sleeping right next door.
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Offline redmenace

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Re: I get a chance at earning some wings!
Reply #2 on: May 12, 2005, 02:34:18 pm
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Originally posted by Thrilla
[sarcasm/] I leave June 8th for 3 lovely weeks at Fort Benning, Georgia.  It's going to be cake and ice cream and holding hands around the camp fire singing camp fire songs with SGT Airborne.  Yay!!!![\sarcasm]
:lol: Bring lots of sunblock and drink lots of water. It is going to be HOT. Don't forget the mosquitos. They should be hatching right about now.

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Originally posted by Thrilla
Actually, I am pretty excited I get to go.  It is something I've wanted to do.  My biggest fear though is breaking a leg or ankle or something and getting sent home, but I'm pretty light wieght so I should be fine.
Actually a Marine Recon friend completely oblitherated his knee on a Low Altitude jump and the Marine Core Recoup his leg.
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Offline Liberator

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Re: Re: I get a chance at earning some wings!
Reply #3 on: May 12, 2005, 02:38:37 pm
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Originally posted by redmenace
:lol: Bring lots of sunblock and drink lots of water. It is going to be HOT. Don't forget the mosquitos. They should be hatching right about now.

Actually a Marine Recon friend completely oblitherated his knee on a Low Altitude jump and the Marine Core Recoup his leg.


It's going to be VERY HOT.  Twas 91 here today.
So as through a glass, and darkly
The age long strife I see
Where I fought in many guises,
Many names, but always me.

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Offline IceFire

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Re: I get a chance at earning some wings!
Reply #4 on: May 12, 2005, 03:18:13 pm
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Originally posted by Thrilla
I got a slot for U.S. Army Airborne School.

[sarcasm/] I leave June 8th for 3 lovely weeks at Fort Benning, Georgia.  It's going to be cake and ice cream and holding hands around the camp fire singing camp fire songs with SGT Airborne.  Yay!!!![\sarcasm]

Actually, I am pretty excited I get to go.  It is something I've wanted to do.  My biggest fear though is breaking a leg or ankle or something and getting sent home, but I'm pretty light wieght so I should be fine.

Flying Helos or doing parachuting?
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Offline redmenace

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Reply #5 on: May 12, 2005, 04:35:11 pm
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Originally posted by IceFire

Flying Helos or doing parachuting?

I thought the Air Calvary flew helicopters and fly cargo plains?
Government is the great fiction through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.
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Offline Nuclear1

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Reply #6 on: May 12, 2005, 04:43:10 pm
Major congrats, dude. :)  Surviving training is tough, but not impossible.

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Offline Carl

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I get a chance at earning some wings!
Reply #7 on: May 12, 2005, 05:49:29 pm
remember to complete all of the TSM's :)
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Offline Thrilla

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I get a chance at earning some wings!
Reply #8 on: May 12, 2005, 06:20:55 pm
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Flying Helos or doing parachuting?


The second one.  Flying a helicopters would be at Fort Rucker, I believe, and takes alot longer than 3 weeks.  Try about 20 months.  That and I'm not a Commission Officer nor a Warrant Officer so I couldn't do that.  :)

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Bring lots of sunblock and drink lots of water. It is going to be HOT. Don't forget the mosquitos. They should be hatching right about now.


I plan on it.  When I was at Fort Jackson last summer it was the same way.

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You're going in for paratroopers or what?


lol, no.  I'm just going there for the school.  There is a difference from being in an Airborne Unit and just going to Airborne School, but if I do get into an Airborne Unit later on then I won't have to go to the school again.  :)

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I thought the Air Calvary flew helicopters and fly cargo plains?


Air Cav use helicopters.  

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Major congrats, dude.  Surviving training is tough, but not impossible.


I know it's not impossible, and the PT requirements there aren't that hard for somebody in my physical condition.  That and this is something I've wanted to do so I know I have the will power to complete it as long as I don't break something.  I run 5 miles well under the minimum requirement of 9 minute a mile formation runs.  I normally 5 miles at about 6:30 to 7 minute mile pace anways so that shouldn't be a problem.  The only thing I don't ever max on my APFT is the push-ups and I'm only 5 short there.
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Offline redmenace

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Reply #9 on: May 12, 2005, 06:34:33 pm
I meant Air Cav Flys helicopters and the airborne fly cargo planes.
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