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Paratrooper takes fish on parachute jump
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Posted on 04/17/2015 6:38:41 AM PDT by Gamecock
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To: Gamecock
"For doing this Robinson had to write a 1,000 word paper on the importance of safety when conducting Airborne ops."This is the kind of "punishment" they mete out these days?
When did the meanest fighting force on earth turn into middle school?
To: Gamecock
So long and thanks for all the fish!
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posted on
04/17/2015 7:34:20 AM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: Vigilanteman
Two days before another Corporal and I got out of the Marine Corps in 1968, we took an evening run around a rural area of Camp Pendleton.....he being a country boy, when we ran across a skunk he clubbed it to death and carried it into the barracks and dropped it on the floor of the "Sergeants Quarters".
When they protested and barked at him, he just said, "What the f*ck are you gonna do?....send me to Nam?"
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posted on
04/17/2015 7:36:11 AM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(It ain't a "hashtag"....it's a damn pound sign. ###)
To: airborne
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posted on
04/17/2015 7:48:14 AM PDT
by
Gamecock
(Why do bad things happen to good people? That only happened once, and He volunteered. R.C. Sproul)
To: Yo-Yo
GMTA?Indubitably, Watson. Indubitably.
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posted on
04/17/2015 7:50:34 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Those too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.)
To: Gamecock
I thought it was going to be a fish you had to strap to your chest or something.
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posted on
04/17/2015 8:09:29 AM PDT
by
PLMerite
("The issue is never the issue. The issue is the Revolution.")
To: Lazamataz
Never take a fish above 5000 feet in altitude. EVERYONE knows that. Most likely this was a low level route and the aircraft never came close to 5000 feet. I flew on hundreds of these missions as a C-130 loadmaster. Even though this was a C-17 jump, the cabin altitude would never have been above 5000 feet.
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posted on
04/17/2015 8:09:42 AM PDT
by
AlaskaErik
(I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
To: Squantos
Don’t worry, looooooong since retired. I started on rounds with capewells, I’m THAT old.
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posted on
04/17/2015 8:10:35 AM PDT
by
gorush
(History repeats itself because human nature is static)
To: Gamecock
I was a C-130 loadmaster and if I knew someone had a fish in a water bottle it would have made no difference to me. That's hardly a safety issue.
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posted on
04/17/2015 8:11:30 AM PDT
by
AlaskaErik
(I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
To: Lazamataz
If the bottle was sealed - no problem. The guy’s not going to jump from 30,000 feet. Look what he’s wearing.
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posted on
04/17/2015 8:15:00 AM PDT
by
ladyjane
To: Gamecock
I managed to do a helicopter jump after drinking tequila all day one time, and another time I got away with something worse.
Jumping drunk is not recommended, nothing went wrong, but it was amazing the deep realization of being hindered the second you exit. Being drunk on the ground is totally different than being drunk in such a short window of time, with so much stimuli going on, and in the air, where the stakes are so high.
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posted on
04/17/2015 8:21:32 AM PDT
by
ansel12
To: ladyjane
If he did a 50000 ft jump with a sharkpirahna, that would be impressive.
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posted on
04/17/2015 8:22:34 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(The FCC takeover of the internet will quickly become a means to censorship of dissent.)
To: Gamecock
Good for Willie...a once in a lifetime opportunity for a fish.
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posted on
04/17/2015 8:40:34 AM PDT
by
exPBRrat
To: Wyrd bið ful aræd
Really!
We need more NCOs to read FM 22-102, titled Wall-To-Wall Counseling
An excerpt:
Minor Offenses: Simple infractions can be dealt with quickly by a simple @$$-beating. Soldiers appreciate this, as it saves them the hassle of having to visit the commander for UCMJ action.
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posted on
04/17/2015 8:52:41 AM PDT
by
Gamecock
(Why do bad things happen to good people? That only happened once, and He volunteered. R.C. Sproul)
To: Gamecock
So if somebody jumps with just a plain waterbottle or canteen that is a “safety hazard”?
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posted on
04/17/2015 10:13:56 AM PDT
by
Rockpile
To: Rockpile
Part of the issue, as reported by Amry Times, was the taking of a selfie during the jump.
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posted on
04/17/2015 10:19:28 AM PDT
by
Gamecock
(Why do bad things happen to good people? That only happened once, and He volunteered. R.C. Sproul)
To: Gamecock
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posted on
04/17/2015 10:22:24 AM PDT
by
infool7
(The ugly truth is just a big lie.)
To: Gamecock
That meme could end up with a life of its own!
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posted on
04/17/2015 10:25:23 AM PDT
by
CodeToad
(Islam should be outlawed and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
To: Wyrd bið ful aræd
Sorry...the guy didn’t deserve ANY punishment in my book. If I were his sergeant, I’d just shake my head, chuckle, and tell him “Don’t do it again. Dismissed.”
This was NOT a deadly-serious infraction of the rules.
Now...if he took a selfie of his downing a bottle of Jim Beam while under canopy....
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posted on
04/17/2015 10:28:59 AM PDT
by
hoagy62
("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered..."-Thomas Paine. 1776)
To: Gamecock
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posted on
04/17/2015 10:30:19 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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