[Marius3188]

I call BS.

Something is wrong with the article. First, 1st of the 506th, if I remember is a leg unit. The only Airborne units out of Fort Campbell are: 5th Group, Pathfinder Company, and their LRS detachment.

Also, 360 jumps is alot. It's a WHOLE lot for static line. I could understand HALO, but not static line.

Also, the guy is a Specialist. Not that many years in. Perhaps he was prior elisted with a 82nd unit or a Ranger Bat. but to have 360! jumps as a Specialist is INSANE.

Another thing, this is from the General:
Maj. Gen. Kenneth L. Farmer Jr ., commander of the North Atlantic Regional Medical Command, which includes Walter Reed, said Ramsey would soon be "jumping out of planes for a 101st Airborne celebration."
--That is totally something the 82nd Airborne would due. Not the 101st, they are Air Assault Division. They are no longer Airborne.

Perhaps the Author confused the unit the person belonged to. But I have a feeling that the article is 'made up' or parts of it is wrong due to the Authors knowledge of the US Army.

Freepers, I would advise further investigation on this piece.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

From your homepage and worthy of more exposure:

In the end, more than they wanted freedom, they wanted security. They wanted a comfortable life, and they lost it all - security, comfort and freedom. When the Athenians finally wanted not to give to society but for society to give to them, when the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free. -- Edward Gibbon (1737-1794)

[mrs tiggywinkle]

[aculeus]

Freepers, I would advise further investigation on this piece.

The bottom line: He visited Walter Reed.

[YaYa123]

Maybe the reporter used "506th" instead of the 502nd, which is one of the 101st units currently in Iraq. Civilian reporters often screw up military lingo and acronyms.

The official 101st Airborne Air Assault home page isn't online now, or we could do some checking ourselves.