My nephew (82nd, Gulf War I vet) said the same thing about the USAF except they kept making him jump out before the plane landed. ;)
Yep. Out two in the Army have said that too. If you ask them why they jump out of a perfectly good airplane, they answer "there is no perfectly good airplane".
108 posted on 09/02/2007 2:35:50 PM PDT by armymarinemom
(My sons freed Iraqi and Afghan Honor Roll students.)