My wife is wondering what that twinkle in my eyes mean.
SHUFFLE TO THE DOOR!!!
Did your real PLF ever look like it did in "Tower Week"? Mine neither.:-)
Not only did my PLF never look like the ones I had to do to get past Tower Week, but in my later career I was actually brought out to do my patented "Airborne Sack of Potatoes" PLF as a horrible example of "how NOT to land"!
My landing (on a GOOD day) could fairly be described as about the equivalent of a side of beef being thrown off a truck (traveling at a high rate of speed).
And I made it through Jumpmaster School, too. (Not without some minor difficulty, though- I once managed to just plain FORGET to release a PAE bag with well over 100 pounds of ammunition, radios, etc in it, prior to impacting the ground. It would have made a great America's Funniest Home Video!)
It is amazing, in retrospect, that I have only the knee and shoulder injuries I do, and never actually broke my neck parachuting. I was GREAT in the air- it was just that little landing thingy that got to me... :-)
Your wife will miss that twinkle in your eyes.
We will miss that sparkle in your wit.
G-d rest you, Marine.