I, myself never made a "real" jump, but I went through Ejection Seat training at Pensacola. Good friend of my father was OIC of Survival Training at Pensacola when I first joined the Corps, and I took 3 weeks of leave so he could run me through the whole she-bang. Dilbert Dunker, Eject Seat into water training, even SEER school. I won't say it was all FUN, but boy did I have a blast
I got some funny looks from my "classmates", since they were almost all Officers, and I was a L/CPL at the time...
I am sorry for any losses you suffered. It's always tough to loose a member of one's unit, I know, but to loose them during training is always the worst. Not even an enemy to blame it on, just...bad luck (or stupidity on someone's part).
Having said that, there's a song comes to mind, thinking of loosing a paratrooper: Ohhhh Lord, what a helluva way to die...
Good luck to all! And thank you all for your service! I mean that sincerely
Pat☺
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