Jump wings?

[Grant]

Interesting photo. I've seen Marine NA's and NFO's with basic parachutist wings, but never Naval personnel.

 

[TrunkMonkey]

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[HeyJoe]

These bad boys? If you rate them, you will wear them.

Check your links, they're busted

 

[Fred]

http://s233.photobucket.com/albums/ee26/coolandgroovie/?action=view&current=XOPicture.jpg

 

[Tex_Hill]

Back when I asked, they said it was to dangerous and they didn't want to risk me getting injured. And I had about 300 civilian skydives at the time.

A mass exit from a C-130 & a civilian skydive are two totally different animals. The only things they have in common are the fact that you're jumping from an airplane & using a parachute.

 

[A4sForever]

Just out of curiousity.......

There's another thread on this ... and in any case, you've never seen me or my other jump-qualified shipmates in uniform, have you ???

 

[WVUBetaHornet]

There's another thread on this ... and in any case, you've never seen me or my other jump-qualified shipmates in uniform, have you ???

A4s??...before the bold font and ellipses seeped into his blood..
All smiles.

 

[insanebikerboy]

So between 2 warfare qualified LTs, they have 1 ribbon total?

Those look like wash khaki's to me, so I thought you didn't have to wear ribbons with those?

 

[A4sForever]

Those look like wash khaki's to me, so I thought you didn't have to wear ribbons with those?

I don't know who the fellow is --- he might be the greatest guy in the world ... BUT ... only the fool-est of the fools wore ribbons on working khakis @ sea.

Even the black shoes eschewed them in the "clean" wardroom ...

 

[Afterburner76]

Back while we were waiting for API (as "stash ensigns"), we asked for a little help from our ol' CO back at ROTC. He sent this letter requesting jump school for us (myself and another stud). Needless to say, the Navy stamped a big fat REJECTED on it saying that because we weren't from the Academy, we don't get funding for jump school. We responded that we'd pay out of pocket along w/ no-cost orders if they could swing it. Again, denied.

 

[eddie]

^^^

From the .doc

What is the "Special Operations flight pipeline???"

 

[A4sForever]

Back while we were waiting for API .....requesting jump school .... REJECTED .... Again, denied.

Amazing, especially when you consider that it was not at all uncommon to "fill-in" the 3 weeks prior to or immediately following a summer cruise (8 weeks in itself) for Jump School @ Benning .... during the Vietnam war .... when they -- the Army -- were going pedal to the metal, full speed ahead -- just to keep up with Army requirements and the other service's basic jump qualification needs ...

And who says we're not more efficient today .... ???

 

[Lovebug201]

All 5 of the Marine options @ my unit went just prior to bulldog cruise

Summer of 66 - was that a movie or somthing?

 

[A4sForever]

....Summer of 66 - was that a movie or somthing?

"Summer of '42" .... one filmatically-gifted individual in one of my squadrons made a move of the '72 cruise -- appropriately titled "Summer of '72" --- Grumman liked it so much they bought it as a PR addition to their stable of visual aids used when promoting their products.

It was professionally done the "hard way" in the pre-digital age, and it was outstanding. Music overlays, radio transmissions, launch, an Alpha Strike, SAM's, an A-7 shootdown, recovery, the whole 9 yards, etc. I don't know how to get a copy today.

The author & cinematographer (left foreground, kneeling), died a few years ago ....

 

[VetteMuscle427]

A mass exit from a C-130 & a civilian skydive are two totally different animals. The only things they have in common are the fact that you're jumping from an airplane & using a parachute.

I wasn't trying to go to basic airborne <yawn>... I wanted the freefall school... and they train pretty closely to civilian style. Their gear is all just modified civilian rigs.