National Airborne Day 8-16

[bshobbs]

To my Brothers of the Silk, wishing you a blessed day. One of the best duties I had in service was being the Jumpmaster.
Jan 72 thru Jan 92

 

[TravisLH]

Put on your boots boots boots and parachutes chutes chutes


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[Papa_Smurf]

Thank you for your service.

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[CRC]

Thank you and all the Airborne for your service

 

[Eubanks01]

Was a parachute rigger for 21 years and my body feels all the jumps throughout by career.

 

[woodmoose]

thanks for the reminder BSHobbs,,

continous jump status from Dec 1980 through August 2005 when I had to stop due to deteriation of my lower back,,,,,,

call someone a leg today,,,,it will make you feel young again!!

 

[valetroutfisherman]

An awesome day of remembrance for all those that Jumped before us.
Hooah!!! AIRBORNE!!! Only had a short stint 2000-2003 jump status while working @ JSOC.
I also miss being in the DFAC and someone dropping a dish.........

 

[timekiller13]

"Airborne ranger, airborne ranger where have you been? To Air assault school and failed again!"
Jk.
Thank you to all the Airborne. Never got to jump in my tenure, worked with many, just wasn't in the cards for me.

 

[LanceR]

Hey! I'm a leg! You can pick on me all you want. I've been abused by experts.... My career was evenly split between light and mechanized infantry. 15 years in APCs and IFVs means the closest to airborne I got was being chairborne.....



Lance

 

[klim]

Thanks you for your service!!

 

[bshobbs]

NAP... non airborne personnel

I spent the first 5 years of my career in the 82nd where the indoctrination was all Airborne and if not you were a LEG. After that I went to SF and hardly ever heard the term leg.

 

[Putt]

Spent 4 years at ft Benning flying medevac. Second mission I picked you a soldier where his tib/fibs have drove thru his boot and had according his lower leg. I said then I didn't need it for my career or satisfaction. I wanted to be able to walk with ease when I'm 50. I walk with ease.. God bless the ones that have and the ones that are.

 

[woodmoose]

hat I went to SF and hardly ever heard the term leg

true,,,,

 

[Uwharrieman]

Congratulation to "all" the "airborne" vets everywhere. OK, only jumping I did was sport,
so yeah, I was a "leg."
Question, since parachute riggers were required to be airborne what happened if a rigger
was injured and had to come off jump status?

 

[Eubanks01]

Congratulation to "all" the "airborne" vets everywhere. OK, only jumping I did was sport,
so yeah, I was a "leg."
Question, since parachute riggers were required to be airborne what happened if a rigger
was injured and had to come off jump status?

He or she had to change MOS or medical out.

 

[Uwharrieman]

He or she had to change MOS or medical out.

Thanks, always wondered about that. I knew a lot of riggers, Army & USAF. My wife's late cousin was
a rigger in the Navy, and a man I knew from childhood was also a Navy rigger.

 

[Eubanks01]

Thanks, always wondered about that. I knew a lot of riggers, Army & USAF. My wife's late cousin was
a rigger in the Navy, and a man I knew from childhood was also a Navy rigger.

I was in the Army.