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Posted: 6/5/2005 7:20:57 PM EDT
Well, I broke my cherry today!
My VFW is infested (  ) with a lot of Airborne/SF-types and they got tired of hanging around so many legs, so they made us go jump. The organizer of this little event was MSG Charles Barksdale (RET), who served with the 5th & 7th Groups and MACV-SOG in Vietnam. He's also a Jumpmaster and HALO/HAHO-qualified. (He's even admitted to airborne-qualifying a monkey when he was stationed in Bad Toelz.)  Well, he's punched his ticket to heaven for making the world a better place by getting 15 "Dirty, Rotten, Sticking Legs" airborne qualified. Here's our wings...  Here's our shirts... The acronym... No Longer A Dirty, Rotten, Stinking Leg  Here's a group picture...  Here's my wife getting pinned by MSG Barksdale...  And finally here's me getting my wings...  ...ALL THE WAY! P.S. As soon as I can get the DVD's ripped I'll post them in the Team Forum. (Any suggestions for ripping software?) |
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Posted: 6/5/2005 7:59:35 PM EDT
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God bless you. You ain't a stinking leg no more.
Is that the VFW named after Casey Joyce, so it looks like? That is way cool and I bet an honor to belong to. What was the aircraft you used? "admitted to airborne-qualifying a monkey when he was stationed in Bad Toelz." That's some funny shit there. We qualified an Iguana on a weekend while dressed in trendy surf clothing.... Jumped out of a Blackhawk. The weekend Guard guys needed the stick time. Yes, we were a little drunk. SHHHH.... Best wishes to you. AIRBORNE, ALL THE WAY!!!! |
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Posted: 6/5/2005 8:04:44 PM EDT
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Yes it is and it is quite an honor. Casey Joyce All-America VFW Post# 4380
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Posted: 6/5/2005 10:02:27 PM EDT
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How did you do the first jump, static line? I'm thinking of doing it this summer sometime.
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Posted: 6/5/2005 10:54:38 PM EDT
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Heh. I'm a five-jump-chump. Scares the living bejesus out of me, and I'm never doing it again. Besides, I don't like walking at the bottom, I'll stick with my armoured vehicles...
Congrats though. NTM |
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Posted: 6/6/2005 4:21:39 AM EDT
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Tandem jump. Gotta get the roll developed and the DVD ripped so I can post them.
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Posted: 6/6/2005 11:29:49 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/6/2005 11:49:04 AM EDT
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static line airborne ops and skydiving ARE NOT THE SAME THING!
so, why not give skydiving a go? bone jaring landings are not by design, but an indicator that ya fucked something up! (a hard thing to do) www.uspa.org/ BTW, I am a D licensed USPA skydiver. |
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Posted: 6/6/2005 3:32:26 PM EDT
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It was a skydive.  (albeit a tandem)
I guess my tongue-in-cheek comments weren't so obviously tongue-in-cheek. 
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Posted: 6/6/2005 4:18:36 PM EDT
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You don't get 'em pinned unless they are blood wings. My uncle that served in the 101st when it was Airborne blood winged me when I graduated Airborne School in '81. Holy Crap it's been a long time!!
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Posted: 6/6/2005 8:56:40 PM EDT
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my comments are more directed to Manic_Moran.
I didn't mean to take anything away from your experince. good on ya for doing it!  Tandem is what I recommend to anyone thinking about skydiving.tandems = minimal training/time & money invested for the experince. |
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Posted: 6/6/2005 9:00:45 PM EDT
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Roger that! 
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Posted: 6/7/2005 8:06:09 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/7/2005 8:07:04 PM EDT
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You're still a leg!!!
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Posted: 6/7/2005 8:07:54 PM EDT
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Don't be such a hater! 
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Posted: 6/7/2005 8:22:33 PM EDT
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Give the guy a break. He's short less landings than he's got take offs. If you're a pilot, that's a bad thing. If you jump willingly from the aircraft (sometimes you want to!) and you're not a pilot, it's usually a good thing. I wished I'd had a chute rig with me on many commercial flights. I'd rather have jumped than land with the idiot, air-going bus driver who was at the controls more than a few times. I've done both military static line and sport jumping. I liked sport jumping better. |
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Posted: 6/7/2005 8:37:00 PM EDT
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Ah, he's just jerking my chain because I said "Airborne Puke".
My goal is to have 50 jumps before the end of the year.
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Posted: 6/7/2005 8:49:29 PM EDT
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I can't believe you posted that pic....
 
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Posted: 6/7/2005 9:07:20 PM EDT
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It'll have to do until I do my first solo.
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Posted: 8/29/2005 5:22:30 AM EDT
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Did my first solo jumps yesterday. Pics and vid to follow.
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Posted: 8/29/2005 5:26:01 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/29/2005 5:38:19 AM EDT
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Nice!!!!!
No you gotta try it solo., be warned Skydiving is an addiction worse the any drug!!!! FREE
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Posted: 8/29/2005 11:20:45 AM EDT
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I went on saturday but chickened out.
After watching all day though I'm still interested... I definately think I'll be going back to try it sometime.
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Posted: 8/29/2005 11:29:02 AM EDT
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Good work!
-markl32, 5 jump chump, but not a leg. BTW, not even sure if this is allowed in the civilian sector, but try a jump at night. A whole new world of terror not knowing exactly when you're going to hit the ground. |
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Posted: 8/29/2005 11:37:01 AM EDT
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Blood wings, or none at all
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Posted: 8/29/2005 12:01:39 PM EDT
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Earned my wings exactly twenty-six years ago on this date.
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Posted: 8/29/2005 12:34:02 PM EDT
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Yes, there's a night jump labor day weekend at my DZ (Skydive Dallas). |
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Posted: 8/30/2005 3:14:33 AM EDT
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One of the few instances I looked right on that dive.
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