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Her first jump went real well. Scary but real fun she said! Charlie company back at it tomorrow. I'm headed down there tomorrow and hope to see her last jump Wed or Thurs.  

 

Charlie Co a good omen!!!!

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I'm 6 hours away from FT Moore. Her last two jumps are today 3 pm and 9 pm. Here is a picture a parent sent me of her! They need 5 jumps for graduation 3 are complete should finish up today!

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I got to see two jumps yesterday, pretty cool. She is done and now a part of AirBorne!

Last jump was in the dark. Unfortunately there are risks on every jump. 1st jump a soldier broke his leg when anther guy got on top of his chute and accelerated his decent. Night jump two guys got tangled up don't know how bad but the ambulance was called.  

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17 hours ago, blackbeltbill said:

2 Great Videos There!

Thank you. As exciting as it was I still so so nervous. Each jump had injuries. It's always in the back of you mind. You know what was cool. As I left the hotel there were a bunch of soldiers leaving also. They were in flight uniforms. They were brought in from the Air force to maintain the planes and fly them. Interesting for sure. She is home for a week of needed vacation at Montauk then reports for Air assault the following Monday for two weeks. After that back to the books. She has been asked by the black and gold Sandhurst teams to try out. These are West Points elite teams. She has to decide between this and boxing. I think Sandhurst may win out, it will benefit her further down the line. Thanks to all of you guys for being so supportive. She has a bin under her bed that has all the cards from you. 

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5 hours ago, First-light said:

She is back at West Point for Air assault training. Two week and she will be done. Not too many Cadets did Airborne and Air assault in one summer. Very proud of her. 

I was stationed down at Camp Smith a couple years ago with the Naval Militia and they would bring in the Choppers from the Point with the Cadets ... impressive !

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Two more days of AirAssault and she will graduate. I'm reading a lot about these two weeks and some say its the toughest thing you might do in the Army mentally and physically. She did fail 1 test but got a retest and passed. Most class work is done. They repelled all day today. Weather might not be great tomorrow but Saturday looks great for repelling out of the Apache Helicopters. Sunday at 11:00 is graduation and I will be there!!! 

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On 8/3/2023 at 6:26 PM, First-light said:

Two more days of AirAssault and she will graduate. I'm reading a lot about these two weeks and some say its the toughest thing you might do in the Army mentally and physically. She did fail 1 test but got a retest and passed. Most class work is done. They repelled all day today. Weather might not be great tomorrow but Saturday looks great for repelling out of the Apache Helicopters. Sunday at 11:00 is graduation and I will be there!!! 

They were Blackhawks they repelled from not Apache. 

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