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Squatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 10:22 AM
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Ten years ago today, I was in Army Airborne School
Edited on Tue Aug-09-05 10:23 AM by Squatch
A 6'3" 180 pound beanstalk cadet. Best 3 weeks of my (short) Army career. Celebrated my 22nd birthday on Fryar DZ.

Wish I could go back and do it all over again.
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 10:41 AM
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1. I was an M1A1 Abrams tanker.
Our attitude was: "Why would anybody jump out of a perfectly good airplane?"

Of course, all the guys who'd earned airborne wings thought that tanks were deathtraps. So I guess fear is a relative thing.
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Squatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 10:42 AM
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2. Problem is, there's no such thing as a "pefectly good airplane"
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 11:02 PM
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3. That's for sure.
And at least tanks don't fall out of the sky! B-)
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 11:24 PM
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7. I've seen a time or three tanks came in handy.
:)
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 11:21 PM
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4. I was driving all over the German Autobahn in my Benz


When life was good
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RPM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 11:22 PM
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5. 10 years ago today, i was running a neighborhood park
best summer of my life!
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 11:22 PM
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6. For what it's worth, the rest of the military respects the Airborne...
though we wouldn't want to be one.
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