I Took Pictures This Afternoon

[Adrestia]

I miss Ft. Bragg... used to get stuff @ Ranger Joe's when I went down there...

how did I end up in Texas?

[IcePrincessKRS]

[quote name='tgoldson' post='1866904' date='May 14 2009, 02:39 AM']I miss Ft. Bragg... used to get stuff @ Ranger Joe's when I went down there...

how did I end up in Texas?[/quote]

I love going in to Ranger Joe's. They give you free drinks. I have never been into a store where the staff was more helpful than there. Granted I don't have to go in often, but it's always a pleasant venture when I do.

[IcePrincessKRS]

[quote name='CatherineM' post='1866901' date='May 14 2009, 02:37 AM']If he's going to Ranger School, he'll get to spend some time in a North Florida swamp. Tell him dog flea collars around the top of his boots will keep the ticks and chiggers out, but get the waterproof kind.[/quote]

I wonder if they'll let him bring those? I know he's got some restrictions on things he'll be able to pack--not OTC pain killers, for example.

[missionseeker]

[quote name='IcePrincessKRS' post='1866670' date='May 13 2009, 10:17 PM']lol I don't. I'm a big chicken. But it's pretty cool to watch them come down.



Technically that was in Alabama... we're at Benning.

This was his 4th jump for Airborne school. He's got one more sometime tonight and then he's finished. I'm proud of him, I know he's been having some pain, they've been working really hard, and he gets airsick. He realized after his first jump that he needed Dramamine to make it through the rest of them.[/quote]


You weer in the same state as I was today???

[IcePrincessKRS]

[quote name='missionseeker' post='1867536' date='May 14 2009, 09:41 PM']You weer in the same state as I was today???





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I've been there a couple times. Granted it only takes like 10 minutes to get there...

[IcePrincessKRS]

Today was graduation. They had some elite paratroopers do a demonstration jump from 12k feet. It was AWESOME.

Matt's class

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This is where the paratroopers landed--right in front of us

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The itty bitty black speck in the middle is the helicopter they jumped out of

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The smoke trail is actually the 5 guys who jumped, not planes

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In star formation

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(I missed photographing some cool shots in the middle of their fall because they were right in front of the sun)

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They drifted in right over our heads.

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And landed smooth as butter.

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[picchick]

That must have been exciting! That is so awesome!!!