Try adding on nearly 100 extra pounds, not being able to control your landing or speed, possibly have your plane blown out of the sky before even jumping and also being a floating target for the enemy. airborne is a an old yet effective but highly risky tactic for the soldiers.
@@HungBui-op8rw While they are a target for the enemy he also become eyes in the sky for the soldiers on the ground And If the soldiers were trained correctly they could shoot while floating down. Airborne is special forces So they're probly trained To get on the ground fast as possible Also they probly dive farther in war Situations then for air shows So they are not a target for as long.
GEAR HEAD i believe you're refering to free jumping which is only done by special operations. static line jump are different and is highly risky. highest respect for airborne units
There’s a saying: “ any jump you can stand up and walk away from is a good jump “. I’ve had my share of hard landings, malfunctions and tree landings. The point being, it can all go wrong very quickly and without warning, no matter how experienced you are.
i broke my back, on my first landing, BUT I was able to walk away...and do it two more times..the same day. And I'm STILL trying to petition the VA for some help...50 years later....because I didn't have it "entered into my records".
gary cole I know this is probably a dumb question but I've got no experience in jumping out of a plane & nor do I plan to. Bravo to those that can. How come they seem to be landing so hard compared to seeing just a video of someone else skydiving. Is there a difference or am I just dumb. Lol
As a former SF JM, I like most paras have seen these DZ mishaps while on jump status - sometimes resulting in serious injuries, and worse. All volunteers, they are a courageous and proud bunch.
Also SF trained JM. As a Pvt out of Jumpschool I was assigned to Svc Co 7th GP and my first pay jump was night tactical C-141. At the MACO I was given a red helmet and when I told the briefer I had only done T-10 he mumbled something about “toggle you will see when it opens” I still had no idea and when we boarded I was to be the first of the second pass stick but after takeoff I was instructed to go last in the first pass. At the stand up I had to be supported by the guys next to me at the front of the ac and by the time I got to the door the red light had already bean on for several jumpers before me but the JM motioned me to go I was practically running out the door got spun around several times could not see shit in the dark and when I released my ruck it hit the ground before it reached the end of its lowering line and my chute came down on a 20 ft tall sapling.I was at the end of the longest DZ at Bragg and by the time I was picked up by a pissed off Major in a jeep everyone was gone but the chute truck and a MASH ambulance which I was told to ride back with. In the front of the vehicle was a medic from my company and another Sgt facing me on either side of an SFC from Battalion holding him up kind of spread eagle. The medic said they were going to the hospital but would drop me at the smoke bomb hill px. Every time the vehicle hit a bump the SFC would give a loud moan although I saw no obvious injury. When they stopped to let me out I asked the SF medic what was his injury and the medic lifted the man’s right leg and I could see a foot and a half piece of tree branch about the diameter of a broomstick that was protruding from the man’s taint just to the side of where his balls would be that had gone right up into his asscheek from the front. I think I would have been making a lot more noise if it had been me. Fortunately in 6 years and many jumps I never got so much as a scratch from jumping although years later I blew out my eardrum in a LAAW training round getting a disability. All the way Airborne!
We did a charity jump 30 years ago for a local hospital, I have never been so scared in my life. 3,500 feet static line with a days training. One of the guys with us had a malfunction, a line over, had to get rid of the chute and deploy his reserve, all on his maiden jump. They gave him a second jump for free and he went up and did it without problem. He is still known as Brass balls to this day. I would of told them to stick their second jump where the sun don't shine.
I have walked on a couple of chutes , but thankfully nothing like those. Still have butterflies and it has been 40 plus years. AIRBORNE ALL THE WAY //// "GREEN ON"
AIRBORNE GRANDPAW Did you 'run' off it? That shit does NOT work! I guess you need an emergency procedure in case it does. Never had any malfunctions other than the lower jumper getting under me. I guess there was that one time jumping into St. Mere at Bragg when the winds were kicking and we all got dragged 50 yards trying to release a riser! I do miss those days.
I personally took my time getting to the door, alot of people would rush it (understandably) because they wanted to gtfo, but NOT me! I wanted my airspace to myself 🙂.
I remember in the early seventies watching about thirty odd C130 Hercules taking off from R.A.F Lyneham (Wiltshire) in Exercise Champion Hurdle and then driving to Salisbury Plain and watching one of the biggest peace time airborne drops of paras and their equipment. An unbelievable sight which still lives with me to this day.
I never had an entanglement or tree landing. I did however knock my hip out of the socket on Sicily DZ. I blew my elbow open on Eglin, and probably the worst injury was I tore my lower back up jumping Ft Pickett. At 55 years old those are all coming back to haunt me.
Your friend Mike Yup, the old T10-Charlie. I liked it better than the MC-1-1-Bravo (Toggle). No one ever talks about Favorite drop zone on Bragg. I think Holland was the softest.
@@RJ-fx4sy I'll huckleberry up on that one for ya Brother... Recondo School, winter of '74, night jump, open chopper & frozen hard, was that soft sand. -11b4p 1/504 William ''Rock'' Gilpin. ''Strike and Hold'' ''AMERICA'S GUARD of HONOR'' Oh how I miss the strength & Clarity of those days! ''For none are closer, To the author of pain & sacrifice Himself... Than those who choose, To perform it for the sake & safety of others.'' -gilpin 5320
@@soldtobediers we did a night combat equipment in feb on dz sullivan or was it red devil at ft carson. out of 25 or so had seven serious to fairly serious injuries. broken pelvis was one. the dz was hard as a rock and the temp was below zero.
@LORD'S Watchman dumbass, there's two doors thus two jump masters. Usually, it's ok if two jumps at the same time as long as one goes through one door and the other goes out the other. User error half the time, not jump masters.
Had to pull my reserve once. The old T10's with a T7 reserve. Landed on a another chute. That was fun. Oscillated like a spinning top once I rolled off of it. This was btween 1958-60 at Ft Campbell 101st.
@Deaf from gunfire T101A. The harnesses were cotton type material. The only way to adjust them was to feed it through a buckle. Later on we got the nylon adjustable straps. I think that's why I don't have kids today. LOL. We didn't get the Capewell release until the last part of 60. We didn't use a wind machine to learn how to release the chute ,so they towed us behind a Jeep. That was fun, Npt!
Had a double Mae West at Bragg in 75' Looked round when i checked. Hit a little hard. Was one of last ones out and was packing up my chute, looked up and my buddies were still coming down. Medics said i hit like a sack of potatoes. Guess i did a decent PLF eh? 307th Eng Bn Abn. 82nd 74-6' ALL THE WAY SIR! 🇺🇸❤
All of my jumps in Vietnam were with t 10s. Could only pull slips left and right. Not much maneuverability. We jumped from C 130s and sometimes Hueys from about 1800 feet. Had a few problems but made back ok. Airborne all the way.
They taught us how to separate ourselves from other jumpers during Jump School. On one of my qualifying jumps, we were too close, and immediately, we pulled on our appropriate riser, and sailed off in another direction. Airborne all the way!
Been there.......done that....as a Canadian Army Parachute Rigger Officer.....there was no life like it....jumped with US, German, British, French and Israeli paratroops....!
My uncle told me a story one time where the JMs weren’t staggering parachutes and he got sent out with this other dude at the same time, his static line opening instantly and his taking a little longer to open. Ended up WALKING and jumping off his parachute lol
The dangers are actually landing. More injuries happen hitting the ground. Busted knee, ankle and spine are just a few of mine. Night jumps full combat equipment are usually the culprit.
During the invasion of Normandy during WWII many a paratrooper we're dropped into the water or from too.low an altitude. Killing many troopers. This by pilots trying to avoid flak. History that should not be forgotten.
One stick was dropped into the Atlantic before they even reached France. The Germans flooded fields too, saw a picture of 82nd troopers drowned from the heavy gear they carried. Sad they had to die before they even had a chance to fight the Germans.
This is just a very small taste of the dangers of military parachuting. Hell, just accidentally deploying your reserve when the door is open can kill you and others.
...And remember the classes you had at Fort Benning. Not to mention the Safety Briefings held Before Each Jump. PS: My knees still hurt every time I see one of these videos.
Looks to me like the canopy did fine, except for that one where he pulled the emergency chute, and that one where some dude straight up grabbed it. Would still be terrifying though.
My great uncle served in ‘nam as a paratrooper for the Army (don’t know how that works in a jungle) and one of the few war stories he’s ever told is about how him and his group were trying to land in proximity to some village, but a few of them got tangled up and others didn’t jump quite right and were landing in dangerous places (and some in the village). He was one of the latter, and nearly landed on a wall made of wooden spikes that he managed to narrowly escape. The others that got tangled up landed in some trees nearby and required assistance to get out of, and one of the guys lost a finger by getting his hand caught in his control line while he tried to avoid getting tangled up as well. And one guy landed completely wrong and broke his legs, and they needed to help him, too. He said all this was happening while the villagers ran towards their location and started throwing stuff at them and trying to get them far from their village. What followed was months in the jungle essentially working as regular infantry, and that ended up being his one and only time parachuting for the Army.
I bet most people would be surprised at the amount of people who get hurt, even die, during basic training. Then when you go to jump school, yikes…….it not like those fun BASE jumping videos.
Each of us paratroopers have a story or two to tell. But I'll tell you this, the worst part of parachuting is not when you jump out of the aircraft, but when you land. I have both hips replaced due to the hard landings. Of course, this is 40 years later. Funny thing is, I'd do it all over again. Airborne daddy gonna take a little trip. Hooah!
Apparently many of these jumpers slept through the class where they were instructing what you do when you’re too close to another jumper. On one of my jumps in jump school I had a guy walking on my chute. You just steer away from each other or you end up leapfrogging and the last guy whose chute isn’t full CABs (crash and burn).
Brings back memories, I had a young man lent on top of my chute once. Fortunately he was able to run off and recover before we landed. Sometime in mid 71
My old First Sargent in the 82nd (c1969) had four combat jumps. His cherry jump in Normandy and on in Holland in WWII, one in Korea with the 173rd and the last one in Vietnam with the 173rd. No wonder he had a slight drinking problem.
I lived through a total double malfunction..I collided with a captain from another plane.(mass drop at Bragg) I collapsed his main and we both rode in on it ....my main didn't open ..heat and moisture in the air made my main sticky like almost tacky sticky, as I realized it wasn't gonna open ,I pulled the handle from my reserve,and just when I was throwing it out.i burned through this captains chute,collapsing it.and he had me sorta cradled in his arms,and we rode it in ..took about12 seconds.then they found out what happened and we jumped out of a UH1 Huey right after that.within a hr
Yeah Yeah bro. I feel you. Saw that shit in 78 B 2nd 325th. Shit never leaves your mind. Watching and whispering PULL PULL. Then disappearing on the horizon. Fuck that shit. Had a collapse in a jump in Fort Campbell. Cigarette roll. But for the Grace of God.
American T-10 parachutes have gore sections cut at an angle, these are straight so they are not the Irving or Pioneer manufactured parabolic canopies, certainly not American troops. Class 13, 1975 Ft Benning was the last to train with non maneuverable canopies, afterwards using the MC1-1B. MC1 denotes a T-10 modified by removing 104 square yards of material from the rear of the canopy and attaching a cord on each inside of the canopy that the jumper can pull reducing the flow of trapped air inside of the canopy, reducing the flow to either side of the opening and allowing the canopy to rotate. The opening produced a driving thrust that propelled the jumper forward approx 5-7 mph as he descended at 13 fps. The -1b denotes a canopy that has a 2 ft wide net attached to the parachute skirt running the circumference designed to prevent an unevenly opening chute from rolling up or the canopy inverting. These modifications were adopted from the design of the Special Forces HALO parachute, which was soon replaces with the Paracommander. Although the parachutes used here are non maneuverable, pulling two risers (the web straps that attach the suspension lines to the harness capewell quick releases) will dump trapped air from the opposite side causing the parachute to "slip away" in the opposite direction. The Jumpmaster sends the first jumper out his side of the ac then points to the assistant JM on the other side who then sends his first jumper out, thus jumpers on either side alternate exits until both "sticks" have exited then usually the JM and assistant JM would exit. These jumps illustrate questionable Jumpmaster skills and poor canopy control skill by the jumpers. All the way, AIRBORNE!
August 1976 Jump School used both T10 and MC-1 parachutes. And even used the Jump Tower's. "Hit the hole pole man, hit the hole" C 1/325 ABN Inf 1976-79.
@@davidechohawk9761 When the Blackhats demonstrated the parachutes at the tower they used a dummy with a non-functional reserve. The class watched it fall and slam into the freshly plowed earth and after a few moments of shocked silence the instructors burst out laughing...that was a real confidence booster!
As a squid going through Benning in March of ‘82, I was the biggest guy so the JM had me first in the door for all my jumps. Never had a problem. Great Black Hats. Although the Swing Landing Trainer left me a bloody.🤣
Even on a good day for a jump shit happens. I had to spread eagle coming down and bouncing off of someone's suspension lines and bouncing off one of his panels and slip left to avoid him and other jumpers.
reddevilparatrooper I did one and no sooner had I exited than I was sliding down a guy’s canopy. Apparently he’d pulled his reserve on exit. It was pretty quick and I didn’t have a problem, it was just a bit scary. I’d been warned to watch out for the guy as he was classed as a bit of a Jonah but I thought bullshit, wrong.
My father was a British paratrooper in World War II. I asked him about skydiving once. He said that only a fool willingly jumps out of a perfectly good plane. (Volunteering for the paras got him away from a commander whom he had pissed off, and had the added incentive of, iirc, a whopping 25p a day in hazard pay)
The whole time I was watching this video the "Three rules of the air" kept running thru my head. Of course that was 30 years ago, so maybe they have added some rules since then...
In our 3rd jump at Airborne School, my buddy that I enlisted with exited the aircraft just ahead of me. He had 3 large holes when the canopy popped open. Made it to the ground well ahead of me. He went on to become a Black Hat in Jump Week.
We had a driver -- airborne but not SF qualified -- in the SF battalion in Panama. In two years, he managed to have an entanglement, complete inversion and a cigarette roll. Go figure.
Yes that is why. Jumpers also did not slip right to avoid collision.... Probably jump school benning. But those JMs at Benning were very skilled.... They were pretty tight. Glad me and my son are out of the airborne..... Scary performance. In my Day NCO reduction board would follow this jump.... Retired 2003. This jump could have been horribly worse with a real life CE 20th ENG jump at Bragg...
People need to get their 1 second interval right. JM controls the flow of jumpers, but I'm not going to impede the path to the door when somebody wants to ride a pack tray out.
Alpha Co. 1/509th 66-68 Lee Barracks. Busted my nose on one jump, several guys really got fucked up that day, out of the Military for good. Pilot dropped us in the middle of a grape vineyard. He went from a Major to a Lieutenant the next day. AIRBORNE !!
My son was a shy kid. Wouldn't even go into a store by himself. One day he joined the army. I watched him change as he progressed through basic and tech school. Then he volunteered for jump school. What a shock. Is this my kid? Next he was jumping out of airplanes and yes he had a couple hard landings. His first duty assignment he's jumping out of helicopters. Says it's great fun. Airborne! All the way! The army was the best thing that ever could have happened to him. He just returned from a tour in Iraq, bought his first car with cash and life is good.
One fully deployed chute can bring down two jumpers safely. The PLF might suck but you won't die. Let's review ALL the things that can go wrong: static line wrapped around your neck can just decapitate you immediately upon exit. Wrapped around your arm can pull your arm off. Not hooked up and your chute doesn't deploy. Towed jumper (probably a death sentence if they can't haul you in quickly, the turbulence and spinning will likely kill you). Mae West (shroud line goes over the center of the canopy, making two smaller canopies). Cigarette roll. Total failure to deploy the chute. One jumper goes under another and steals their air, causing their chute to collapse. Midair collision resulting in unconsciousness and inability to control the canopy or deploy a reserve. Tree landing (did it, it actually was a blast! They somehow managed to drop our whole chalk out over the trees, thanks USAF!). Feet apart and break a leg on the DZ. Debris or uneven DZ surface. Water landing. Power line landing. That might cover it all.
@amywaters7246, Don't forget the best one...... If you're a towed jumper and they can't pull you back in, they will foam the run way and land with you!
The last guy someone Shanked his shoot. Somebody doesn't like him unless you do your own, never know what might be your last jump. That's why I stayed on the ground as an 11 Bravo Infantry and then transitioned to 11 Mike, Mechanized Infantry M2A2 Bradley. Years 1988-1991 1st ID 1st Bat 16th Infantry Regiment Bravo Company; Panzer Kaserne, West Germany. 1991-1982 5 ID 4th Bat 6th IR, Fort Polk, Louisiana. So long ago wow snv and interesting time to be in.
Sergeant: "Ok, you fifteen men are going into mechanized training. Those guys over there are going into airborne." Me: "So, I'm NOT jumping into battle? ROCK ON!"
Back in the 70's we had t10 dash 1. Had forward movement and toggles to steer. Still had tangles. But so much easer to move away from other troops. Wonder why the Army moved away from that.
Jump130's the old boxcars 119 and worst jump in37 trie was Operation Eaglewing in Ft Campbell a month after Westmoreland took control, in April 1957. % killed, 200 plus injured. Would do it again gladly.
My brother in law had his static line snag in basic, exit craft ,bounced off fuselage , knocked him out, finally deployed , came to just before hard landing, fractured legs. Hung in there and qualified Ranger afterward. Birdshit & Paras fall from sky
That's because he fcuked up his exit and hesitated at the door, his own fault. Slagging off the paras because he couldn't do basic drills just makes you a dick.
This is the danger in using steerable parachutes with a forward speed. Makes landings a bit softer but on initial opening 2 jumpers often end up facing each other on a collision course. Hence the need for staggered exits using alternate doors. Trouble with that is each stick ends up spread out on the DZ. Not good. And the aircraft spends longer in a vulnerable position. I have been retired for a long time but in 1980, the Canadian Airborne Regiment, jumping in to Fort Bragg, home of the 82 Airborne, cleared a Herc in 17 seconds with no in-air collisions. Using chutes with no forward speed except that provided by wind giving equal direction to all. American procedures to minimize in-air collisions required about 60 seconds to clear an aircraft, spreading the jumpers out 3 times as far, in the air and on the ground. If equipment was dropped off the ramp (in our case 105 mm. pack howitzers and ammo) the gunners would be that much farther away from the guns. I am not an expert on military parachuting and my 2 years with the regiment was in another lifetime but this was my experience some forty years ago while on exchange with the 82nd.
Back in the day we could empty a C130 (60 Jumpers) on a 17sec DZ with no problem and by the time you came alone they had gotten soft. I also bet when you taking ground fire you'll be thinking to hell staggering jumpers, just get off this damn thing. If you remember the Jump into Ft. Erwin we didn't get screwed up, by alternating jumpers on the A/C doors, I think it was high winds, and Jumper/Jump Master errors
Ralphg Wilson Yeah I sure don’t know what’s going on now with Canadian or American jumpers. In 1978, the U.S. had just ended the draft and gone over to voluntary enlistment. Lowered the standards to attract volunteers after the discouraging departure from Vietnam and the divisiveness of the Vietnam era . A lot of mutual respect between the countries, even if we each thought we had better SOPs and training, I was there when the rescue mission to Iran foundered. When 82nd soldiers came to Petawawa in January they found it somewhat chilly. - minus 40 (same in Fahrenheit or Celsius). In Fort Bragg, We wore our maroon berets and sometimes spoke French. The U.S. army had just been deprived of their distinctive headgear, maroon berets, cavalry hats, etc. So as we walked about the base speaking French and wearing maroon berets and jump smocks, we were told we couldn’t wear that anymore. Was once greeted wth “Y’all from France?” Shocked and outraged by the 2% beer in the PX, the Cdn. commandos soon adapted. Fortification with duty-free Canadian Club Rye Whisky.
Drop zones are very short.., everybody as fast a possible... there’s no such thing as staggered exits. If they aren’t fast enough.., the last jumper either miss the drop zone, or get to stay standing for a race track and possible stop drop... don’t be that guy that isn’t out the door ASAP.., I am a Canadian JM, 126 static line jumps... and have jumped with the American Airbourne 82nd, 101st, and 509th, as well as the British Paras... it all get the fuck out ASAP... especially if the troops are jumping full equipment jumps. Under canopy takes the weight off.
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Leg: "So... did ya break your leg jumping?"
Airborne: "Nope. Landing."
Video: Danger of Military Parachuting
Also video: *ENERGETIC SONG ABOUT JUMPING*
Some paratroopers were harmed in the making of this picture.
We're they all ok though, recovered?
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@@rodgeyd6728 yeh just broken legs. Its fun tho.
@@austinpedraza8976 classic
Who would have guessed that was the danger of jumping out of an airplane.
Falling.
I had no idea
Try adding on nearly 100 extra pounds, not being able to control your landing or speed, possibly have your plane blown out of the sky before even jumping and also being a floating target for the enemy. airborne is a an old yet effective but highly risky tactic for the soldiers.
@@HungBui-op8rw While they are a target for the enemy he also become eyes in the sky for the soldiers on the ground And If the soldiers were trained correctly they could shoot while floating down. Airborne is special forces So they're probly trained To get on the ground fast as possible Also they probly dive farther in war Situations then for air shows So they are not a target for as long.
GEAR HEAD i believe you're refering to free jumping which is only done by special operations. static line jump are different and is highly risky. highest respect for airborne units
@@HungBui-op8rw GEAR HEAD My rifle was in a bag attached to my leg. I obviously wasn't trained properly!
There’s a saying: “ any jump you can stand up and walk away from is a good jump “. I’ve had my share of hard landings, malfunctions and tree landings. The point being, it can all go wrong very quickly and without warning, no matter how experienced you are.
Lol anyone remember the name of the jump zone at bragg that has stumps and rocks and brush? Rienmagen? I've seen alot of guys hurt on that jump zone
i broke my back, on my first landing, BUT I was able to walk away...and do it two more times..the same day. And I'm STILL trying to petition the VA for some help...50 years later....because I didn't have it "entered into my records".
BADGUY 1 So,.. are you saying you weren’t treated for a broken back at the aid station? That’s a very severe injury to not have documentation.
gary cole I know this is probably a dumb question but I've got no experience in jumping out of a plane & nor do I plan to. Bravo to those that can. How come they seem to be landing so hard compared to seeing just a video of someone else skydiving. Is there a difference or am I just dumb. Lol
Aaron Bridges they’re carrying easily 100 pounds of equipment probably more there’s just so much momentum
As a former SF JM, I like most paras have seen these DZ mishaps while on jump status - sometimes resulting in serious injuries, and worse. All volunteers, they are a courageous and proud bunch.
Also SF trained JM. As a Pvt out of Jumpschool I was assigned to Svc Co 7th GP and my first pay jump was night tactical C-141. At the MACO I was given a red helmet and when I told the briefer I had only done T-10 he mumbled something about “toggle you will see when it opens” I still had no idea and when we boarded I was to be the first of the second pass stick but after takeoff I was instructed to go last in the first pass. At the stand up I had to be supported by the guys next to me at the front of the ac and by the time I got to the door the red light had already bean on for several jumpers before me but the JM motioned me to go I was practically running out the door got spun around several times could not see shit in the dark and when I released my ruck it hit the ground before it reached the end of its lowering line and my chute came down on a 20 ft tall sapling.I was at the end of the longest DZ at Bragg and by the time I was picked up by a pissed off Major in a jeep everyone was gone but the chute truck and a MASH ambulance which I was told to ride back with. In the front of the vehicle was a medic from my company and another Sgt facing me on either side of an SFC from Battalion holding him up kind of spread eagle. The medic said they were going to the hospital but would drop me at the smoke bomb hill px. Every time the vehicle hit a bump the SFC would give a loud moan although I saw no obvious injury. When they stopped to let me out I asked the SF medic what was his injury and the medic lifted the man’s right leg and I could see a foot and a half piece of tree branch about the diameter of a broomstick that was protruding from the man’s taint just to the side of where his balls would be that had gone right up into his asscheek from the front. I think I would have been making a lot more noise if it had been me. Fortunately in 6 years and many jumps I never got so much as a scratch from jumping although years later I blew out my eardrum in a LAAW training round getting a disability. All the way Airborne!
We did a charity jump 30 years ago for a local hospital, I have never been so scared in my life. 3,500 feet static line with a days training. One of the guys with us had a malfunction, a line over, had to get rid of the chute and deploy his reserve, all on his maiden jump. They gave him a second jump for free and he went up and did it without problem. He is still known as Brass balls to this day.
I would of told them to stick their second jump where the sun don't shine.
You’re chilling at 3500 ft😂
I have walked on a couple of chutes , but thankfully nothing like those. Still have butterflies and it has been 40 plus years. AIRBORNE ALL THE WAY //// "GREEN ON"
AIRBORNE GRANDPAW Did you 'run' off it? That shit does NOT work! I guess you need an emergency procedure in case it does. Never had any malfunctions other than the lower jumper getting under me. I guess there was that one time jumping into St. Mere at Bragg when the winds were kicking and we all got dragged 50 yards trying to release a riser! I do miss those days.
I personally took my time getting to the door, alot of people would rush it (understandably) because they wanted to gtfo, but NOT me! I wanted my airspace to myself 🙂.
@@CobraKaiNoMercy Tailgate jumps ftw! Thanks 10THSFG(A)!
' I've come to do a jump , do I need to sign a contract? '
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' No need to sir, there's no strings attached '
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*filthy frank holding a clock*
I remember in the early seventies watching about thirty odd C130 Hercules taking off from R.A.F Lyneham (Wiltshire) in Exercise Champion Hurdle and then driving to Salisbury Plain and watching one of the biggest peace time airborne drops of paras and their equipment. An unbelievable sight which still lives with me to this day.
I never had an entanglement or tree landing. I did however knock my hip out of the socket on Sicily DZ. I blew my elbow open on Eglin, and probably the worst injury was I tore my lower back up jumping Ft Pickett. At 55 years old those are all coming back to haunt me.
I was a jumpmaster, thanks for the four minute anxiety attack... Thank you to all my brothers and sisters out there. Try to enjoy the 4th.....
Kevin Harstad
Sure brings back memories. Some hard landings. Lucky I never had to pull my reserve!
These are the old T10 parachutes. Not maneuverable.
Your friend Mike Yup, the old T10-Charlie. I liked it better than the MC-1-1-Bravo (Toggle). No one ever talks about Favorite drop zone on Bragg. I think Holland was the softest.
@@RJ-fx4sy I'll huckleberry up on that one for ya Brother...
Recondo School, winter of '74, night jump, open chopper & frozen hard, was that soft sand.
-11b4p 1/504 William ''Rock'' Gilpin. ''Strike and Hold'' ''AMERICA'S GUARD of HONOR''
Oh how I miss the strength & Clarity of those days!
''For none are closer,
To the author of pain & sacrifice Himself...
Than those who choose,
To perform it for the sake & safety of others.'' -gilpin 5320
@@soldtobediers we did a night combat equipment in feb on dz sullivan or was it red devil at ft carson. out of 25 or so had seven serious to fairly serious injuries. broken pelvis was one. the dz was hard as a rock and the temp was below zero.
@@yourfriendmike4168 you could maneuver the t-10 some by pulling on the riser.
"The sky, even more than the sea, is least forgiving for the slightest mistake." Former SF, 82d, 101st Jumpmaster.
Apparently these guys didn’t listen to the collisions and entanglements portion of prejump.
Yes , if you do that you have learning fefore , that don't happens !
shut up smartass. apparently you've never been hopelessly entangled with another jumper or you'd know most of that shit doesn't work.
beer belly lovin that name haha
They are but they can’t control what the jumpers do once they get out of the bird
@LORD'S Watchman dumbass, there's two doors thus two jump masters. Usually, it's ok if two jumps at the same time as long as one goes through one door and the other goes out the other. User error half the time, not jump masters.
Had to pull my reserve once. The old T10's with a T7 reserve. Landed on a another chute. That was fun. Oscillated like a spinning top once I rolled off of it. This was btween 1958-60 at Ft Campbell 101st.
@Deaf from gunfire T101A. The harnesses were cotton type material. The only way to adjust them was to feed it through a buckle. Later on we got the nylon adjustable straps. I think that's why I don't have kids today. LOL.
We didn't get the Capewell release until the last part of 60. We didn't use a wind machine to learn how to release the chute ,so they towed us behind a Jeep. That was fun, Npt!
Had a double Mae West at Bragg in 75' Looked round when i checked. Hit a little hard. Was one of last ones out and was packing up my chute, looked up and my buddies were still coming down. Medics said i hit like a sack of potatoes. Guess i did a decent PLF eh? 307th Eng Bn Abn. 82nd 74-6'
ALL THE WAY SIR! 🇺🇸❤
All of my jumps in Vietnam were with t 10s. Could only pull slips left and right. Not much maneuverability. We jumped from C 130s and sometimes Hueys from about 1800 feet. Had a few problems but made back ok. Airborne all the way.
At least they gave them parachutes
They taught us how to separate ourselves from other jumpers during Jump School. On one of my qualifying jumps, we were too close, and immediately, we pulled on our appropriate riser, and sailed off in another direction.
Airborne all the way!
Even then, it was a gamble. All the way, brother
Been there.......done that....as a Canadian Army Parachute Rigger Officer.....there was no life like it....jumped with US, German, British, French and Israeli paratroops....!
I've worked with Canadian paratroopers in NATO great guys
Pittifuly you missed the Belgian.
Thanks for posting, thought it was only me this sh#t happened too! happy days.
My uncle told me a story one time where the JMs weren’t staggering parachutes and he got sent out with this other dude at the same time, his static line opening instantly and his taking a little longer to open. Ended up WALKING and jumping off his parachute lol
That whole staggered exit thing is a glorious MYTH.
I don't think anyone paid any attention to staggering jumpers once the green light comes on🤪 It was just go-go-go 😜 I never did😎
The dangers are actually landing. More injuries happen hitting the ground. Busted knee, ankle and spine are just a few of mine. Night jumps full combat equipment are usually the culprit.
Not the fall that kills...it's the sudden stop!
During the invasion of Normandy during WWII many a paratrooper we're dropped into the water or from too.low an altitude. Killing many troopers. This by pilots trying to avoid flak. History that should not be forgotten.
True, but altitude doesn't always tell how high you are above the surface. Situational awareness is crucial.
@J.D. Saldivar I don't wanna focus on a lord
@J.D. Saldivar Hum thx I guess
I think the flak probably killed more.
One stick was dropped into the Atlantic before they even reached France. The Germans flooded fields too, saw a picture of 82nd troopers drowned from the heavy gear they carried. Sad they had to die before they even had a chance to fight the Germans.
This is just a very small taste of the dangers of military parachuting. Hell, just accidentally deploying your reserve when the door is open can kill you and others.
Be a para they said... it’ll fun they said... it’s completely safe they said... Don’t worry they said... trust the canopy they said...
...And remember the classes you had at Fort Benning.
Not to mention the Safety Briefings held Before Each Jump.
PS: My knees still hurt every time I see one of these videos.
Looks to me like the canopy did fine, except for that one where he pulled the emergency chute, and that one where some dude straight up grabbed it. Would still be terrifying though.
Air steel oorah
Night jump fuck the bruefinv
As a former Rigger we guaranteed those suites to work but if they didn't you could bring it back for a new one. 101st 62 -65
My great uncle served in ‘nam as a paratrooper for the Army (don’t know how that works in a jungle) and one of the few war stories he’s ever told is about how him and his group were trying to land in proximity to some village, but a few of them got tangled up and others didn’t jump quite right and were landing in dangerous places (and some in the village). He was one of the latter, and nearly landed on a wall made of wooden spikes that he managed to narrowly escape. The others that got tangled up landed in some trees nearby and required assistance to get out of, and one of the guys lost a finger by getting his hand caught in his control line while he tried to avoid getting tangled up as well. And one guy landed completely wrong and broke his legs, and they needed to help him, too. He said all this was happening while the villagers ran towards their location and started throwing stuff at them and trying to get them far from their village. What followed was months in the jungle essentially working as regular infantry, and that ended up being his one and only time parachuting for the Army.
I bet most people would be surprised at the amount of people who get hurt, even die, during basic training. Then when you go to jump school, yikes…….it not like those fun BASE jumping videos.
Stand Up. Hook Up. GO‼️
I always hated sky sharks. Thankfully I rarely had to worry about this in 7th Group only when doing catch up jumps for pay with the 82nd.
Each of us paratroopers have a story or two to tell. But I'll tell you this, the worst part of parachuting is not when you jump out of the aircraft, but when you land. I have both hips replaced due to the hard landings. Of course, this is 40 years later. Funny thing is, I'd do it all over again. Airborne daddy gonna take a little trip. Hooah!
Apparently many of these jumpers slept through the class where they were instructing what you do when you’re too close to another jumper. On one of my jumps in jump school I had a guy walking on my chute. You just steer away from each other or you end up leapfrogging and the last guy whose chute isn’t full CABs (crash and burn).
I'm with you mate. Belgian G.B.
Brings back memories, I had a young man lent on top of my chute once. Fortunately he was able to run off and recover before we landed. Sometime in mid 71
"SLIP AWAY"!!!! DAMN IT...SLIP AWAY
I've seen that happen a few times to where we had to deploy our T-5 Reserves, and there is nothing to the T-5's
My old First Sargent in the 82nd (c1969) had four combat jumps. His cherry jump in Normandy and on in Holland in WWII, one in Korea with the 173rd and the last one in Vietnam with the 173rd. No wonder he had a slight drinking problem.
Even in jump school with all the standards of safety in consideration , shit still can happen, I ve seen it.
my brother, 82nd airborne, Green Beret, saw a brothers chute not open, when he pulled the reserve, he knocked himself out..
I lived through a total double malfunction..I collided with a captain from another plane.(mass drop at Bragg) I collapsed his main and we both rode in on it ....my main didn't open ..heat and moisture in the air made my main sticky like almost tacky sticky, as I realized it wasn't gonna open ,I pulled the handle from my reserve,and just when I was throwing it out.i burned through this captains chute,collapsing it.and he had me sorta cradled in his arms,and we rode it in ..took about12 seconds.then they found out what happened and we jumped out of a UH1 Huey right after that.within a hr
Yeah Yeah bro. I feel you. Saw that shit in 78 B 2nd 325th. Shit never leaves your mind. Watching and whispering PULL PULL. Then disappearing on the horizon. Fuck that shit. Had a collapse in a jump in Fort Campbell. Cigarette roll. But for the Grace of God.
that T-5 coming in for a hard landing
Wile-E-Coyote reserve @ 0:40
American T-10 parachutes have gore sections cut at an angle, these are straight so they are not the Irving or Pioneer manufactured parabolic canopies, certainly not American troops. Class 13, 1975 Ft Benning was the last to train with non maneuverable canopies, afterwards using the MC1-1B. MC1 denotes a T-10 modified by removing 104 square yards of material from the rear of the canopy and attaching a cord on each inside of the canopy that the jumper can pull reducing the flow of trapped air inside of the canopy, reducing the flow to either side of the opening and allowing the canopy to rotate. The opening produced a driving thrust that propelled the jumper forward approx 5-7 mph as he descended at 13 fps. The -1b denotes a canopy that has a 2 ft wide net attached to the parachute skirt running the circumference designed to prevent an unevenly opening chute from rolling up or the canopy inverting. These modifications were adopted from the design of the Special Forces HALO parachute, which was soon replaces with the Paracommander. Although the parachutes used here are non maneuverable, pulling two risers (the web straps that attach the suspension lines to the harness capewell quick releases) will dump trapped air from the opposite side causing the parachute to "slip away" in the opposite direction. The Jumpmaster sends the first jumper out his side of the ac then points to the assistant JM on the other side who then sends his first jumper out, thus jumpers on either side alternate exits until both "sticks" have exited then usually the JM and assistant JM would exit. These jumps illustrate questionable Jumpmaster skills and poor canopy control skill by the jumpers. All the way, AIRBORNE!
Bull Shit I went thru Jump School in 1977 and never saw or even heard of an MC-1B!
I went through 36-84 and jumped both the T-10 and MC1-1B.
August 1976 Jump School used both T10 and MC-1 parachutes. And even used the Jump Tower's. "Hit the hole pole man, hit the hole" C 1/325 ABN Inf 1976-79.
@@davidechohawk9761 When the Blackhats demonstrated the parachutes at the tower they used a dummy with a non-functional reserve. The class watched it fall and slam into the freshly plowed earth and after a few moments of shocked silence the instructors burst out laughing...that was a real confidence booster!
@@mc1dash1b That's funny.
that guy has got a gift wrap
As a squid going through Benning in March of ‘82, I was the biggest guy so the JM had me first in the door for all my jumps. Never had a problem. Great Black Hats. Although the Swing Landing Trainer left me a bloody.🤣
Even on a good day for a jump shit happens. I had to spread eagle coming down and bouncing off of someone's suspension lines and bouncing off one of his panels and slip left to avoid him and other jumpers.
reddevilparatrooper I did one and no sooner had I exited than I was sliding down a guy’s canopy. Apparently he’d pulled his reserve on exit. It was pretty quick and I didn’t have a problem, it was just a bit scary. I’d been warned to watch out for the guy as he was classed as a bit of a Jonah but I thought bullshit, wrong.
I can here that one poor bastard saying “ I volunteered for this?”!
Just keep your feet together....being a paratrooper is always dangerous 🥇
My grandad was in TA in 1963 they all did a descent in Cyprus his mate injured himself parachuting they were in 131 Para Engineer Regt.
My father was a British paratrooper in World War II. I asked him about skydiving once. He said that only a fool willingly jumps out of a perfectly good plane. (Volunteering for the paras got him away from a commander whom he had pissed off, and had the added incentive of, iirc, a whopping 25p a day in hazard pay)
The whole time I was watching this video the "Three rules of the air" kept running thru my head. Of course that was 30 years ago, so maybe they have added some rules since then...
On a side note: if this was the "Airborne" video the recruiter had shown me, I wouldn't have signed up. 😁
I had a malfunction when I jumped off a dining room chair, I crapped myself 🤣
Classic! Always nice to see... thanks for posting... good luck with your channel! Just sub'd.
The VA has determined your injuries are non service connected!
In our 3rd jump at Airborne School, my buddy that I enlisted with exited the aircraft just ahead of me. He had 3 large holes when the canopy popped open. Made it to the ground well ahead of me. He went on to become a Black Hat in Jump Week.
Eyyy congrats to him.
The Jump School at Ft Benning is the safest in the world and that is why other countries send their soldiers to the 4th Student Bat...
We had a driver -- airborne but not SF qualified -- in the SF battalion in Panama. In two years, he managed to have an entanglement, complete inversion and a cigarette roll. Go figure.
Bad JMs. They aren’t staggering the exits.
Yes that is why. Jumpers also did not slip right to avoid collision.... Probably jump school benning. But those JMs at Benning were very skilled.... They were pretty tight. Glad me and my son are out of the airborne..... Scary performance. In my Day NCO reduction board would follow this jump.... Retired 2003. This jump could have been horribly worse with a real life CE 20th ENG jump at Bragg...
It's chaotic and random as fuck. There is no "Blame".
It unfolds this way sometimes. It is risky business.
B co 3/504th 90-93
Steve Harper ain’t no such thing as staggering exits bro... light goes green and you run your ass out...
People need to get their 1 second interval right. JM controls the flow of jumpers, but I'm not going to impede the path to the door when somebody wants to ride a pack tray out.
@@thomaswilson3437 some people think it would be ok to scatter troops all in over the shop to ensure no chance on the ground.......muppets
anyone notice that wind sock? it was pretty staight, high winds?
I was in the 1/509th back in 74-77, 2 guys died on a jump in Germany, sad day.
1-509th out of Fort Polk?
Alpha Co. 1/509th 66-68 Lee Barracks. Busted my nose on one jump, several guys really got fucked up that day, out of the Military for good. Pilot dropped us in the middle of a grape vineyard. He went from a Major to a Lieutenant the next day. AIRBORNE !!
@@bobnicoli8460 Sounds whoever planned the pass and gave the green light fucked up bigtime.
@@CobraKaiNoMercy Vicenza, Italy
My son was a shy kid. Wouldn't even go into a store by himself. One day he joined the army. I watched him change as he progressed through basic and tech school. Then he volunteered for jump school. What a shock. Is this my kid? Next he was jumping out of airplanes and yes he had a couple hard landings. His first duty assignment he's jumping out of helicopters. Says it's great fun. Airborne! All the way! The army was the best thing that ever could have happened to him. He just returned from a tour in Iraq, bought his first car with cash and life is good.
They have all my respect
The pissed emotions of the in-air arguments. “GTF AWAY FROM ME BRO WTF!!!”
It's less anger and more terror. Like "SHIT, SHIT, SHIT, SHIT!!
I told those around me, “stay the fuck away from me. I’ll do the same for you.”
@@para-modic7974 No, I assure you it was a lot of angry words going back and forth.
They dude, you are stealing my air. I hope my points of contact don't break.
OMG that was awesome, dangerous but awesome..
One fully deployed chute can bring down two jumpers safely. The PLF might suck but you won't die. Let's review ALL the things that can go wrong: static line wrapped around your neck can just decapitate you immediately upon exit. Wrapped around your arm can pull your arm off. Not hooked up and your chute doesn't deploy. Towed jumper (probably a death sentence if they can't haul you in quickly, the turbulence and spinning will likely kill you). Mae West (shroud line goes over the center of the canopy, making two smaller canopies). Cigarette roll. Total failure to deploy the chute. One jumper goes under another and steals their air, causing their chute to collapse. Midair collision resulting in unconsciousness and inability to control the canopy or deploy a reserve. Tree landing (did it, it actually was a blast! They somehow managed to drop our whole chalk out over the trees, thanks USAF!). Feet apart and break a leg on the DZ. Debris or uneven DZ surface. Water landing. Power line landing. That might cover it all.
Orr. The Actual C130 has a malfunction and lands like Fkng dart🤒😎🇬🇧🇺🇸🤝 😊.
@amywaters7246,
Don't forget the best one...... If you're a towed jumper and they can't pull you back in, they will foam the run way and land with you!
I had a static line accident at Ft. Bragg I 89. Muscle memory kicked in and saved my life. After medical leave, back home to Fayettnam. 🪂
Airborne!
How about an SOP that says if you a jumper close both slip right? Jesus what a Charlie Foxtrot, that’s the 82nd Airplane Gang in all their glory
they werent taught how to slip a round canopy? or just just dont react in the moment?
This is what it looks like when an Air Force plane takes a shit.
Jumping a Chinook is the sweetest jump. Just walk out the back. Oh yeah.
Blackhawk is the best jump. Just sit and watch the wide screen TV of the best view in the world.
@@IndraSunrise UH63 jumps were awesome for sure, I remember feeling scared AF I was gonna fallout on my first one though 😂
I agree CH47 "jumps" (more like walk off the tailgate amirite?) were great. Hollywood jump and easy way to get current!
Love the music! Lol
I wonder what was said , " f$$k off " " no you f$$k off " all the way down , lol .
Nice at the end.
And that damn road march back!........
Epic...CREW Wrap....!!
The jumpers were being dispatched too quickly, the 'Jump-Master' needs to relax a little..!
This is when a player decides to play COD warzone in real life, lol😂😂
The last guy someone Shanked his shoot. Somebody doesn't like him unless you do your own, never know what might be your last jump. That's why I stayed on the ground as an 11 Bravo Infantry and then transitioned to 11 Mike, Mechanized Infantry M2A2 Bradley. Years 1988-1991 1st ID 1st Bat 16th Infantry Regiment Bravo Company; Panzer Kaserne, West Germany. 1991-1982 5 ID 4th Bat 6th IR, Fort Polk, Louisiana. So long ago wow snv and interesting time to be in.
That is why you look at the logs to make sure the same guy didn't pack the main and the reserve.
1:13 when the plane is going down but you don't know how to use a military parachute
Sergeant: "Ok, you fifteen men are going into mechanized training. Those guys over there are going into airborne."
Me: "So, I'm NOT jumping into battle? ROCK ON!"
Back in the 70's we had t10 dash 1. Had forward movement and toggles to steer. Still had tangles. But so much easer to move away from other troops.
Wonder why the Army moved away from that.
Perfect song for this.
I was in jump school when this song came out. It was funny when this song was played on the juke box and all the boot jumpers hit it.
What's the title of the music please?
GOD, I wish I knew how those guys turned out! We got a 3 day weekend for every 82 days without a fatality...
You forgot to mention the 14 hr chute shake detail afterwards
kaden gaines true agony
Oh God... I hated chute shaking. Good thing my first duty station didn't have that 🤗.
:O Holly crap!
What happened to spread arms and legs when hitting another's rigging lines. Also not a lot of steering away.
Jump130's the old boxcars 119 and worst jump in37 trie was Operation Eaglewing in Ft Campbell a month after Westmoreland took control, in April 1957. % killed, 200 plus injured. Would do it again gladly.
My brother in law had his static line snag in basic, exit craft ,bounced off fuselage , knocked him out, finally deployed , came to just before hard landing, fractured legs. Hung in there and qualified Ranger afterward.
Birdshit & Paras fall from sky
That's because he fcuked up his exit and hesitated at the door, his own fault. Slagging off the paras because he couldn't do basic drills just makes you a dick.
No one jumps in baisic training.
Maybe.
But Birdshit won’t KILL YOU.
Paratroopers on the other hand.
😂🤫🤡🤒.
Where else can you have this much fun for free? Airborne 173.
Slip right to avoid other jumpers. Weren't they listening at pre-jump?
Yeah, right into other jumpers.
It raining men, halaloua!
Stress fractions, number one reason to have to drop out of airborne training 😜
Some dodgy dispatching there.
I don't think you chose the right music 🤔😂
once they land might as well
This is the danger in using steerable parachutes with a forward speed. Makes landings a bit softer but on initial opening 2 jumpers often end up facing each other on a collision course. Hence the need for staggered exits using alternate doors. Trouble with that is each stick ends up spread out on the DZ. Not good. And the aircraft spends longer in a vulnerable position. I have been retired for a long time but in 1980, the Canadian Airborne Regiment, jumping in to Fort Bragg, home of the 82 Airborne, cleared a Herc in 17 seconds with no in-air collisions. Using chutes with no forward speed except that provided by wind giving equal direction to all. American procedures to minimize in-air collisions required about 60 seconds to clear an aircraft, spreading the jumpers out 3 times as far, in the air and on the ground. If equipment was dropped off the ramp (in our case 105 mm. pack howitzers and ammo) the gunners would be that much farther away from the guns. I am not an expert on military parachuting and my 2 years with the regiment was in another lifetime but this was my experience some forty years ago while on exchange with the 82nd.
Back in the day we could empty a C130 (60 Jumpers) on a 17sec DZ with no problem and by the time you came alone they had gotten soft. I also bet when you taking ground fire you'll be thinking to hell staggering jumpers, just get off this damn thing. If you remember the Jump into Ft. Erwin we didn't get screwed up, by alternating jumpers on the A/C doors, I think it was high winds, and Jumper/Jump Master errors
Ralphg Wilson Yeah I sure don’t know what’s going on now with Canadian or American jumpers. In 1978, the U.S. had just ended the draft and gone over to voluntary enlistment. Lowered the standards to attract volunteers after the discouraging departure from Vietnam and the divisiveness of the Vietnam era . A lot of mutual respect between the countries, even if we each thought we had better SOPs and training, I was there when the rescue mission to Iran foundered. When 82nd soldiers came to Petawawa in January they found it somewhat chilly. - minus 40 (same in Fahrenheit or Celsius). In Fort Bragg, We wore our maroon berets and sometimes spoke French. The U.S. army had just been deprived of their distinctive headgear, maroon berets, cavalry hats, etc. So as we walked about the base speaking French and wearing maroon berets and jump smocks, we were told we couldn’t wear that anymore. Was once greeted wth “Y’all from France?” Shocked and outraged by the 2% beer in the PX, the Cdn. commandos soon adapted. Fortification with duty-free Canadian Club Rye Whisky.
I don't think these are U.S. Airborne. It's old generation equipment and the training does not reflect our standards.
What a bunch of Cherry's stay away from me on my next jump.
Tom Doland relax tom sure you have like 9 jumps
Too close together
Scott Worley yeah, they needed some better jumpmasters
Drop zones are very short.., everybody as fast a possible... there’s no such thing as staggered exits. If they aren’t fast enough.., the last jumper either miss the drop zone, or get to stay standing for a race track and possible stop drop... don’t be that guy that isn’t out the door ASAP.., I am a Canadian JM, 126 static line jumps... and have jumped with the American Airbourne 82nd, 101st, and 509th, as well as the British Paras... it all get the fuck out ASAP... especially if the troops are jumping full equipment jumps. Under canopy takes the weight off.
@@empoweringpurpose ever have chutes get tangled together?