My youngest son graduated tonight.

[helomech]

And he leaves for the Army on July 10th. He signed up for 31 B Military Police.

[Katrina]

Congrats and Good luck to him.

[eagle326]

He should add airborne school to that list.

[helomech]

He should add airborne school to that list.

Why jump out of a perfectly good airplane?

[eagle326]

Why jump out of a perfectly good airplane?

1- No such thing as a perfectly good airplane.
2- Jump pay
3- Anybody can be a Leg ; Not everyone cane be a paratrooper.
4- You get to the battle 1st. while everyone else is either in a convoy ; ship or in a plane waiting to land.
5- Babes love paratroopers
6- Bird's eye view of terrain.
7- Whole different mind set ; at least it used to be.
8- A espirt de corps. unique to itself.

In reality helomech ; I congratulate you & your wife for raising a young man of his stature. I wish him only the best in his time in the service.

[helomech]

1- No such thing as a perfectly good airplane.
2- Jump pay
3- Anybody can be a Leg ; Not everyone cane be a paratrooper.
4- You get to the battle 1st. while everyone else is either in a convoy ; ship or in a plane waiting to land.
5- Babes love paratroopers
6- Bird's eye view of terrain.
7- Whole different mind set ; at least it used to be.
8- A espirt de corps. unique to itself.

In reality helomech ; I congratulate you & your wife for raising a young man of his stature. I wish him only the best in his time in the service.

At one time I wanted to jump, but now there is no way unless the plane was in dire distress.

Thanks

[eagle326]

At one time I wanted to jump, but now there is no way unless the plane was in dire distress.

Thanks

Knees in the breeze is like your 1st. time with an outstanding woman !!

[bacpacker]

Congrats Helo. And to your son.

[Brownwater Riverrat 13]

I won't get into the jumping out of the plane thing.............however I am proud of your son as well. Takes a special person to do that, I wish him the best of luck as well as you and the family. The military is what YOU make it. You just tell him that, not everyday is a good day, it's an all volunteer service, you don't like it get the ----out. However.....if you quit you get to live with that to.

Now go kick ass! We saved him a seat on the bus!

[helomech]

I won't get into the jumping out of the plane thing.............however I am proud of your son as well. Takes a special person to do that, I wish him the best of luck as well as you and the family. The military is what YOU make it. You just tell him that, not everyday is a good day, it's an all volunteer service, you don't like it get the ----out. However.....if you quit you get to live with that to.

Now go kick ass! We saved him a seat on the bus!

Thanks, he hears lots of advice. Almost everyone in our family has served. His brother is active duty right now, his mom and I met when we where both stationed at fort hood.

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That's awesome Helo, congrats to you and your son.

As for jumping... why? because you can! Why climb a mountain? because it's there. Why scuba dive? To experience what's below.

Why anything? Why not!

I remember wanting to, but I grew out of that. I got no issue hanging out of a helicopter, but I don't put much faith in something popping out of a bag, that was packed by who knows.