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What it's like for an Army Paratrooper to step into the air over a drop zone

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2021 ж. 29 Қыр.
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Video by Sgt. 1st Class Jonathan Hornby
82nd Airborne Division
U.S. Army Jumpmaster, Staff Sgt. Paul O'Brien, assigned to 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, provides a point-of-view perspective as he leads his chalk during Exercise Falcon Leap. Here he drops onto Ginkelse Heide drop zone, Netherlands on 17 September, 2021.
Exercise Falcon Leap is part of the remembrance ceremonies for Operation Market Garden's 77th anniversary and is currently NATO's largest technical airborne exercise with 12 different Allied and partner Nations participating. 82nd ABN DIV conducts airborne training with partner nations in the Netherlands during Falcon Leap 2021.
U.S. Army product by Sgt. 1st Class Jonathan D.D. Hornby

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  • I recently met a WW2 veteran a couple weeks ago. He was a paratrooper who landed in Normandy I can’t imagine what went through his head jumping out to France during that time. He’s 104 years old and still with us. Respect to the men who fought in WW2.

    @KentuckyWaterfall13@KentuckyWaterfall138 ай бұрын

    • Go on… stories from a 104 year old ww2 vet is rare nowadays. Try to get as much info out of him as possible. I’m sure he has TONS of stories to share that would be gladly looked upon by historians.

      @LeCarneAsada@LeCarneAsada8 ай бұрын

    • @@LeCarneAsadamy cousin’s great grandpa jesse marion masters was in auschwitz concentration camp when he was 11. the germans killed his parents because they thought they were jewish but they were not jewish. the guards of the camp forced him to cook and skin rabbit but instead of him doing that he’d find rats and feed that to the guards lol. somehow he escaped and went to europe somewhere then came here to the united states. he first fought the polish underground or something like that but after that in one of his battles he was shot in the neck with a gun but it did not fall him he ended up running at the guy who shot him and scalped him because he was on a rampage of them killing his parents. the weapon he used to scalp the enemy is at his daughters house right now. also he slit a guy throat and threw him down a hole. when he fought the koreans the koreans (i think koreans) would stay up in trees and shoot down at moving enemies. jesse though, he would be very stealthy and silent and wait near trees. the koreans would get sleepy and a branch would move because the dozed off and jesse and his mates knew instantly where the koreans were in the tree. he passed away from cancer but he had it like 9 times and beat them all before his passing in 2009. he even beat brain cancer my father said. but later on in life cancer got him back and he passed. he was 81 or so. his highest achieved rank was master sergeant and got a purple heart medal i think alive? not sure how it works. you can find his online obituary by looking up the name jesse marion masters. his real name was zdzislaw marian modrzejewski. he was born in lodzkie poland in 1928.

      @amberheardsdog@amberheardsdog8 ай бұрын

    • Jesus 104. Most men don't make it to 60. He was basically born a second time at his half point.

      @xFlared@xFlared8 ай бұрын

    • @@LeCarneAsada I didn’t ask him for stories since it was loud where I was and again he was 104. I went up and said “Thank you for your service sir” and asked him where he was stationed during the war and he just said he was stationed in The Europe Theater for 3 years. Insane to think he might’ve been around some the guys from Band Of Brothers!

      @KentuckyWaterfall13@KentuckyWaterfall138 ай бұрын

    • All the while getting flak guns fired at you im sure it was a sight to see and one we hope doesnt happen soon

      @zeee2872@zeee28728 ай бұрын

  • Looks absolutely terrifying. Big respect to paratroopers for basically defying all instincts while doing these jumps over and over again

    @Bald_Zeus@Bald_Zeus8 ай бұрын

    • you are trained to do it so this actual jump isnt that bad.

      @spartacus3246@spartacus32468 ай бұрын

    • @@spartacus3246 that doesn’t mean that you’re still not thinking “I’m jumping out of a freaking airplane”😂 that’s like saying because you trained for war you’re not at all scared of dying. You can’t just turn off your survival instincts dude

      @AnthonyBlamthony@AnthonyBlamthony8 ай бұрын

    • ​@@AnthonyBlamthonyAgain, you are trained to do it.

      @agustinbarquero8898@agustinbarquero88988 ай бұрын

    • @@AnthonyBlamthonyThat’s not the same thing at all. Jumping out like this is not a situation of life and death. And even if it was a deployment where there would be a risk of death it still wouldn’t be the same since you’re afraid of dying from being shot or something else and not from the jump itself.

      @hampus7474@hampus74748 ай бұрын

    • It’s actually really fun

      @jonnysnipes3123@jonnysnipes31238 ай бұрын

  • I met a WW2 paratrooper who was fired upon during a jump. He simply had to watch whilst the tracer rounds scattered around him an hope that he wasn't hit. He was, but thankfully it was not a fatal shot, and he wasn't captured by the Germans afterwards. I think he only passed away a few years ago. Remember, WW2 will soon be beyond living memory.

    @malicant123@malicant1237 ай бұрын

    • Yes WW2 weren’t good in 1939-1945 because a lot of people died approximately 66,000,000 people died I think

      @Constance_Igo@Constance_Igo5 ай бұрын

    • ​@@Constance_Igobro what

      @sabko8091@sabko80915 ай бұрын

    • ​@@Constance_Igoit was more than a year.

      @benargee@benargee5 ай бұрын

    • Why would I wanna remember a whole bunch of innocent people dying for no reason.

      @wescald@wescald5 ай бұрын

    • @@wescald History is history. Ignoring any part of it just leads to the same mistakes.

      @RedFail1-1@RedFail1-15 ай бұрын

  • Was a paratrooper from 2012-2016. First time watching a video like this since I've been out. This certainly brought back amazing memories.

    @frantictoast3741@frantictoast37417 ай бұрын

    • I got out in '95. I miss my brothers and the adrenaline. I do not miss the stoooooopid.

      @Jw-no7id@Jw-no7id5 ай бұрын

    • Question what is the purpose of this training?

      @TRUTHaintHATING@TRUTHaintHATING3 ай бұрын

    • Were the landings as painful as this looked lol this made my herniated disc hurt

      @86Kera@86Kera3 ай бұрын

    • where did you paratroop? or was it just always training

      @stevenpaynter4215@stevenpaynter4215Ай бұрын

    • @@stevenpaynter4215 nope. 509th down at Polk.

      @frantictoast3741@frantictoast3741Ай бұрын

  • My grand dad was para trained in the 2nd world war. He said he always ensured not to be the first in line as you had to stare out of the plane and wait for the instruction to jump. He said it was far easier to follow the soldier in front of you.

    @stephen7571@stephen75718 ай бұрын

    • Being number 1 in the door is the best position as you get a good exit, less chance of a rivet count and less chance of a collision with a member of the opposite stick if due to bad despatching.on my basic para, the day I turned 22 years the PJI was most considerate that day putting me to jump first.

      @traceynorcross5666@traceynorcross56668 ай бұрын

    • Can’t comment on behalf of paratroopers albeit my grand dad was also a para in ww2, but as skydiver I always hated most going last. Those planes are stinky noisy machines I couldn’t wait to leave. Going first, for skydivers, is typically also safest and the view is actually very nice.

      @tomxaak@tomxaak8 ай бұрын

    • @@tomxaakyeah but if you’re going first you’re a belly bitch the back is where all the fun stuff happens

      @bigblue207@bigblue2078 ай бұрын

    • I'd prefer to be first survival wise... I would guess it would take an enemy a few seconds to realise what was happening, by that time you could be a good bit further towards the ground when they opened fire.

      @Haze1434@Haze14348 ай бұрын

    • @@Haze1434 yeah i guess if they're deaf that could work

      @rattek2749@rattek27497 ай бұрын

  • My first jump, I thought there was a good chance I could die if I made the slightest mistake. After the exit it was mostly quiet, except for the Blackhats (training cadre) on their bullhorns, and an amazing view. After what seems like just a few seconds, the ground comes speeding towards you. You tense up while trying to remain relaxed, but poised for impact, then you make your PLF or Parachute Landing Fall. My first thought after landing was, "I want to do that again!"

    @metaglypto@metaglypto2 жыл бұрын

    • Hey metaglytpto, there is a typo in your comment.. it should read "i wont do that again!"

      @sergiorubio1311@sergiorubio1311 Жыл бұрын

    • What does the initial 6 seconds feel like?

      @aaronmcamis5950@aaronmcamis5950 Жыл бұрын

    • @@aaronmcamis5950 total chaos, actually it's 4 Seconds until your chute deploys open.

      @jackdaniel7465@jackdaniel7465 Жыл бұрын

    • @@jackdaniel7465 yeah I caught that when I jumped. Faster with an MC6

      @aaronmcamis5950@aaronmcamis5950 Жыл бұрын

    • @@aaronmcamis5950 All good buddy!!

      @jackdaniel7465@jackdaniel7465 Жыл бұрын

  • Look at the coordination needed to jump like this, especially without ground fire hitting the plane. I cannot fathem what those poor souls that dropped in WW2 had to go through, god bless them. ❤

    @sd5712@sd57128 ай бұрын

    • At night, under fire, from planes that were flying too fast and/or too low, and nowhere near where they were supposed to be. An ironic thing is that the drops were so badly scattered that German command didn't believe initial reports because they were coming from everywhere, plus we had dropped fake para-dummies that had been found and identified as such, so the Germans were fooled by a near catastrophe.

      @kilroy2517@kilroy251716 күн бұрын

    • Panama was pretty intense. Some of the planes came back with holes. Pilots dropped too late or too early. My unit was dropped in the swamp. That was 1 bronze star in the risers. Meet a WW2 vet with 4 bronze stars on his jump wings. Damn.

      @jonathanstone4878@jonathanstone48789 күн бұрын

  • This was so special to me as my Dad was 101st Airborne in WW11. He jumped in all the major battles. Thank you to all our heroes in the military. You are very much appreciated.

    @maureenwilson6031@maureenwilson6031Ай бұрын

    • damn your dad must be from the future we havent even had ww3 yet and he fought in ww11

      @Captainrex5321@Captainrex5321Ай бұрын

    • I do not know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War XI will be fought with water gun......ALBERT EİNSTEİN

      @ozanguner658@ozanguner65828 күн бұрын

    • @@ozanguner658 He didnt say that

      @Immured4@Immured426 күн бұрын

    • I think it’s WW II. The roman numerals are replaced by 11

      @pragyanmohanty8417@pragyanmohanty841717 күн бұрын

    • @@pragyanmohanty8417 woooooooshh! that's the sound of the joke flying over your head

      @Immured4@Immured417 күн бұрын

  • I was a paratrooper in the Army. I served from 1997 to 2017. Life as a paratrooper was the best damn time of my life

    @Existntlangst@Existntlangst8 ай бұрын

    • AIRBORNE ALL THE WAY! FURY FROM THE SKY! 🪂🪂🪂🪖🪖🪖🎖🎖🎖🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻💯💯💯

      @xander2541@xander25418 ай бұрын

    • @@xander2541 hell yeah Airborne!

      @Existntlangst@Existntlangst8 ай бұрын

    • 1/319 here. I think it still exist. Tho I just found out yesterday they changed Bragg to liberty??? Lmao.Tens & tens of Millions $$$ for nothing!👎

      @newagain9964@newagain99648 ай бұрын

    • @@newagain9964 I know. Damn I know brother. I was with USASFC. Bounced around SF groups. I really wish they would renamed Bragg to the US Federal Army of our Civil War

      @Existntlangst@Existntlangst8 ай бұрын

    • @@newagain9964 1/319th 3BCT 82nd ABN is the unit that kicked me out for possession of a handgun 🫣😳😩🙄🫤😔 was a good soldier, deployed to Afghanistan 🇦🇫, was E4, wanted to be SGT and become a Jumpmaster asap after making SGT, wanted to go SF but “good soldiers don’t make mistakes” my leadership

      @xander2541@xander25418 ай бұрын

  • My Dad was in the 82nd in WW2 , he got to D day but was wounded coming down , a bad drop , shot in the stomach but saved by the local French people , he drank the rest of his life , the mental part never healed , he was a good Dad

    @surgio154@surgio1548 ай бұрын

    • I went to Vietnam , helped save many POW's in 73 , now its my turn to be a good Dad

      @surgio154@surgio1548 ай бұрын

    • sounds like a shite life

      @busted1396@busted13968 ай бұрын

    • Respect to the both of you❤️

      @azz6550@azz65508 ай бұрын

    • Your father bore scars to save a country he likely hadn't ever been to, until dropping in as one of its liberators. The courage to be there was more than many will ever have a chance to exhibit. Bless your dad

      @drumraider@drumraider8 ай бұрын

    • He was.

      @brinkbooks3492@brinkbooks34928 ай бұрын

  • My great grandpa was a paratrooper in the 504/82 in World War II. He was at Sicily, Salerno, and Anzio with the 504th. After the 504th was withdrawn from Anzio in March ‘44, he was assigned to the 101st Airborne and fought at Normandy, Holland, Belgium, and Germany. He was honorably discharged at the rank of T/4. He passed away in 2006 before I got a chance to meet him. Because of what he did, I want to join the 504/82nd a year or two after I turn 18 and graduate HS. Rest in peace John J. Lower🇺🇸

    @cameronkedas3375@cameronkedas33756 ай бұрын

    • Thank you for sharing your great grandpa’s amazing story ❤

      @TofuTeo@TofuTeo5 ай бұрын

    • Crazy how every ww2 vet says they were a paratrooper, i’ll bet he never left basic 😂

      @DrPeculiar312@DrPeculiar3124 ай бұрын

    • Crazy how no one asked for your backstory.​@@DrPeculiar312

      @lelouchvibritannia4028@lelouchvibritannia40284 ай бұрын

    • you're great grand father. my step father. time is flying!!

      @jimmylieb5225@jimmylieb5225Ай бұрын

    • Every now and then you read a KZhead comment that you know is full of shit. This ain't that.

      @puppykitty6100@puppykitty610020 күн бұрын

  • Nice to see Italian, Dutch and German paratroopers on this jump, especially over the Netherlands. Great footage and mad respect for you guys!

    @erikdam8850@erikdam88508 ай бұрын

    • Made me really happy when I saw the different nationalities as well! Nice work!

      @Avarent01@Avarent018 ай бұрын

    • NATO

      @Tay12345@Tay123458 ай бұрын

    • @@Tay12345N.A.T.O N-not A-a T-tiddy O-onboard

      @This_Apastolic-guy@This_Apastolic-guy8 ай бұрын

    • and Portuguese!

      @victorcarvalho5836@victorcarvalho58368 ай бұрын

    • Oh shit didnt realise, this drop made me think of a Bridge Too Far. The Arnhem museum is criminally small and under-visited for how large and significant MarketGarden operation was

      @GuineaPigEveryday@GuineaPigEveryday6 ай бұрын

  • Made about 60 static line jumps, always seemed land about 2 miles to the turn-in point, humping that 'chute. Then I went to HALO/MFF school, and on my 1st jump, with that steerable square canopy, I landed about 20' from the turn-in point and said to myself "this is the shit right here,"

    @dangifford2710@dangifford27108 ай бұрын

    • They do that on purpose in AS, any opportunity where they can add in some leg strengthening exercises they will 😂.

      @kevinpedz@kevinpedz8 ай бұрын

    • did the VA tell you that your knee pain was non-service related?

      @RizaldoMullings@RizaldoMullings8 ай бұрын

    • How did your officers react to the landing ? I would of been amused and impressed myself

      @socialclubmusic_@socialclubmusic_8 ай бұрын

    • How are your knees? Edit: No , genuinely...How are the knees , no joke. Do you feel any serious wear on them from so many landings?

      @randomyoutubecommentersecu7639@randomyoutubecommentersecu76398 ай бұрын

    • Can't expect much from the old T-10s.

      @Fishslayer007@Fishslayer0078 ай бұрын

  • My dad was a paratrooper 101 Airbourne Army. Served vietnam x2 purpleheart. Retired major. He passed last year @81 yo. I miss him so. Iam a army brat and proud of it. I have the highest respect for my father and all that served our country. My father made me the woman Iam today. Army Strong

    @Novemberrain111@Novemberrain1118 ай бұрын

  • A mere 4 second delay jumping after the last soldier created a big gap between him and the rest of the group. Really shows the importance of these drills and keeping everyone packed tight together, especially if this had been at night in unfamiliar territory.

    @maninredhelm@maninredhelm4 ай бұрын

  • my lifelong best friend was Darrel Drumright. He jumped with the 82nd Airborne in the 80s. Drumright became a chiropractor, married, his wife bore three children. @ 56 years, he suffered and died a massive heart attack while running in the treadmill to prevent the same. He was the best friend a man could ever have. GODSPEED, Darrel Drumright.

    @RTFLDGR@RTFLDGR8 ай бұрын

    • I'm sorry for your loss, Man, idk how i would Feel if my Best friend would die, or my brother. Probably heartbroken. R.I.P. Darrel

      @Ajesen@Ajesen8 ай бұрын

    • I know that feeling. Not with a best friend tough, but I can imagine how hard it must be. RIP Darrel

      @restanibalu@restanibalu8 ай бұрын

    • ❤

      @regulator9268@regulator92688 ай бұрын

    • RIP to your buddy

      @RileyBanksWho@RileyBanksWho8 ай бұрын

    • God bless

      @vertigo2930@vertigo29308 ай бұрын

  • Did this training back in 2012 in italy. I used a T-10 Mertes as a parachute and at the third jump we hit a pocket of hot air coming up and me and a couple of guys literally stood still in the air for something like 30 seconds. The image of the shiny sea in front of me and the green mountains behind me is burned into my brain. What a beautiful moment. Wholesome, filled with adrenaline and cameraderie. Miss you Captain Pucci

    @aldocarulli3054@aldocarulli30548 ай бұрын

    • I jumped with the 1/509 th. in Vicenza back in the early 80s, then again when the unit changed to the 4/325 th. jumping in Germany, Italy, Greece, Belgium, and many other NATO countries, and the wind did the same thing, in northern Italy all the time, went on to 1/75 Rangers in Georgia but it never happened there RLTW !!!

      @way75mit9@way75mit98 ай бұрын

    • 🫡

      @Dinadino994@Dinadino9944 ай бұрын

    • Made in Heaven

      @CharonOfDeath@CharonOfDeath4 ай бұрын

  • I am morbidly afraid of heights. This makes me feel so ill! 🤮What brave guys and such brilliant training to be honest. They make it seem easy. 🥰

    @joannecunliffe8067@joannecunliffe80678 ай бұрын

  • these men are fearless

    @jeanpaultongeren125@jeanpaultongeren1258 ай бұрын

  • 10 years as a C130 ALM/Dispatcher. The best years of my life watching these brave kids take that first step after being conditioned to jump into the unknown! Had to do the basic course myself to be a dispatcher!

    @sadoldgit313@sadoldgit3138 ай бұрын

    • The unknown?? Calm down, most jumps would be practice jumps into farmland like the video. This isnt D Day. Also they are paid a wage, there is no obligation

      @shaneoballs@shaneoballs8 ай бұрын

    • hey, thanks for the sage words@@shaneoballs

      @jaredrogers7863@jaredrogers78638 ай бұрын

    • Would love the opportunity to be drafted to fight bill gates mosquito robot army. That’s the only threat you losers really have in the modern era

      @criSOME1@criSOME18 ай бұрын

    • How are they being conditioned/trained before their first? I jumped right into a cloud once that was insane, just the white void below me

      @jakobfriedrich5117@jakobfriedrich51178 ай бұрын

    • @@shaneoballs Just noticed your stupid reply! Clearly you’ve never parachuted otherwise you would know that when you step off you really have no idea of what will happen!

      @sadoldgit313@sadoldgit3136 ай бұрын

  • I graduated Jump School in 1986, then went to the 82d Airborne Division. After a few years, I went to the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). I jumped every chance I got, and finished with 129 jumps. It's the most fun I've ever had with my pants on...

    @williamrussell6260@williamrussell62608 ай бұрын

    • We probably in the 82nd Airborne at the same time I graduated Airborne School in June of '87 and went straight to the 82nd Airborne Division airborne

      @pwhales264@pwhales2648 ай бұрын

    • I can't remember what company I was in. It was right after basic and AIT, but we had that crazy "Charlie Mike" guy for a BC. He joined us a couple of PT runs and then he would always mention his book. I think he wanted us to buy a copy. And of course who remembers the "Hidden Door?" I loved jump school.@@shawnr771

      @donralston7599@donralston75998 ай бұрын

    • Laughing that's a good one lol

      @MrUnknown-wf1xf@MrUnknown-wf1xf8 ай бұрын

    • Ha, we probably bumped shoulders when I was outprocessing in 86, 1st/505th, and then did 3 years with 1St/75thRgt.

      @Fishslayer007@Fishslayer0078 ай бұрын

    • Had to look at a calendar. I went jump school in middle of May. Then went to 82nd in June. Ended up on Graves street A co. 2/505 PIR and was there for 4 years. @@Fishslayer007

      @donralston7599@donralston75998 ай бұрын

  • 2:25 NOPE HELL NO!! Nice view, plane is still working? I'm NOT JUMPING! LOL!

    @EdsterIII@EdsterIII3 ай бұрын

  • I did an Arnhem commemorative jump from a Hercules C130 with 10th (V) Battalion The Parachute Regiment, Territorial Army in summer 1971. Maybe on that same DZ, it looks a bit familiar. I was 18, I loved it, helped me grow up.

    @martin5504@martin55048 ай бұрын

  • my dad was in the 82nd airborne back in the 50s, he said he absolutely loved it and it was one of the best times in his life , , no fear , no BS , just follow your buddies out that door , TEAMWORK!

    @lpdog82@lpdog826 ай бұрын

  • Can't imagine what it was like over Normandy the courage can't be described in words

    @jaigray5422@jaigray54228 ай бұрын

    • Indeed. Seems like fun there but no so much fun when you’re being fired at by the enemy, or jumping at night I would imagine.

      @Shazzadut1@Shazzadut18 ай бұрын

    • With 1940's gear as well.

      @jamesflaherty59@jamesflaherty598 ай бұрын

    • Geez

      @moose9211@moose92118 ай бұрын

    • It seems surreal thinking about that. And they were kids also back then

      @memo134@memo1348 ай бұрын

    • What’s the yellow straps for ? That’s connected to the plane

      @royceb4814@royceb48147 ай бұрын

  • Wow, that brings back memories. I went to jump school in 74, and jumpmaster school in 77. The point of view video brought it all rushing back.

    @ronbelldvm@ronbelldvm9 ай бұрын

    • I went to jump school in 1971and jumpmaster school in 1979.

      @maxwill6408@maxwill64088 ай бұрын

    • Thank you for your service, folks!

      @Chuck8541@Chuck85418 ай бұрын

  • I used to live in Fayetteville and had to drive by Bragg to get to Pinehurst. One day I got lucky to see a whole plane full of paratroopers jumping. Quite a sight it was something I hadn’t seen before.

    @darkzak47@darkzak478 ай бұрын

  • 'Staff Sgt. Paul O'Brien, assigned to 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division'. Now that's one hell of a title!

    @buzzin-hornet@buzzin-hornet7 ай бұрын

  • Exchange jumps were always awesome. The camaraderie and after parties were always memorable

    @Rickflairshair@Rickflairshair9 ай бұрын

    • Germans looks like

      @bobavalle927@bobavalle9278 ай бұрын

    • I was wondering about the full beard then I saw the German colors.

      @davidgill3356@davidgill33568 ай бұрын

    • There are Italians, Germans and Dutch as far as I can tell

      @Fischbroetchen2k@Fischbroetchen2k8 ай бұрын

    • Amen! Got my Honduran jump wings like that :: clears throat :: Not that the United States has ever had troops in Honduras, of course :: coughs ::

      @MarcillaSmith@MarcillaSmith8 ай бұрын

    • @@MarcillaSmith i actually lived there for few years in comayagua

      @Rickflairshair@Rickflairshair8 ай бұрын

  • I love that calm "going backwards again", like he's out for a quiet stroll.

    @robertjames8220@robertjames82208 ай бұрын

  • Wow that's incredible big props to the para troopers for sure

    @jeffreybabino8161@jeffreybabino81618 ай бұрын

  • I've never seen happier soldiers! Look how excited they are!

    @AishawithanEye@AishawithanEye3 ай бұрын

  • I stood in the door on my third practice jump in Airborne School. Scary AF but peaceful and quite on the way down. My next ten or so jumps after Airborne was from various helicopters. Several from the old Hueys, a few from the Black Hawk and one from the Chinook. The good old days. Young, dumb, full of c*m, no money, traveling the world and loving life.

    @ralphemerson497@ralphemerson4978 ай бұрын

    • Only time I was #1 man was my first jump in school Quite the rush. I loved Chinook jumps.

      @TheJimtanker@TheJimtanker8 ай бұрын

    • I was in Cco 509th Pathfinders at Ft. Rucker in the 80s and then went to 1/75th. 90% of our blasts at Rucker were from choppers. I'm 60 years old now but at least once a day I think about those days!

      @pfdrtom@pfdrtom8 ай бұрын

    • Five jump chump here; was always back in the stick and didn't have to look out the door and contemplate. Probably a good thing. One minute your shuffling and the next your azz is out the door Lol. Those planes at Jump school were hot AF and packed full. Real quiet and cool when your were out. I'm big though so the peace only lasted about 45 seconds it seemed Lol

      @AW-zy1kw@AW-zy1kw8 ай бұрын

    • @@AW-zy1kw yeah, i was told in the air that heaviest goes first...wait... WHAT?!! pretty sure i made up some new swear words.

      @rimuladas3466@rimuladas34668 ай бұрын

    • @@AW-zy1kw My first jump was in the door. I prefer to be in the middle of the stick so I’m closer to the bleachers or the rally point.

      @TheJimtanker@TheJimtanker8 ай бұрын

  • Retired C-130 loadmaster here. During night drops in winter I always felt sorry for the jumpers. My flight pay was more than their jump pay and two hours later I would be in my nice warm bed while the jumpers would be playing army all night long in the freezing cold Alaska winter night.

    @AlaskaErik@AlaskaErik8 ай бұрын

    • Not to mention yall get crew rest and the Army thinks 2 hours is enough 😂

      @FighteroftheNightman@FighteroftheNightman8 ай бұрын

    • @@FighteroftheNightman 12 hours of crew rest. And our own rooms on a TDY. Preferably in a beachfront hotel.

      @AlaskaErik@AlaskaErik8 ай бұрын

    • My brother was a hercy bird LM 23 years. I was never on the same AC with him, but we were in a flight of 3 once. I always thought it would be so cool to have my brother kick me out of an aircraft in-flight!

      @grayharker6271@grayharker62718 ай бұрын

  • ❤Thank you for your Service

    @lisashawley7643@lisashawley76438 ай бұрын

  • Huge props to all you MEN! God bless you all for what you do!!!

    @jasonwilson9406@jasonwilson94063 ай бұрын

  • I was 19 when I first "hung my knees in the breeze!" I had 60 more jumps. I did crawl away from 2, total malfunction on my main and road the reserve in. Riding a reserve, that is an adventure to live to tell!

    @ralphgreenjr.2466@ralphgreenjr.24669 ай бұрын

    • My gosh on the reserve!

      @mattluszczak8095@mattluszczak80959 ай бұрын

    • Did you have to cut the reserve with a knife stashed in your boots ?

      @BHARGAV_GAJJAR@BHARGAV_GAJJAR9 ай бұрын

    • Whatever... no one cares.

      @inthedarkwoods2022@inthedarkwoods20228 ай бұрын

    • @@inthedarkwoods2022 you replied. Are you retarded. You said no one cares

      @mattluszczak8095@mattluszczak80958 ай бұрын

    • ​@inthedarkwoods2022 jealous that you arent the center of attention? People like you are the worst

      @pxl_official@pxl_official8 ай бұрын

  • The paratrooper at 3:42 about to jump with the giant smile on his face is my hero of the day!

    @crashburn3292@crashburn32928 ай бұрын

  • such an epic view of that second plane with even more paratroopers. At first glance it looks like poofs of smoke until you realize its parachute canopies. Big salutes to y'all

    @JPyo365@JPyo3658 ай бұрын

  • Great vid..thxs for sharing. Looks like Sicily DZ in NC Ft Bragg. Spent time in 1/75 Ranger and 82nd ABN…made 82 static line jumps…always enjoyed reaching the ground in one-piece…pissed like a race-horse as soon as I hit the ground…and moved to the assembly area with a smile on my face always!

    @markweiss4327@markweiss43275 ай бұрын

  • Looks like you get a much softer opening and a more controlled ride than we did with the old T-10s (back in 1973). Airborne!

    @rrl4245@rrl424510 ай бұрын

    • I jumped a T-10 during the Panama Invasion December 1989 With the Rangers.

      @RivetGardener@RivetGardener9 ай бұрын

    • Good man! I was a civilian by then.@@RivetGardener

      @rrl4245@rrl42459 ай бұрын

    • We were still jumping T-10D when I was in around 2008.

      @francavable@francavable9 ай бұрын

    • We had the T 10 a lot longer than you 🤣🤣🤣🇩🇪 German Army Para. 78-82. Glück ab. 👍🏼.

      @NikNik-gd6uv@NikNik-gd6uv9 ай бұрын

    • Wooooooooooooooooo. We still had T-10s when i went through jump school in 94. Delta Co. The Rock

      @Rickflairshair@Rickflairshair9 ай бұрын

  • This brings back so many memories. I jumped for over 10 years until a malfunction left me with a hard landing and a bit of a back injury. Now I fly paramotors to get in the air but I sure do have some fond memories of my time jumping out at 1,250 feet at Fort Benning.

    @kevinintheusa8984@kevinintheusa89848 ай бұрын

    • What was the malfunction, and did someone figure out how to prevent it?

      @thecamocampaindude5167@thecamocampaindude51678 ай бұрын

    • kitler

      @imstupidbut@imstupidbut8 ай бұрын

    • The same thing happened to my husband in 2000. Both of his parachutes failed. He doesn’t remember hitting the ground, but he amazingly somehow walked away from it. I think it has something to do with his weight 100# and 5’3” so pretty small. Today he is disabled. he started having neurological problems with his right side (side he landed on). Migraines, bone spurs, etc.

      @Sumermak@Sumermak4 ай бұрын

    • @@Sumermak oh, i am so sorry... as a 15 year old at home, tell your husband i appreciate him. im praying for him.

      @adamv9831@adamv98313 ай бұрын

  • Thanks for posting this. Loved seeing some of our NATO allies jumping with you.

    @PP-js2fy@PP-js2fy3 ай бұрын

  • I'm from nc right outside fortbragg. I had a paratrooper as my life coach teacher. The impact he had on me will never be forgotten

    @jchastain789@jchastain7895 ай бұрын

  • Reminding me of Paratroopers who jumped and landed in Normandy. Those guys were the bravest.

    @RealAadilFarooqui@RealAadilFarooqui8 ай бұрын

    • Their bravery was wasted in service to Zion.

      @accelerationquanta5816@accelerationquanta58168 ай бұрын

    • ​@@accelerationquanta5816L

      @hockeyguy5619@hockeyguy56195 ай бұрын

  • Looked like a bunch of smiles headed for the door. God Bless Our Troops!

    @timbrown8038@timbrown80388 ай бұрын

    • This was an international exercise including multiple countries. You can see the different flags on the soldiers's uniforms when they jump.

      @TheKadanz@TheKadanz3 ай бұрын

    • Those were sport jumpers or military guys on a non-military jump. The jumpmaster even had to be coached on the jump commands. A military jump is quite a bit different.

      @rascal0175@rascal01753 ай бұрын

  • In 1971 I went through jump school. That was pretty much how it was for us back then. I did get to be the first one out once, very cool. Great video.

    @tjeff51@tjeff515 ай бұрын

  • That is always phenomenal. NEVER. CAN NEVER. GET OLD.

    @craigcooknf@craigcooknfАй бұрын

  • I was the Ass't Stick Leader during Jump Week. I lead my stick onto the aircraft which put me at the back end during the jump so I was always the last one out the door. I had a Mid-Air Entanglement phobia so as soon as I was out the door, I would pull a rear riser to get as far away from everyone else as possible. The other thing that concerned me was what you saw at the end of the video. One of my jumps was fairly gentle so I landed and my chute settled on top of me. I was very worried about the next plane coming around and didn't want anybody landing ontop of me while I was on the ground tangled in my risers. Fortunately, another trooper was able to hustle over and help me climb out from under my chute as the next cycle of guys began landing. They trained us so thoroughly that from the moment I stepped out of the door, it was pure robotics until I settled down under the chute. I had the sense of the initial several seconds of the fall but never "experienced it". Probably for the best. I went in thinking Airborne School would cure me of my fear of heights, but in reality, they taught you that the fear was good. Fear kept you cautious. They taught you not to "not afraid", but to function through your fear. I went from Benning to Campbell to be with the 101. From then on, it was only sliding out of helicopters.

    @charlespaterson9714@charlespaterson97148 ай бұрын

    • Thank you for sharing this, the fear that guides you and necessarily doesn't need accomplishing. Wow, never thought of it in this way. Useful tool, ty.👍 ~Alaska

      @punipuk8507@punipuk85078 ай бұрын

  • Thank you. I have a serious spine condition and have always wanted to jump. Thank you for allowing me the experience through you. And thank you for helping us remain free.

    @tyrarathje1032@tyrarathje10328 ай бұрын

    • The only people stopping you from being free are your government. Not some Taliban geezer or Russian. Don't get it mistaken.

      @tonypine3434@tonypine34344 ай бұрын

    • ? bros parachuting

      @incryption@incryption3 ай бұрын

    • @@incryptionwhat you talking bout

      @theunknowngamer2954@theunknowngamer29543 ай бұрын

    • I feel like you would love VR

      @SlyFireVR@SlyFireVR3 ай бұрын

  • this was so fun to watch thank you!!!! the speed at which you"re coming down is a lot faster than I imagined!

    @IsidroJoe@IsidroJoe8 ай бұрын

    • Yeah, we were told that with a fully deployed parachute, we were still falling 22 ft per second, or about the same impact as jumping off a 10 ft ladder.

      @82ndAbnVet@82ndAbnVet7 ай бұрын

  • U paratroopers have 🏈🏈s!!! Much respect!! From a Submarine sailor!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

    @scottpowers5191@scottpowers51919 ай бұрын

  • I love how most of them had smiles on their faces the whole time

    @slayer4501@slayer45018 ай бұрын

  • I was stationed in germany in 2000. I was put on a commemorative road March detail with a pilot that dropped guys over Bastogne Belgium. We actually drew old equipment from a ww2 museum. It was one of those things you don't think about when you're young. He never got my name right and kept calling me a name I reminded him of

    @MatthewGill-nv4tb@MatthewGill-nv4tb8 ай бұрын

  • I was waiting for a nice three point landing. Nice work getting there safe.

    @backwaterskinny@backwaterskinny8 ай бұрын

  • That is such an incredible sound. I don't know if I could ever have the courage to just jump out of a plane. But it looks awesome!

    @spacejunk2494@spacejunk24942 жыл бұрын

    • I served with the 82nd Airborne division as an infantryman with 3rd Bn 325th Inf. What an incredible experience jumping, it was the landings that sucked alot of times because you hit the ground hard.

      @jackdaniel7465@jackdaniel7465 Жыл бұрын

    • The landings were no joke.

      @jackdaniel7465@jackdaniel7465 Жыл бұрын

    • It was a controlled crash at 18 to 22ft per second.

      @jackdaniel7465@jackdaniel7465 Жыл бұрын

    • ​@@jackdaniel7465q

      @justinclyne9746@justinclyne97469 ай бұрын

    • nobody jumps out of an airplane- they instead step out of the jump plane. World of difference.

      @onepocketpaddy@onepocketpaddy9 ай бұрын

  • My great uncle Mark Suggs was in the 82nd Airbourne panther division...he passed away from Covid last year passing away at 41 after fighting leukemia for a year before. His immune system went to shit but he was the strongest man i knew other then my father. God bless these guys ❤ 🇺🇸

    @TheSixStringGuy@TheSixStringGuy8 ай бұрын

  • Safe jump completed. That looks intimidating. That many parachutes makes me think somebody's in deep doodoo. Paratroopers are gonna make a big mess.

    @samsnephew3209@samsnephew32094 ай бұрын

  • Outstanding! Thanks for the memories! Airborne All the Way!

    @earlrasmussen4487@earlrasmussen448714 күн бұрын

  • "I'm going backwards again!" Used to hate that.

    @jamesray2000@jamesray20009 ай бұрын

  • it’s badass to see service members from different countries jump together

    @UnluckyCucumber@UnluckyCucumber8 ай бұрын

  • I always wondered what it is like. Thank you for getting me down safely!

    @2847Katie@2847Katie28 күн бұрын

  • Thank you for all you do 👍👍💪💯

    @joelopez633@joelopez6338 ай бұрын

  • Whew...just completed my first jump. Was a little tense at first, but then I got more relaxed as I saw the ground coming up at me. Thankfully, my leather recliner remained upright upon landing. Great video! Will watch it again...but with a snack on the second jump. Hope I don't spill my beer...

    @007gunlogo@007gunlogo8 ай бұрын

    • Funny!😅

      @3rscrafting@3rscrafting6 ай бұрын

  • "Show me a man who can jump out of an airplane and I'll show you a man who can fight"- Gen.James Gavin, 82nd Airborne Div, WW2

    @tungstenkid2271@tungstenkid22718 ай бұрын

  • My Dad was in the 82nd late in WW II. I have photos and his patches but nothing like this. Thank you so much for sharing.

    @badkittymama6508@badkittymama65084 ай бұрын

  • Since I’m terrified of going skydiving, this is the closest I’ll get to experiencing it.

    @becca53444@becca534448 ай бұрын

    • You can do a VR simulation of skydiving on an Oculus headset. It’s the best you will get without actually doing it.

      @stevethompson3083@stevethompson30838 ай бұрын

    • Some things such as skydiving aren't for everyone.

      @mysteriousfleas@mysteriousfleas8 ай бұрын

    • ​@@stevethompson3083or one of those indoor skydiving places

      @zarrowthehorse@zarrowthehorse5 ай бұрын

    • You can experience the landing by jumping off your roof. Its about the same.

      @Thewarhorse47@Thewarhorse473 ай бұрын

  • To all in this video, thank you for your service.

    @thegeneral5716@thegeneral57169 ай бұрын

  • havent jumped in quite some time but watching you leave that door put that same feeling i remember every time id jump back in my chest just a little bit

    @fernander7826@fernander7826Ай бұрын

  • Thanks for doing this, Jon. And thanks for your service. Damn good vid. 'goin backwards' , lol. HATED that. Brings back memories. Thanks, Again. God Bless, from former C co, 2/75.

    @jimo680@jimo6808 ай бұрын

  • Always thought i would never jump voluntary out of a perfectly functioning plane. Now I know for sure :-)

    @tonnywildweasel8138@tonnywildweasel81389 ай бұрын

  • One of the best videos I’ve seen of this sequence. Very well done!

    @beermuscles1@beermuscles19 ай бұрын

  • This video brought back so many memories. Not from jumping, but from being a C-130 electrical system specialist in the USAF. I spent a lot of time in that aircraft for 9 years. Good times and good memories (90's). I was surprised how I instantly could recall every component that was visible in the video. Its a little different, as these are J models, and I worked on H models. Crazy how some memories are seared so deep, that no amount of time will reduce their clarity. Greatest aircraft ever conceived. I may be biased..... but I doubt it. lol

    @ckmoore101@ckmoore10125 күн бұрын

  • Few things equal a daytime Hollywood jump! Note how the canopy landed directly on top of the jumper: indicates little or no wind.

    @215618680@2156186809 ай бұрын

    • And it beats the heck out of being dragged while trying to collapse that sucker... :>)

      @boli4203@boli4203Ай бұрын

  • Thank all of you for your service!

    @679corvette@679corvette8 ай бұрын

  • Could not even imagine how those guys have the guts to even stay calm while jumping out, much less staying calm before hand. Mad respect for the army and Air Force, and all the other branches of military. 👍🏻 3:25

    @ThatGuyDarkLord@ThatGuyDarkLord8 ай бұрын

    • Training trains you 😂

      @coomslayer7937@coomslayer79375 ай бұрын

  • They have my utmost respect and admiration.

    @echarts1946@echarts19464 ай бұрын

  • You could never pay me enough to jump just once in my life. Massive respect for those who do it on the regular, or even just occasionally. Y'all are crazy!

    @Skorpse@Skorpse8 ай бұрын

    • It really isn’t that bad

      @AoiTsuki_@AoiTsuki_7 ай бұрын

    • Hell, I would have paid them to let me jump. It's really not bad at all, most of the time.

      @82ndAbnVet@82ndAbnVet7 ай бұрын

    • It’s so much fun. And an extra couple bucks on your paycheck

      @Broccoli134@Broccoli1346 ай бұрын

    • They do it for about $150 extra a month lol

      @cremonster@cremonster5 ай бұрын

    • I’m well aware

      @Broccoli134@Broccoli1345 ай бұрын

  • Noticed they didn't have to drop any gear a second before landing, so this was a light-load day. I used to be deployed at jump school at Ft. Benning for a couple months, but spent most of my time at Huachuca. Anyway, I got to watch lots of jumps, but the best was at Ft. Bragg where my son-in-law was a combat engineer, ranger, company commander and jump master in the 82nd. His wife, my daughter, was a Lt. in the Air Force control tower, and she got to see him off. Those planes come over real low, and everyone's out in a half minute, sometimes hitting the ground in a minute, too, dropping packs prior to landing then disappearing into the woods. There's no time to figure out if you need the second parachute. They just count off and bang, hit it, if they need to (nobody does). The system is so rigid that they are never any mishaps, other than weird stuff like sprained ankles or in the case of my son-in-law who grabbed his harness too tight and pulled his shoulder out when the chute opened. Ambulances are lined up for those kinds of possibilities. Anyway, the daughter's a colonel, now, and the son-in-law twice a battalion commander, once a brigade commander, and now a general, both deployed multiple times.

    @KittyKarenpoo@KittyKarenpoo9 ай бұрын

    • Thank them. My niece and her husband live near the jump zone and their kids love watching the planes fly over. Her husband was stationed there when they met and works there now as a contractor. Lots of respect in all of NC for Bragg and the 82nd.

      @zuzuspetals9281@zuzuspetals92818 ай бұрын

    • Your son in law isn’t a Ranger if he’s in the 82nd.

      @cole3179@cole31798 ай бұрын

    • @@cole3179, exactly he most likely went to Ranger school. Ranger school is just a leadership school with tab. You have to go through Ranger Assessment and Selection to get into Ranger Battalion and be a Ranger.

      @thegreenberetlife0191@thegreenberetlife01918 ай бұрын

  • these shots are amazing!

    @HakenMods@HakenMods3 ай бұрын

  • 1980-85! Jump Master and then spent time with the 101st ABN/Assault. What a wonderful life!

    @AirborneAirAssault6565@AirborneAirAssault65658 ай бұрын

  • This still brings back the bubbleguts for me. Every jump was a mild panic attack.

    @comeseetheviolenceinherent579@comeseetheviolenceinherent5798 ай бұрын

  • Man how awesome, the memories came flooding back. I wish that I was young again to put my knees in the breeze.

    @allendaoust5844@allendaoust584410 ай бұрын

    • No. If you were in the 82nd then no, you would not want that again. Remember the hours and hours at Green Ramp?

      @RivetGardener@RivetGardener9 ай бұрын

    • @@RivetGardener Thankfully I was 1/75th and not 82nd.

      @allendaoust5844@allendaoust58449 ай бұрын

    • Youth is wasted on the young. How sad.

      @Heart2HeartBooks@Heart2HeartBooks9 ай бұрын

    • True. Sometimes we waste precious time or opportunities. But maybe it is all part of the learning. (Even with the regret.)

      @eac26114653@eac261146539 ай бұрын

    • @@RivetGardener Glad I read your post, man those hours at Green Ramp, however those naps I was able to take after all the checks were done we the best.

      @ybgl7965@ybgl79658 ай бұрын

  • This brings me back great memories, love it

    @Capitan_Doug_Keith@Capitan_Doug_Keith5 ай бұрын

  • That was a great video!

    @jasonvaliant5746@jasonvaliant57468 ай бұрын

  • What got me the most aside from listening to all the equipment checks, was seeing all those paratroopers falling from the back of that aircraft. That was simply amazing.

    @CriminalJusticeYoutube@CriminalJusticeYoutube8 ай бұрын

  • Wow. I dated a HALO trainer from the Army briefly, and his videos were so amazing to watch! Thank you for this!

    @giraffesinc.2193@giraffesinc.21938 ай бұрын

  • Loved it,thank you for sharing.😊

    @Zaber_Za@Zaber_Za25 күн бұрын

  • That looks like so much fun! Don't have to even think about about it, just jump.

    @triggerbunny@triggerbunny8 ай бұрын

  • My uncle was a 17th ABN Paratrooper in WW2. At 52 I did a Advanced Free Fall and one jump after that. So freaking cool!

    @l.a.raustadt518@l.a.raustadt5188 ай бұрын

  • My first jump was in 99' after 17 years of doing it, I'm proud to say the VA told me all my injuries to my cervical spine thoracic spine and knees are "non service related" yay me. All jokes aside best time of my life. I wouldn't trade it for anything.

    @slightlyseen6767@slightlyseen67678 ай бұрын

  • That was amazing! I was surprised at how silly happy I was when he was standing at the door looking down. Awesome! I'd like to try that.

    @Takwakin40@Takwakin407 ай бұрын

  • Gotta respect the Airborne troops. It takes massive balls to jump out of perfectly good aircraft. Salute!

    @sergioleone4215@sergioleone42153 ай бұрын

  • Love this! My dad was an 82nd Airborne D-Day paratrooper. Takes a different kind of guy to do this job. Hats off to the 82nd, "All Americans!"

    @543dp3555@543dp35558 ай бұрын

  • 1977 was my 3-week stint at Ft Benning for jump school. I went as an ROTC cadet and the experience didn’t disappoint. With the Airborne jump wings we received after our 5 jumps (2 in C-141 and 3 in C-130 ((1 at night) we entered active duty with the same wings the Zoomies at AFA had. Very few ROTC cadets got those wings -I just had to have them! Hats off to those who were active duty Airborne soldiers! Airborne! All the way and then some!

    @californiamartins@californiamartins8 ай бұрын

    • C-141! Now that's an airframe I've not heard about in a while. lol When I first got to Charleston AFB to work C-17s in the 90's, there were still some 141s there. Later, I remembered always seeing them taxiiing into the Boneyard at Davis-Monthan, in Az. The taxiiway passed by our Sq smokepit. We would all stand up, and render a salute to them as they went into the Boneyard. They served the country for decades, and deserved it.

      @Chuck8541@Chuck85418 ай бұрын

    • I was at Benning in the early part of 77. I had some wild times in Columbus. Airborne!!!👍👍👍

      @robertlyman2278@robertlyman22788 ай бұрын

    • ​@@Chuck8541My dad was stationed at Charleston AFB in the 90's...small world! 🙂

      @lilannegirl03@lilannegirl038 ай бұрын

    • Fort Benning, Georgia? They just recently changed the name to Fort Moore because the old name had Confederate origin

      @Mein_KampfyChair@Mein_KampfyChair8 ай бұрын

    • In 1981 I went to Fort Knox for 6-week Army ROTC. The Green Beret SSGT advisor for our platoon actually advised against going to jump school before being commissioned. He said if you’re injured as a cadet, you’re just out of the program (game over). But once you’re on active duty you’d be eligible for benefits for injuries in the line of duty.

      @edbouhl3100@edbouhl31008 ай бұрын

  • Wow! Great footage! Stay safe. Done in such an orderly fashion too.

    @juliannenoll8225@juliannenoll82253 ай бұрын

  • I haven't jumped in so long but I still get an adrenaline rush just watching this, remembering when I used to do this.

    @TheDreamN@TheDreamN7 ай бұрын

  • Absolute BALLS OF STEEL. Wow, thank you for your service!

    @Jeudaos@Jeudaos8 ай бұрын

  • Great video! I have over 200 jumps and would do it again tomorrow.

    @TinMan0555@TinMan05559 ай бұрын

  • I love how they all go and then the guy recording just casually steps out

    @ShephrdWieb@ShephrdWieb7 ай бұрын
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