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    At least 22 paratroopers hurt in parachute training

    At least 22 paratroopers hurt in parachute training

    I didn't realize that the Army put a BCT from the 25th Inf on jump status. Anyway, I have been in jumps like this. We even had paratroopers die in jump accidents.

    At least 22 soldiers training at a Mississippi military base have been injured during a night parachuting exercise.

    U.S. Army spokesman John Pennell tells WDAM-TV that at least 15 people hurt at Camp Shelby were treated by medics and another seven were hospitalized. Staff Sgt. John Healy says none of the injuries are considered to be life-threatening. Camp Shelby Cmdr. Col. Bobby Ginn says the troopers belong to the 4th Brigade of the 25th Infantry Division stationed at the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska.



    Pennell says about 89 paratroopers were on the plane for the Wednesday night exercise. Ginn says the soldiers jumped from a C-130 aircraft and were blown off-course from their intended landing zone and into a group of pine trees. Several were entangled in the trees and had to be rescued.


    Healy says about 650 soldiers were involved in the exercise. About 3,000 troops from the Alaska base are at monthlong training at Camp Shelby called “Operation Arctic Anvil.”
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    I was on a jump where we had sixty Mike an hour winds and the brigade commander refused to cancel the jump. Men died along with his career.

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    I remember when Bobby Porter (Commander of the 82d) was told by his DZSO that winds were too high for a jump into Turkey, but he overruled him and ordered the jump to go. There were a lot of casualties, including Porter himself who suffered severe brain damage from which he never recovered.
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    I have jumped over safety levels, but not anything like that.

    We had a SGM resign his jump wings (refuse jump status) because of safety violations. It was a scandal in the 82nd. He told the division commander he had 6 months to retire and he wasn't going to let this b.s. kill him. That was the morning after a jump like in the OP. He hit hard. I barely missed the pine trees, but got dragged across the drop zone making my face pretty.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cletus View Post
    I remember when Bobby Porter (Commander of the 82d) was told by his DZSO that winds were too high for a jump into Turkey, but he overruled him and ordered the jump to go. There were a lot of casualties, including Porter himself who suffered severe brain damage from which he never recovered.
    Horrible leader.
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