Were you on the ground or in the bird? Did they cut away?

Yep. Seen something similar when I was the Air in 2/325. I told the D Co morons to download their trucks before sling and one didn't...

I would have had to push the safety out. Nobody knows how to work those Air Force parachutes at 800 ft in the dark.

Door open, stick moving, jumper fell in the door. Safety bent over to grab them by the main lift web. I stopped the stick and start pushing them back to make room. Reserve came open. I turned to go out but the door was full of safety and jumper so I lay on it and crawled forward. Sporty.

Is it not a strong parody that is so good it keeps us guessing?

Well aren't they Committee PSMs?

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Fact. I was on 2/75 twice for a total of about 5 years. Didn't learn to really shoot until 20 years later as a civilian but I could manage the suck better than most.

Nobody who ever embarked on something difficult and worthwhile knew "how to get there." The hardest step is deciding to start. The next is to decide to keep going when the way forward is not clear.

It's a sharing thing. Each gets to admire the gift and comment on how thoughtful it is, and the recipient thanks the giver in real time, eye to eye.

Yes

I'm glad, but not surprised, to see him lay it out like this.

I will be interested to learn how and why interdiction was ruled out before going lethal when the USCG is interdicting effectively and the DOD has plenty of assets. I'm sure Phil is on it.

Can't be 2nd Batt. Noble Hill.

Well how do we know there were survivors now? Didn't see them and then blew them up so how did we learn about them?

No. The lesson is don't do illegal stuff.