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Sports Illustrated columnist Rick Reilly jumps with members of the U.S. Army "Golden Knights" Parachute Team.

by Kathryn Pardo

RAEFORD, N.C. (Army News Service, Nov. 17, 2003) - “Next to hanging out with supermodels at the Sports Illustrated swimsuit-edition photo shoot, this was the best experience of my life,” said senior sportswriter Rick Reilly after doing a tandem parachute jump with the U.S. Army Parachute Team, the Golden Knights.


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I remember that jump, it was done during the veterans day weekend and it was quite the deal. We had a big group of Brits form the Brit Army and the Knights jumping with a group of hardcore locals. It really was a good time.WE WERE NOT SUCKING AT RAEFORD:D
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“Next to hanging out with supermodels at the Sports Illustrated swimsuit-edition photo shoot, this was the best experience of my life,”





I would consider skydiving a damn site better experience than just hanging out with a bunch of women, unless they were all skydivers:)
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