steve1 5 #1 January 29, 2005 I've got some old army jump pictures. If you are really bored you might want to see them. This picture was taken when I was going through S.F. weapons training at Bragg, back in 1970. I'm the good looking young feller on the right. The old HALO building is in the background.....Steve1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve1 5 #2 January 29, 2005 Yes, those are C-119's out there. I told you I was old.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve1 5 #3 January 29, 2005 This is my A-team preparing for a night jump in Utah. Some of these guys were scared to jump, but they still jumped every time they stood in the door. Since I was a bad ass skydiver I used to tease some of them over this. Some of the strained looks on some of these faces were from worry.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve1 5 #4 January 29, 2005 Here we're jumping in the snow, in Montana, out of H-34 helicopters.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve1 5 #5 January 29, 2005 Darn, I forgot the picture....here it is. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlueSBDeath 2 #6 January 29, 2005 Those pictures ROCK!! I love to see those vintage Airborne memories. Here is my early "Airborne" days, I was a "Leg" and made the team and went to Jump School on the way to the team. Now that is some scary Sxxt!!! By the way, Your photos are much more impressive than my "pretty boy" pictures. ArvelBSBD...........Its all about Respect, USPA#-7062, FB-2197, Outlaw 499 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve1 5 #7 January 29, 2005 Gee whiz....Golden Knights were like, what I always wanted to be, but never became....Steve1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlueSBDeath 2 #8 January 29, 2005 I went to try-outs for the jumps..............who would have thought a leg fun-jumper would make it?!?! Then I was fired for some car wreck, atfer the air show, thing, anyway, its all good You can't keep a good man down!!!BSBD...........Its all about Respect, USPA#-7062, FB-2197, Outlaw 499 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve1 5 #9 January 29, 2005 They didn't call us snake eaters for nothing....Here I'm pretending to be a bad ass in my sterile fatigues complete with snake skins. This was after a night jump into southern Texas out of a C-130 black bird.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve1 5 #10 January 29, 2005 One last picture. No, that's not John Wayne. This was where we jumped in Utah...Up in the Wasatch Range. A very high DZ.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slug 1 #11 January 31, 2005 Steve & BSBD Those pic's are great and your not old now. R.I.P. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve1 5 #12 April 29, 2005 I ran across another old jump picture from 1970. This was just prior to our first jump. This isn't a real aircraft door. What do you think of that jump helmet. We called them steel pots back then. The guy standing behind me ended up with a severe concussion on jump three, when the wind came up. A better helmet may have prevented that. Do they still take this jump picture at Jump School?....Steve1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 6 #13 April 29, 2005 I'm the good looking young feller on the right Quote Wow! YOUNG being the 'operative' word! Great pics Steve!!! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cloudseeker2001 0 #14 May 13, 2005 QuoteThose pictures ROCK!! I love to see those vintage Airborne memories. Here is my early "Airborne" days, I was a "Leg" and made the team and went to Jump School on the way to the team. Now that is some scary Sxxt!!! By the way, Your photos are much more impressive than my "pretty boy" pictures. Arvel You kinda look like Dr. Smith! "Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance, others mean and rueful of the western dream" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimbarry 0 #15 May 14, 2005 QuoteI ran across another old jump picture from 1970.Mine below's from '86. Damn, almost 20 years. QuoteWe called them steel pots back then.Steel pot on this one too. Although we jumped with kevlars. QuoteDo they still take this jump picture at Jump School?Looks like the style changes from year to year. This one's a bit more rah, rah, USA, but I think the mock door one's a bit cooler. Check out my protectin' that reserve baby! I think there was a pillow in there... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kenneth21441 0 #16 June 21, 2005 Here a photo taken of myself and another Rigger in Hondo in 1991. I am on the right. Having spent like four months down there it offered me alot of chances to work on my tan, jumping and some good old education thanks to the military.Kenneth Potter FAA Senior Parachute Rigger Tactical Delivery Instructor (Jeddah, KSA) FFL Gunsmith Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BIGUN 1,053 #17 July 27, 2005 Is that Camp Williams?!?!?! I did some UW training there in '82Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sfullerman 0 #18 July 28, 2005 Very cool pics of "back-n-tha day" steve! One evening back in '81 I found myself sitting around a dz campfire with quite a mixed group of folks.Most of the guys on one side were ex-military with jump experience.....on the other side of the fire was a motley collection of college kids. One of the military fellas said "you kids think you know what a good time is....you haven't lived till you've made a midnight drop from a C-130 at 500ft, over woods that are 20 miles deep...and then you hike back." One little hippie with those round John Lenon glasses, leaned back against a tree, and after a long pull on a joint said...."I dont know maaaan, sounds like a hassle to me" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dgskydive 0 #19 August 5, 2005 Not when I was there in '90 They looked just like our Basic pics. Except we were much skinner by the time we hit Jump School. MY favorite part of jump school, was walking clock wise in the chow hall. NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Dom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sfzombie13 307 #20 August 20, 2005 i went thru benning in '00. we were in the last class to use bdu's for pt, now they wear the pt uniform. and no more woodchips, it's all pea gravels. but man they dropped me from the slt maybe 100 times, i couldn't keep my feet and knees together. i was bleeding from the eyes, nose, mouth, ears, chin and neck when i got done. my first jump, i was in the door checking out the scenery, thinking "this is low!" and when i went out, i started looking around and hit the ground before i got a slip. i was used to a good canopy ride! a blackhat came up to me and told me he knew i was a skydiver, said that if he saw me crossing my feet again, he'd send me home._________________________________________ Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve1 5 #21 August 21, 2005 QuoteIs that Camp Williams?!?!?! I did some UW training there in '82 That's correct. The accomodations there weren't very fancy...Steve1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StevePhelps 0 #22 September 23, 2005 Some old SF stuff, back in late 70s. 1= lean and mean -- notice the medical scissors in the top left pocket. The "unofficial " sign you were an SF medic! LOL! 2= out on SCUBA mission (the guy on my left is Mark Goode - he's in Iraq as a contractor - he retired SF (I think) 4= graduating UWO at Key West. (recognixe any of these SFers? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve1 5 #23 September 23, 2005 Steve, I would have given a lot to get scuba and halo school back in those days. HAHO school wasn't invented yet. But then again I was only a weekend warrior, and there wasn't much money allocated for us....Steve1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkymonkeyONE 3 #24 September 23, 2005 Mark Goode and I were on ODA 355 together in 1991-1992. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StevePhelps 0 #25 September 23, 2005 Recognize anybody else. In the boat photo, the guy with his back to me was an old crusty SFC or MSG. One cool UWO guy. The other guy was an LT (West Pointer -- I think) In the UWO grad class, Sgt Godbey (demo/medic) Sgt Holder (buff dude) SSGT Simmons (blonde ) I heard he was an Warrant Officer on a team, or went OCS and became a XO or something. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
