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They did cut a lot out of his jump. Let's say she gave him some major drama!!! She beat the shit out of him. LOL

A quick breakdown. A few guys were from Perris, a few from Coolidge and four from the Military Freefall School in Yuma

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Thanks Chuck. Very Good post!!!

OKAY...LOL....Way off the mark. Here goes... 7 days at Ft. Bragg where all ground classroom instruction is taught. Everything that is taught in an AFF class but of course greatly expanded on. Obviously a tremendous amount of military information is included. Each student spends almost two hours of time in the tunnel throughout the week. BUT, not with Chuck. 8-9 MFFIs go to FT. Bragg and while some instructors are giving classes, other MFFIs are controlling and flying in the tunnel. You can probably imagine the amount of tunnel time the instructors get! The amount of jumps each students receive is about what you said but can greatly vary due to various reasons. Students are not just thrown out of the aircraft. Due to the amount of tunnel time they receive they can opt to do a solo exit or be harness held. All but a few instructors at the school are AFFIs/AFFEs. As for touching the students, of course it's allowed and is done on almost every jump in their early stages. I can send thousands of hours of video showing just what a MFFI can and must do to save students from fatal errors. Ever have to save a student from a violent spin, on his back wearing a 50 pound MC-4 with a weapon, O2 equipment and a 50 pound ruck? It's a job! The Jumps: Day 1: 3 jumps (harness hold if necessary) slick (1 student and instructor) Day 2: 3 jumps Slick (1 student and instructor). The 6th jump is a graded exercise where the student has to perform to a level of proficiency dictated by the school POI. If he passes, he moves on. If not, he has a retrain and a retest jump. Day 3: 3 jumps (1 student and instructor) with a 45-50 pound ruck and weapon. Day 4: 3 jumps. the same as above. On the 11th jump the student again has a graded exercise to pass with the same criteria as stated above. The 12th jump is an O2 jump at 12,500 or 17,500 with O2 consoles on board. The next jump is a 2-1 (2 students and 1 instructor) while both wearing equipment. After the 2-1s are completed, the students move on to larger groups (groups of 8) for military tactical purposes. Day 5: 3 jumps. All grouping jumps with 2 instructors. The 1st being slick and the others adding combat equipment and O2. The next week is more combat equipment O2 grouping jumps from various altitudes. 12,500 - 17,500. HAHOs and low shows are also done this week. Various exits are used throughout the course (doors/ramps, etc.) Night week is a repeat of everything done the previous weeks. NO LIGHTS. Average class: 8-9 slick, 15-20 Combat equipment, and 8-10 O2 jumps (some with consoles also) Although AFF and MFF is different they do have their similarities. And since alot of "I"s at the school work at civilian dropzones, AFF techniques are frequently used. Hope this clears things up for everyone.

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Just a bit of info here. At the school house (MFF School that is) are normal procedures on an aircraft emergency exit is to clear and pull immediately. Reason: This allows the airplane and the pilots to have as much room and altitude to manuever for a safe landing without having to worry as much about jumpers in freefall. They know all jumpers should be above them and will have the airspace all to themselves. We have had a few problems since I've been at the school (6 yrs) and this tactic has all proven itself. And....all the jumpers know exactly what they are going to do on exit before anything happens

The closest to you is at Andrews AFB. By the way whatever it's worth, I worked at the Little Rock chamber for 14 years!

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