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Thats great! I used to jump there when it was "Paragators" in the mid 90's. Did my first night jumps there and first kiss pass (Pam Manos) there also.

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They don't care if you're a genious are a jack ass as long as you stay out of trouble. July 19th 2008 can't wait!

I had that attitude early during my first enlistment. I PCSed to a different unit and it was a world of difference. I actually reuped. Anyway thanks for your service.

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The army has this great (actually not so) new thing called ACUs. So he just might be getting "velcroed."

LOL. I forgot about those. I went to Bragg in May for "All American Week" and I felt like a WWII soldier. I could not find one thing that was the same as when I was in (1987-94).

Outstanding! Do you have to run the gauntlet or let every NCO E-5 and above pound the pins into your neck? I still have the scars from my E-5 pinning party when I was in the 82nd.

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Got hurt at work again. Gotta let my knee heal up, be back in the air in a couple weeks.

Do exactly what your instructors tell you to do and don't get too upset if you have to repeat a jump or two. Don't forget to have fun.

It will be fun. Just stick with it and you will be in free fall in no time.

Don't worry about 3000 Ft jumps. Most of my staticline jumps were from 800 ft AGL at night, from jet aircraft with all kinds of heavy stuff tied to me.

I haven't had any outs lately. All my off field landings were in Titusville in the mid 90's when they used to fly the Queen Air.

Landed in the cemetary once, had to yell "heads up" to some people visiting the dead in my landing area.

Half of us landed in the middle of a soccer game one time, while the game was going on.

The last one I had was a King Air boogie, very late sunset load (it was dark). I landed right next to the drive through window at McDonald's. The lady picking up her food gave me a ride back to the DZ.

That would be great to skydive at Umatilla again. That was one of my favorite places to jump in the mid 90's.

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Broke the 200 mark this weekend.

I will be wishing them a Merry Christmas also. Thanks for the address.

Damn it, thought it might be but so many posts so little time.

Media photo fraud

http://www.aish.com/movies/PhotoFraud.asp

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Color of the truck wont do it.

Ask for a Jury Trial. They will try and tell you that you cant but it is your constitutional right. They will dismiss it every time. I have done it at least 8 times.

There are no jury trials in Florida for speeding tickets. They are handled by a judge or more often a hearing officer.

CO2 cartridges are cheap, you can get them anywhere at your destination so you don't have to bring them on the plane.

Here is a link to another flotation device I found.

http://www.pierltd.com/new/main/propage.cfm?part=589

No shortage of those in Panama either.

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Shitty weather came in on saturday... but my 2 jumps were fun!! Plus, I got to make 2 scuba dives this morning :o)

Did they make anymore loads after the second weather hold around 2:30? It was looking bad so I left.

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I got two 18,000 foot jumps and one 15,000 foot jump at Titusville before the weather came in Saturday. Going to Deland tomorrow.

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We have a couple of those here in Iraq. I wonder how great that armor is but at least it puts a turret gunner up high where he has a nice vantage point. I'm sure the armor is better than these hoopdy Suburbans.

Its better than the Suburbans for sure. We were told it would stop up to 7.62 and thats all we really need it to do for our applications.

Interesting to hear they are being used over there by contractors. We had two guys from our team that left recently to work in Iraq.

Oh, I understand what you are saying. These vehicles are for Military or law enforcement use only. The Bearcat has thick steel armor. Its more like a tank than a Humv.

I agree, I have seen some crazy things done with civilian Hummers and regular SUVs for that matter. Most people don't realize they handle a lot different than a car.

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These have got to be the ugliest things I have ever seen.
They should be outlawed on regular roads.
They should be used for military or commercial off highway use only.
They are a hazard to the other vehicles on the road.
Most of the time the people driving them aren't properly trained or able to safely drive them.

Nope. Everyone on the team that is assigned to drive this or any of our vehicles has to complete an on and off road certification course.

Nice. Our team just got one of these, ours is the OD green one at the top. You get a lot of attention rolling through the hood in it.

http://www.armoredtrucks.com/products.htm

There is no such thing as Karma but pissed off husbands are real.

Deal.

I know you're a rebbel, free thinker, dislike authority.

I will have to come over to Z-hills and jump with you, we can continue this over a beer.

Do you thing we are invisible while conducting self initaited activity in high crime areas?

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Scenarios for reducing robberies.
1- Parking in front of frequently robbed convenience stores.

That means they will rob the one down the street. (you can't be parked at all of them).

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2- Patrolling wealthy neighborhoods full of stuff to steal.

We do that but again you can't be every where at once. Once they see the patrol car go by they know you won't be by for a while.

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3- Parking in front of bar and hitting on college girls.

Shea, as if.