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<blockquote data-quote="druryj" data-source="post: 3566258" data-attributes="member: 10465"><p>I went to Jump School in 1976 at Ft. Benning. It was a hell of a hoot! There's a lot of inter-service BS that flies around among us, but the U.S. Army puts on some damn fine training, I'll proudly state. I went through Jump School, Combat Diver (SF) School, and Pathfinder School, courtesy of my Army Brethren, and was always pleased and adequately challenged with the intensity and quality of training.</p><p></p><p>Not only Force Recon, but Marines with ANGLICO (Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company) are also on Jump Status. Also, many Marines in Recon Battalions are jump qualified. It's just another skill in the bag. It's also not uncommon for Recon Marines to float from back and forth from a Force unit to a Division unit. Share the knowledge, share the training. Force Recon supports the Commander of the Landing Force, while Recon Battalions support the Division to which they belong. I've served in both, and it doesn't matter which unit you're in, when you jump/step/fall out of an aircraft flying at 100+ knots and at 800 feet AGL or 12,000 ft . Gravity doesn't care. It's a toss up for me, between just rolling out of a Huey, stepping out into the jet stream of a C-141, or being pooped out of an OV-10 Bronco...that adrenaline rush was far and away better then the measly few dollars I got for Jump Pay.</p><p></p><p>* (I retired from the Corps in 1993, so there are a lot of changes in the current composition and structure of which I am not aware. MARSOC wasn't around yet when I was on active duty, so I can't say what the deal is with them).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="druryj, post: 3566258, member: 10465"] I went to Jump School in 1976 at Ft. Benning. It was a hell of a hoot! There's a lot of inter-service BS that flies around among us, but the U.S. Army puts on some damn fine training, I'll proudly state. I went through Jump School, Combat Diver (SF) School, and Pathfinder School, courtesy of my Army Brethren, and was always pleased and adequately challenged with the intensity and quality of training. Not only Force Recon, but Marines with ANGLICO (Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company) are also on Jump Status. Also, many Marines in Recon Battalions are jump qualified. It's just another skill in the bag. It's also not uncommon for Recon Marines to float from back and forth from a Force unit to a Division unit. Share the knowledge, share the training. Force Recon supports the Commander of the Landing Force, while Recon Battalions support the Division to which they belong. I've served in both, and it doesn't matter which unit you're in, when you jump/step/fall out of an aircraft flying at 100+ knots and at 800 feet AGL or 12,000 ft . Gravity doesn't care. It's a toss up for me, between just rolling out of a Huey, stepping out into the jet stream of a C-141, or being pooped out of an OV-10 Bronco...that adrenaline rush was far and away better then the measly few dollars I got for Jump Pay. * (I retired from the Corps in 1993, so there are a lot of changes in the current composition and structure of which I am not aware. MARSOC wasn't around yet when I was on active duty, so I can't say what the deal is with them). [/QUOTE]
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