Comments by "Stan Wagner" (@Buck123four) on "What Army Paratroopers Go Through At Airborne School | Boot Camp" video.

  1. Graduated from jump school in 1973. Day 1 was the PT test, 6 chin-ups, X pushups, Y situps, etc. Many failed the chin-ups & were sent away, FAR away. No wings for them. I was one of four in a four-man room. By the middle of week 2...I was all alone in the room. Then...lo & behold, about 5 or 6 years later, I started seeing women with jump wings. No way in hell could they do the chin-ups. Hmm I wonders - WTF? Seems they didn't HAVE to meet the standards...all they had to do was HANG FROM THE BAR for a minute or two. How about that? Ain't America great?
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  2. Afghanistan 2001, the Rangers did EXACTLY that, in the middle of the night.
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  3. Yup, especially when ya jump on a DZ that is NOT plowed weekly. DZs in Asia tore people up...badly.
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  4. So they feel special...and pretend they have testosterone. Effing joke.
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  5. If anyone fact-checked you, you would be in jail. Rappelling from an Apache, huh? Its an ATTACK helicopter. Ranger School is NOT auto promotion to E6 & ya don't get a "Green Beret."
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  6. Back in the day, every vehicle on DZ had to have engine running AND a driver. And a combat jump ain't gonna have HMMWVs sitting around...
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  7. Jumping from helicopters is way cooler...ya just slide offa the side & fall for about 4-5 seconds.
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  8. Now it is...they changed the PT standards so the fairer sex could get their little jump wings. No chinups...just hang from the bar for a minute or two.
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  9. Today Casper Milquetoast could graduate. In 1973, we had about a 60% fail / quit rate.
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