Goodbye everyone...

[gooberman]

Im leaving for Airborne school tonight. I'll be gone for 3 weeks. Probably the hardest 3 weeks of my life. Wish me luck.

[Zensteve]

Jumping out of a perfectly good plane? Rather you than me, buddy.

See you in a few weeks. Better have some awesome stories about it.

[indietalk]

Have fun!

[wheatgrinder]

My dad was 101st..
I grew up listening to old classics like..


"Blood on the Risers..."


( CHORUS )
GORY, GORY, WHAT A HELLUVA WAY TO DIE,
GORY, GORY, WHAT A HELLUVA WAY TO DIE,
GORY, GORY, WHAT A HELLUVA WAY TO DIE,
HE AIN'T GONNA JUMP NO MORE

He was just a rookie and he surely shook with fright;
He checked all his equipment, made sure his pack was tight;
He had to sit and listen to those awful engines roar;
"YOU AIN'T GONNA JUMP NO MORE"

( CHORUS )

"Is everybody happy" cried the sergeant looking up.
Our hero feebly answered "yes" and then they stood him up;
He jumped into the icy blast his static line unhooked,
AND HE AIN'T GONNA JUMP NO MORE.

( CHORUS )

He counted long, he counted loud, he waited for the shock,
He felt the wind he felt the cold, he felt that awful drop,
The silk from his reserve spilled out and wrapped around his legs AND HE AIN'T GONNA JUMP NO MORE.

( CHORUS )

The risers swung around his neck, connectors cracked his dome,
Suspension lines were tied in knots around his skinny bones;
The canopy became his shroud; he hurtled to the ground.
AND HE AIN'T GONNA JUMP NO MORE.

( CHORUS )

The days he'd lived, loved and laughed kept running through his mind,
He thought about the girl back home, the one he'd left behind,
He thought about about the medics and wondered what they'd find,
AND HE AIN'T GONNA JUMP NO MORE.

( CHORUS )

The ambulance was on the spot the jeeps were running wild,
The medics jumped and shouted and scream with glee
rolled up their sleeves and smiled
For it had been a week or more since last a chute had failed,
AND HE AIN'T GONNA JUMP NO MORE.

( CHORUS )

He hit the ground the sound was "splatt," blood went spurting high,
His comrades was heard to say a "helluve way to die!"
He lay there rolling in the welter of his gore,
AND HE AIN'T GONNA JUMP NO MORE.

( CHORUS )

There was blood on the risers, there was brains upon the chute,
His intestines were a' dangling from his Paratrooper suit
He was a mess; they picked him up and poured him from his boots,
AND HE AIN'T GONNA JUMP NO MORE.

( CHORUS )



and

"Beautiful Streamer"


Beautiful streamer, open for me,
Blue skies above me and no canopy;
Counted nine thousands, counted too long,
Reached for the rip cord, the damn thing was gone.

Beautiful streamer, why must it be?
White silk above me is what I should see,
Just like my mother that looks over me;
To hell with the rip cord, 'twas not made for me.

Beautiful streamer, follow me down,
Time is elapsing and here comes the ground;
Six hundred feet and then I can tell,
If I'll go to heaven or end up in hell.

Beautiful streamer, this is the end,
Gabriel is blowing, my body won't mend;
All you jump happy son's of a gun,
Take this last warning as jumping's no fun.


Good luck, and thanks for layin it on the line.
Dan

[wheatgrinder]

after jump school.. makin a movie.. be a cinch..

[Adeimantus]

Good Luck, Goob!

Will they let you take a camera on your way down?

[gooberman]

My uncle randy was in the 101 airborne. Vietnam really messed him up. made him crazy.

[gooberman]

Originally Posted by Adeimantus

Good Luck, Goob!

Will they let you take a camera on your way down?

No... I wish. I will try to sneak it on for you guys.

[arrodiii]

Best of luck, Goob

[Buddy Greenfield]

Good luck Goob, thanks for stepping up (and out).

-Thanks-

[Cracker Funk]

Get some!

[gooberman]

You just don't lead 'em as much... ait war hell!

[Toyandgadgetguy]

Land on your feet, Ranger.

[Kosh]

Good luck, Goob.

[Uranium City]

"During the next few months he made three requests for transfer to airborne
training in Fort Benning, Georgia. And he was finally accepted.
Airborne!?! He was 38 years old. Why the fuck would he do that?"

Thank you for your service, Goob. Good luck!