82ND AIRBORNE NIGHT JUMP. 3/504th PIR. Part 1 OF 3 Parts BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, TV show with Joan Lunden. it shows Col. Petraeus, currently Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
I was in Aco 3/504 from '96-'99. I remember Petraeus always had us carrying our weapons with the Devil Weapon Grip haha. I actually didn't like that unit much, all the training we did was mostly the trench line live fire range, whatever that range was. It was like we were getting ready to fight in WW1. I've also been in 3/505 and 1/325 and they were both better units. I got lucky and PCS'd for drill sergeant duty. I signed out of the unit the day they flew to Kosovo. At the time I was pissed because I knew they would probably get CIB's and I would have got a star on mine (finally got it in '03), but a few weeks later they were in the news when SSG Ronghi raped and killed that little girl and it came out that everyone was getting drunk and roughing up civilians. The entire chain of command up to BN got axed. Ronghi was in my platoon, we were both squad leaders. Man I got lucky.
I wonder if they really do have a arm interval between jumpers. I went through in April. Of 80. They said just get the guy from the back and he pushed everybody Out. Sometimes it was hard just to stay up. But I did it. 35 times in 3 years. I feel pretty good about myself. Mostly because of the good people are served with. 82nd Signal Battalion. Some grants used to Call us como pukes. Cuz we had the tents and generators. You can talk bad about us, but you can't talk without us. Airborne all the way.
@@nmelkhunter1 The Airforce CCTs wear red berets. The Army Paratroopers, those that serve in Airborne status, wear Maroon Berets. Snake Eaters wear Greenie Beanies.
@@markcollins919 I’m aware of all of this. Rangers regiments wear tan berets and the standard issue is black which was the Ranger beret. The point is she did a great job with this story and handled herself with class.
''For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return.'' -Leonardo da Vinci ''How much more then; than those who've straddled such flight... and have chosen to jump from it's wings?'' -Former Sgt. William Gilpin 82nd Abn. 1/504 Inf. '71 -'74 ''And where is the prince who can afford so to cover his country with troops for its defence, as that ten thousand men descending from the clouds might not in many places do an infinite deal of mischief, before a force could be brought together to repel them?'' -Ben Franklin ''For None Are Closer, to the Author of Sacrifice Himself... Than Those Who Chose, to perform it for the Sake of Others.'' -gilpin 101219 Obligements Salvador: for the platform in which to pop off.
Out of curiosity how old is this series of the 87nd? Does anyone know when it was first aired? In the video, it said that the last time the 82nd went on a mission was 1994. Also doesn't Pope/Bragg have the C 5's now as well? I'm nosey as I live right outside of Ft. Bragg. I love seeing our helicopters and jets/planes flying. The night training is LOUD and well, I got used to it. No problem guys and gals. I support our troops in any way I can. Even with an awesome program called Dogs on Deployment, it helps the soldiers to have someone to take care of their dogs, while they are away. One less thing they have to worry about.
Are you serious, I retired out of the 82nd Airborne after 24 years and we are still in the fight. You may have never heard of Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and all of our operations in Afgahnistan until recent...
