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| Army jumpmaster breaks down viral video of German paratrooper landing on someone's balcony |
| 2022-08-15 |
| [Task & Purpose] It’s not completely unheard of for military paratroopers to land, well, not where they expected, whether it be in some nearby trees or on someone’s kitchen floor. And a recent video making the rounds on social media adds one more unlikely landing to the list: Directly on someone’s second-story balcony. A video shared online this week shows a German paratrooper who was participating in this year’s Leapfest — an international competition for U.S. and foreign military service members. The competition was held in Rhode Island this year, and teams were tasked with jumping from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter from 1,500 feet to a drop zone on a privately owned farm. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #6 My father re-trained their jumpers after WWII. He had a lot of respect for them. He once explained that is why he hated "Hogan's Heroes. |
| Posted by: Woodrow 2022-08-15 21:25 |
| #5 Sometimes you can slip for all your worth and you still get blown into the trees. I'm glad he didn't get hurt but there were some basics that the German failed at. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2022-08-15 16:34 |
| #4 |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-08-15 16:00 |
| #3 It would be a ten of ten if he cooked a schnitzel and whipped up a batch of brat kartoffel on his way down to call Uber |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2022-08-15 12:40 |
| #2 Otto Skorzeny would be proud. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-08-15 12:37 |
| #1 Tuesday, August 16 National Airborne Day 2022 in United States |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-08-15 10:07 |