Posted on Aug 16, 2018
Since it’s national Airborne day, what foreign wings did you have & when did you graduate, (German wings & graduated in 07 Oct 2005)?
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Airborne School: Oct 2002
Advanced ABN School: 2009
German Parachutist Badge: 2007
Botswana Defense Force Parachutist Badge: 2010
Advanced ABN School: 2009
German Parachutist Badge: 2007
Botswana Defense Force Parachutist Badge: 2010
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CW2 Louis Melendez yeah, I was pretty happy to get on the Botswana Jump. I think they have only showed up once while I was at Bragg (for almost a decade.)
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CW2 Louis Melendez
CW3 (Join to see) - Some are very difficult to get because those countries come to Bragg once in a while and everybody knows that and try to just jump with them.
(Bostwana, Mexico, Brazil, and many others for example)
(Bostwana, Mexico, Brazil, and many others for example)
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Oh, I know that for sureCW2 Louis Melendez. In the decade I was there, Thailand came once, Ireland once, Botswana once, Israel didn’t show, and of course everyone has German because they always come.
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CW2 Louis Melendez
CW3 (Join to see) - Lmao, that's true. God bless the Germans, they are always happy to come support Toy Drop operations. I would say that Canada and Germany has always been in every toy drop since I reported to Bragg to now (2010-present).
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ITILIAN JUMP WINGS
AIRBORNE SCHOOL 2000 (all my jumps were Friday Saturday and Sunday due to bad weather and awaiting plane parts.)
AIRBORNE SCHOOL 2000 (all my jumps were Friday Saturday and Sunday due to bad weather and awaiting plane parts.)
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