Things kicked off Friday with the CH 47 jump...that was Sweet!  Ramp jump (I lost ramp position after all -- so some SSGs could have a little CH 47 JM refresher...btu no biggee - we all got tapped out anyways...)  About a five second drop - longer than normal -- bit of an actual rush compared to the 120 knot 3.2 second drop you get from the C130  (the Chinnok only flies at 90 knots).

It was  cold cold mornign Friday but it warmed a bit.  Steering with toggles...wow!  I took pictures -- can't wait to see how this PLDC roll of film comes out.

After the jump the whole class climbed back into the helicopter and we flew out to the land Nav area for the FTX..."Airmobile".  We zeroed our Miles gear (god I hate this shit - almost worthless & and the added weight --although not muchm is a pain in the ass and skull after a while) and "rucked" @ 50 meters (hah!) to our patrol base site - my hasty fighting position assigned unto me was pretty much already dug (nice!).   We were lucky here -- the ground is soft  and sandy.  We did night land is groups of three -- I made the mistake of trusting Rodriguez and Garcia's plotting - i found them the points they plotted alright...but they were the wrong points due to retarded plotting and involved an extra 3 clicks (at least!) of walking.

Yesterday morning I was  team leader for an ambush -- that was our 1st mission on that day and we kicked serious ass on the poor saps.  That automatic mod on my M16A2 worked beautifully.  Redd & Huey helped me & the o

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