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    The Military Freefall Parachutist Badge is a military badge of the United States Army and United States Air Force awarded to qualified U.S. Army and U...
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    Project Excelsior John Stapp Billy Waugh List of paratrooper forces Military Freefall Parachutist Badge "Civilian HALO Skydive from 30,000 ft. | TEEM"....
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    school, he saw news of the Tet Offensive, which inspired him to join the military. He graduated from Tri-County High School in 1968 and enlisted in the United...
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    Parachutist Badge (United States) (category United States military parachuting badges)
    the Military Parachutist Badge either through the Army's Airborne School at Fort Benning, or the United States Air Force Academy's AM-490 freefall parachute...
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    Strike. Regimental Reconnaissance Detachment Team 3 conducted a combat military freefall parachute drop onto Wrath Drop Zone in southeast Afghanistan on 10...
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    2023. This Green Beret Will Serve as the Army's New Top Enlisted Leader, Military.com, 2022-12-08 Command Sergeant Major Michael R. Weimer – Senior Enlisted...
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    money for a bus ticket back to Bastrop. Now committed to serving in the military once he finished school, Waugh became an excellent student at Bastrop High...
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    Candidates will be awarded the basic parachutist rating upon graduation. Military Freefall School, Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona (4 weeks). - Week one of the...
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    will not interfere with the parachutist’s vision or range of motion. Military Freefall Parachutist Badge United States Army Parachute Team – Golden Knights...
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    President George W. Bush from 2002 to 2007. During his 36-year career in the military he spent 13 years in the Delta Force and was involved in numerous high-profile...
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    environmental sensing device - used to detect if the weapon was in its correct military environment and in turn disable weapon safing devices - for each application...
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    Parachutist badge (category Military parachuting)
    Alta Quota). Similar to the US Military Freefall Parachutist Badge, awarded only to Special Forces personnel. Military personnel qualified and a civilian...
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    Randy Shughart (category American military snipers)
    heroism and devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest standards of military service and reflect great credit upon him-self, his unit and the United...
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    Gary L. Harrell (category Military personnel from Tennessee)
    Infantryman Badge Master Parachutist Badge with one Combat Jump Device Military Freefall Jumpmaster Badge with Special Operations Command Central background...
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  • Queen's Gallantry Medal. In 1998, he published a memoir of his life entitled Freefall, under the pseudonym "Tom Read". After several years of psychiatric illness...
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    the hazards of swimming, open and closed circuit SCUBA diving, and military freefall during amphibious reconnaissance operations. They also instruct and...
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    Steven W. Gilland (category United States Military Academy alumni)
    Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal with V Device, Master Military Freefall Parachutist Badge, Master Parachutist Badge, Ranger tab, Air Assault...
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    Thomas Payne (soldier) (category Military personnel from South Carolina)
    Africa Command area of responsibility. Payne is a graduate of numerous military schools and courses, including Basic Airborne Course; Ranger Indoctrination...
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    Richard E. Angle (category United States Military Academy alumni)
    as a second lieutenant in 1991 following graduation from United States Military Academy at West Point. His first assignment was with the 1st Battalion...
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    James J. Mingus (category United States military personnel stubs)
    Combat Infantryman Badge Master Parachutist Badge Military Freefall Parachutist Badge Ranger tab Bronze German Parachutist Badge Joint Chiefs of Staff...
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    final military assignment was chaplain with the Regimental Special Troops Battalion of the 75th Ranger Regiment. Struecker retired from active military service...
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    Special Atomic Demolition Munition (category Military equipment introduced in the 1960s)
    man-portable atomic demolition munition (ADM) system fielded by the US military from the 1960s to 1980s but never used in combat. At the time of the weapon's...
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    United States Air Force Tactical Air Control Party (category Military air traffic control)
    increase their knowledge, skills, and operator capabilities by attending Military Freefall, Air Assault, Pathfinder, Ranger, and Special Forces Combat Diver...
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    a parachute component that is widely used by sport skydivers and military freefall parachutists to attach the two risers of a main parachute to the harness...
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    John A. Chapman (category Military personnel from Springfield, Massachusetts)
    the Air Force Cross to TSgt John Chapman for extraordinary heroism in military operation against an armed enemy of the United States as a 24th Special...
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    Prince Abdul Mateen of Brunei (category Pages using infobox military person with embed)
    enrolled in the Aviation Physiology Centre and attended the 61st Basic Military Freefall Course in Singapore. On 20 May 2021, Prince Mateen was promoted to...
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    Assault, Airborne, Ranger and Pathfinder Schools; Jumpmaster, Military Freefall and Freefall Jumpmaster Courses; and United States Army Command and General...
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    David L. Grange (category Military personnel from New York (state))
    Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia) Badges Scuba Diver Badge Air Assault Badge Military Freefall Parachutist Badge Badges 75th Ranger Regiment Distinctive unit insignia...
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    Ramón Colón-López (category Military personnel from Bridgeport, Connecticut)
    West, FL 2001 Airborne Jumpmaster Course, Little Creek NAS, VA 2003 Military Freefall Jumpmaster Course, Yuma PG, AZ 2003 Noncommissioned Officer Academy...
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    Gary Gordon (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the United States Army Center of Military History)
    Roll On/Roll Off (LMSR) sealift ship and is operated by the U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command, Washington, D.C. Gordon has been honored elsewhere as...
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