Truth Duty Valour Episode 113 - Paratroopers Course
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- Опубліковано 16 вер 2024
- As proven in World War Two, paratroopers are force-multipliers for the commander in the field. Paratroopers can be inserted behind enemy lines to take and hold important strategic links and positions, before the enemy can destroy them. It takes a special breed of soldier to be willing to jump out of an aircraft with 100lbs of equipment into possible battle. We go Trenton, Ontario, to follow a group of young soldiers from the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry who want to earn their paratrooper wings. The training is intense and the pressure acute - any mistakes could cost them their lives.
I'm an American Paratrooper. And I just happened to stumble upon this on when it's National Airborne Day here in the States. So, I want to extend a Happy Airborne Day to my Paratrooper brothers in the North! AIRBORNE!!!
All the way.
I may not be a paratrooper(I’m 14) but so much respect to you and thank you for your service 🇨🇦🤝🇺🇸
12:06 Second from the left is Corporal Cole Bartsch, killed in Afghanistan 4 July 2007.
R.I.P
@@trippymane4936 Currahee!! rest well brother!
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Key to landing on a night jump is to listen for your rucksack to hit and you will hit 1 second later;also keep your eye on the horizon.
-An Airborne qualified US soldier myself, I cant wait to work with our northern cousins, once I get to my own parachute infantry regiment, had to deploy again with the station I was at, delaying my move after getting my wings
Hey cousin! I was wondering if you Americans have the same fitness requirements to enter the jump course? If so, how hard was it?
the testing standards are undergoing changes as of late, but the majority of the fitness aspect involves a lot of running, 5 mile formation runs, if you fall out too far twice you are kicked.Standard army physical fitness test (US) age group 17-21 regardless of the candidate's age with the addition of " the bent arm hang"- get on the bar like a chin up, but you have to hold a 90 degree (ish) angle ( chin above the bar) for 20 seconds, though it ends up being until the sergeant-airborne tells you to dismount . not much sleep at all. I was getting an average of 3 hours of sleep during jump week. As far as for me specifically, I was 28 at the time, but coming from a home station @ 6400ft elevation, doing a school at seal level I felt like a demigod. We too have a zip-line tower,34 ft, idk why its different measurements from yours, probably some ours is bigger BS. and a bunch of drop harnesses that hurt more than the actual jumps did . The coarse doesn't start with breaking you off, it wears you out.
once you get into an airborne unit, the physical expectation increases
Retests in front of the WO are brutal, nerve racking! I miss the Army so much... thanks again for posting this series!!!
I did this course as a cadet back in 2017, I'm in my application for the CAF right now. BPara was hell but so worth it!!
Evan MacNeil how many times realistically was it harder than GT?
@@coolleo1864 idk if there even comparable but I wouldn't know yet I'm hoping to get in soon though
@@coolleo1864 the thing is GT isn't hard what so ever B para is
@Zach Zanon my legs are sore just thinking about that. Like, if you switch your brain off and just focus on moving forward it's definitely doable, but shit does it sound unpleasant.
What was the pass rate
So many awesome memories coming back watching this video I was in airborne 2716 cadet core from .87-92 completed mock tower training in 88 and completed basic training in 92 however was rejected dew to my heart . Those 5 years were some the best in my life and taught me more than I I knew then . Getting older now and some memories and training come back . Something you’ll take with you in life
Did my jump course in 93 in Edmonton. Best course ever.
9313 here
Thank you for serving our country!!! It doesn't go unnoticed!👏
Hertlein had much the same experience that I did when I phoned mom...she was pretty worried but I let her know that I was loving it and all will be fine.Next time I saw her I gave her an Airborne sweat shirt and she wore it proudly:)
AIRBORNE all the way gentlemen. Con Huhn, Canadian Airborne Regiment, 2 Commando
Thank you for your service Sir!
Thank you for that Pat
I always enjoyed being on EX with you guys.
Bring them back!
First jump: Fear of the unknown. Second jump: Fear of the known! "If your chute don't open, lad, grab the grass; it's the bounce that kills yer!"
I took the "Jump Course" in 1991, it was a little different back then and I might remember some of the "good things" incorrectly hahahahaha. Great video! Brought back memories for sure
OMG! What memories! It is an amazing course and physically hard, but you do feel really good after. Awesome video!
Did my course in Edmonton 1984. Have my Canadian, American and German jump wings. Another thing, I dont care how many sky diving jumps you have, because until you do a night jump with an extra 50 pounds of gear, you are still a leg.
Former American paratrooper who has jumped with 3rd RCR. Outstanding unit!
I took my jump course in Edmonton in Oct '81 just less than a year after I finished basic Infantry training in Wainwright Alta...the first jump was not scary it was the second one but after that the jumps were a blast, especially the full equipment night jump and the ramp (sport) jump...all of our jumps were out of the C-130 and it's still like it was yesterday, one of the best experiences I ever had and the pride I had in getting my wings can't be topped.Btw, on I think my 5th jump we had a stop drop and the pain of standing there with the wait of all the winter gear was so intense that on the second go around the D.Z. I'm pretty sure a red light came on again just as I was about to go...I went anyway but all was good:)
LMAO, I agree, the first jump you don't really know what's going to happen. The second jump you know
Went thru the CABC in Edmonton the fall of '93'. I haven't jumped since '04' and only recognized two guys that I served with in this video. Shout out to Terry and Pat "Fair winds and soft landings".
31:25 - Ouch.
My papa was airborne in the PPCLI during the Korean War and for 20 years after. It’s amazing to see what the training consists of.
I went through the Ft. Benning US Army Airborne School 32 years ago and I have not forgot that school ever. Even when I was with my Airborne Infantry Battalion in Panama before the Panama Invasion of 1989 my battalion jumped at least 2 times per month and 4 the most. A couple weeks back I made my first jump since May 1990 after 29 years for my company reunion in Lancaster Texas. We did a 5 hour jump refresher and everything came back into my mind and body. The next day we chuted up in T-10-1 steerable parachutes and loaded on to a DC-3/C-47 plane made in 1940. The jump was fabulous from 1200 feet but the landing was as usual. I did my PLF (Parachute Landing Fall) to the standard landing into a potato field. Even though I landed like a nuclear device not too many potatoes got harmed after being dragged 20 feet after landing. It was a memorable reunion with my fellow Paratroopers. No matter how old we get, Paratroopers will always remember how crazy they were back in their younger days.
Good to hear from you Gator! I was A 3/5, Kobbe. 77-79. Made a reunion jump in Lancaster Texas in 2018. Hoora
@@montanaelkhunting Nice to hear from you Dennis! I haven't jumped since 2020 prices for fuel went up and I haven't road trip in a while.
I took the basic para in the summer of '85 at CFB Edmonton. It was a cadet serial, so it was preceded by two weeks at CFB Valcartier, which was mostly PT, then the 3 week course in Edmonton. Sad to see these trainees jumping out of a circus plane and not a C130. One would think CFB Trenton being mostly an airbase, and the parachute training being conducted there, would have C130s available for parachute training.
Ha!..... My son just completed his course last week, so I was prompted to spend a few minutes reminiscing on UA-cam. Sadly, his course jumped out of these ridiculous planes as well.
I don't know who you are, however, I do know that we were on the same course in '85, as there was only one.....
Did you end up joining the CF?.... I did a few yrs.
If you've still got the course photo, I'm on the far left, kneeling one over from 'Monkey McNeil' (Strangely enough, his name stuck in my brain 40 yrs later).
My hat off to all members of the CAF of which I used to be. Carry on
I'll always remember my first jump, the mess I made in my pants that took forever to get military clean.
"Some guy in a white coat figured that out", I haven't heard that in so many years.
God damn I want my Jump wings so badly.
What they don't say is that flight lessons are absolutely excruciating. When you're suspended those straps feel like razor wire digging into where your thighs join your pelvis and you have to squeeze your knees together on top of that. There are many other painful things to endure in para school but IMO that one was the worst.
Some guys would put wool socks in their crotch to ease the pain, but the PIs figured it our really quick, then it became even more pain in the rack.
2:35 I hope those weren't supposed to be pushups
No not worry Lucas, come and play.
They're just woraming up prior to the run. Don't get excited, pusscake!
The Student Lounge is Awesome!!
I broke my back on the last jump. Walked off the DZ to the hanger and right to the medical truck....lol!
I saw a cadet or two and hopefully this year coming I’m doing para hopefully I’ve trained some and I believe I’ll be fine any tips would be appreciated
best 17 months i had looking back was being in Air Cadets in Cobourg in 1995, we would go to CFB Trenton sometimes to learn how to shoot and use their gliders , at the time i was 15 and hated it lol but looking back, damn i wish i had stuck with it,
i feel like mallet wasn't well liked. they didn't get punched at all. everyone on my course got hit 4 times
Mallet is an idiot!! He is the type that gives us Canadian soldiers a bad look
Forgot to mention the 2nd Parachute Bn who joined the 1st Special Service Force "The Devils Brigade" and fought with great distinction in ww2 or the post-war short lived Canadian SAS Company, God Speed and a Salute, and a big thanks to them all.
would be funny to see a farmer just sitting out there on a lawn chair waiting for them and wave at them, and give them a warm drink, welcome home boys and girls
One law that is always obeyed: the law of gravity.
More worried about breaking my legs than anything. Really feeling like I’m going to fuck that up. Not afraid of heights. The parachute will do its job
Nothing has changed since my course in Nov 73 Edmonton or Bragg in 79 for the US Basic Wings. Good Times
22:44 : Balls of the feet aaaaaaand skip the rest go straight to the head.
phant0 feet knees face
I was up in c 130 1977 watch vandoo regiment jumped out in Edmonton
I love this. Can you try and get some CANSOFCOM selection videos?
lol no way in hell will they get those videos
that would be epic! It's rare to see good footage of them doing anything, I remember asking a million questions every time I met a sand beret in the Army, they're a super cool group of operators.
what kind of questions and answers did you get from them?
pte mallet=actor
18:26 Did Leblanc forgot to say he was ready and as 22 said it right . The instructor said in French 'Exactement' but Leblanc forgot to say 21 was ready (he was ready? ) 34:34 the cameraman is working hard so we don't see the immigrant?
they picked a few soldiers to follow for the show, like in "basic up". do you really have a reason to assume racism?
Can anyone give me some tips for preparing for bpara please, any and al help will be very much appreciated, I have two years to prepare for it aswell
SSF,what happened to Buxton in Edmonton?
Oooh ah
That's American. In Canada the soldiers of One/ Premier Commando saluted with the challenge, Commando Monsieur, Reply, Prend Garde ( Take Care/ Stay Alert) Monsieur.
Em who jumped with Rsm Tompkins Edmonton 1977 my mom was lucky on official jumped out the Hercules her husband was the rsm lol
*As proven in World War Two...*
...75 year old doctrine it is, then. When was the last time any parachute force made a combat jump that wasn't an unopposed token effort to justify an ageing capability, by the way?
*Paratroopers can be inserted behind enemy lines to take and hold important strategic links and positions, before the enemy can destroy them.*
A role better suited to the helicopter, which actually has the capability to insert formations intact, with heavy equipment, and subsequently extract soldiers when they're done. Funnily enough, WW2 also proved that airborne forces can also be extremely vulnerable, underarmed,
Strange how the airborne community keeps trying to justify their role, when advances in technology and modern warfare have essentially given them no more relevance than glider troops and horse cavalry (presumably because maroon berets and parachutes are cool). They're better off leaving the parachute capability to the special forces, and rerolling airborne troops as airmobile or light infantry
Read and stop being a fool.
@@bradkalbfleisch5379 Justify your response with evidence, then
Parachute is rather useful when transport aircraft get hit by flak or near miss missiles shrapnel damages the aircraft or in flight emergency and you have to jump to live. Glider pilot myself who had to jump from a glider, and also military para in uk so I know it works. Sometimes a parachute is the only way in.
@@robinloxley205 Indeed - if you need to escape an unserviceable aircraft, parachute is pretty much the only remotely safe way to go.
But if you need to insert a conventional battlegroup into otherwise inaccessible terrain, against a near-peer adversary, and want more than a fleeting hope that they'll be able to assemble organised and with sufficient heavy equipment? Air mobile.
Let me see a brigade size element get inserted in behind enemy lines all in helicopters without shit going catastrophically wrong
No P Coy ?
Cyclops!!
After jump school went to 101st Airborne, my first sgt asked where the F ya from trooper I just replied Dunnvill Canada. 1971
lol The actor that they got for this movie is hilarious. He stands out like a sore thumb.
What??
Your a ticking idiot
I think he's just a freak bud.There were a few in my Battalion too,you just gotta stay away from them.
Asshole
I can dream
The music is so annoying I hate it
11:46
Wait I thought we didn't have paratrooper no more
RZY ROF each regular regiment has a jump company. We disbanded the Canadian Airborne Regiment however, there was still a need for jump troops. It was basically an easier way ensure better leadership and tighten the Raines so to say.
Gee I just pay 250 dollars jumped out once on city streets lol
Something I noticed on this is that the jump master made at least a 3 second space between each jumper,on my course we were one right after the other...less than a second apart the way it should be.We also had to double off the drop zone with all our kit no matter where you landed...no fucking walking!!!...I mean what the fuck are they teaching these dudes?!
Your such a poser
@@taylorchapman5281 when I did my course, we had to run back too. Some things are different, like on my course I had 5 jumps to qualify, 1 bare ass, 1 summer config, one night jump winter config and the other 2 winter config.
Reeses
Pretty weak pushups.....
That's such R t u return to ma ma
Hooah copied from the American and airborne all the way is from the 82nd.
6:14 "Dee Zed", not "Dee Zee". We're Canadian, not American! Pisses me off with these Americanisms creeping in all the time. Like "Recon" instead of "recce". Like that stupid "Huah" at 6:32. THAT is not Canadian and never has been! Makes me sick! Remember your heritage!
When did you take the jump course?
Sad that the standards have dropped since I qualified.Some of these cup cakes still do not know how to form or wear a Beret.