Army Paratroopers Night Jump - The Legendary 82nd Airborne Division

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  • Опубліковано 21 вер 2024
  • Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division load onto a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III to conduct combat night jumps over Sicily Drop Zone on Fort Bragg, NC.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 117

  • @metaglypto
    @metaglypto 3 роки тому +9

    When I was in, a night jump was generally followed by two or three weeks in the field. Other than that, night jumps were awesome, surreal (every jump was surreal), and scary.

  • @lucysmithers357
    @lucysmithers357 2 роки тому +3

    Hello 82nd airborne.. I live in Aberdeen NC I see and hear the planes often . They go over my house. Thank you for your service. I feel safe and humble

    • @choosesomethingfun5608
      @choosesomethingfun5608 Рік тому

      After my enlistment was over, I moved to Southern Pines and started college at Sandhills Community College. I also had a girlfriend by the name of Lucy. I am from, and now live in Oregon.

    • @wastedbread8036
      @wastedbread8036 Рік тому

      Very nice comment. Thank you :)

  • @dianetaylor6048
    @dianetaylor6048 5 років тому +20

    That also was my son from 2001 to 2004 of the 82nd Airborne, 150 Charlie Company. God bless and protect our brave soldiers. We have our freedom which we take for grated everyday. Please stop and think of them and all those who have sacrificed there lives for us and where we would be today without them.

    • @dianarobertson4985
      @dianarobertson4985 3 роки тому +1

      My father was 101st Airborne was ship to Korea at 19 first Bronze Star and purple heart then did 3 tours of Vietnam my brother went Airborne 82nd at 19 went to Iraq

  • @Jmpmstrtex
    @Jmpmstrtex 4 роки тому +8

    13 years up and down Ardennes.

  • @boat3925
    @boat3925 3 роки тому +2

    "Jumpers Hit It" "Go Limp and Take It" "Feet and Knees Together"......I heard these more on bragg boulevard than I did in airborne school! Lived like a damn Rockstar every 3 day weekend

  • @dianarobertson4985
    @dianarobertson4985 Рік тому

    My brother was with the 82nd Airborne ..he told me about the night jumps..I can't imagine in the dark not see when I was going to touch the ground ..our father was 101st Airborne Vietnam 1965 -1968 ..also Korean war 187 Airborne combat infantry ..made 2 combat jumps he was 18 ..can't imagine jumping in war and the dark

  • @stevenbrown7996
    @stevenbrown7996 Рік тому

    That brings back memories night jumps were always different

  • @shawnladue8986
    @shawnladue8986 3 роки тому +1

    Steps taken to after a somewhat successful PLF
    1. Get out of the harness quick enough too take a piss.
    2. Extract rifle from carrying case .
    3 .Gather up parachute,, stuff it in the kit bag you jumped with.
    4. Sort thru the 500 pieces of 550 cord you used too tie down various equipment. Locate NVGs , attach nvgs to your helmet.
    5. Spot your company rally point which is a IR symbol placard on a pole.
    6. Done your ruck, put parachute kit bag on top of your ruck.
    7. Move too your rally point at a jog, with your neck slightly bent towards the ground.
    8. If you’re a grunt, prepare too hate life for the next couple of weeks too a month , because you’re most likely jumping into a field exercise.
    This sucked, and yet I still miss it.

    • @wastedbread8036
      @wastedbread8036 Рік тому +1

      This made me laugh. So true. I go to the field for 2 weeks tomorrow night. I'm watching these videos for some confidence.

  • @michaela.6381
    @michaela.6381 Рік тому

    N/CE (Night/Combat Equipment) jumps where when we really made our jump pay (other than real world combat jumps, but those are only once in a lifetime). Everyone hesitantly looks forward to getting that mustard stain.

  • @towdjumper5
    @towdjumper5 5 місяців тому

    Miss being on Green Tamp and doing this. “AATW!”

  • @scottfuller5194
    @scottfuller5194 3 роки тому +1

    Been there....done that.....sign me a retired Canadian Forces Army parachute rigger officer......(and EZ, DZ & LZ controller) Airborne...!

  • @majfauxpas
    @majfauxpas Рік тому

    I love this. God bless you all.

  • @soelenny
    @soelenny 7 років тому +3

    Great work and i love it

  • @lashonearl6548
    @lashonearl6548 11 місяців тому +1

    LET’S GOOOOO! LET’S GET IT!!!
    82nd AIRBORNE DIV ON DECK!!!!!!!!!!!!❤THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU MEN AND WOMEN FOR WHAT YOU DO!!!!!!!From a U.S ARMY Woman Veteran!!!!!!

  • @rollerco
    @rollerco 4 роки тому +12

    What's with no weapons on a night combat equipment jump?

    • @u.s.paratroops4633
      @u.s.paratroops4633 4 роки тому +2

      Yeah, your right.....that was odd

    • @theodoreanderson6670
      @theodoreanderson6670 4 роки тому

      No follow on and no arms room fuckery, send it

    • @timboorn9454
      @timboorn9454 4 роки тому +1

      82nd 77-84, we always had night jumps in the middle of winter and day jumps in the middle of summer. We didn't have all the room like in that Cadillac! C130's where you almost sat on each other. Green light comes on and you push the person in front of you.

    • @knarftrakiul3881
      @knarftrakiul3881 3 роки тому

      They are not infantry

    • @knarftrakiul3881
      @knarftrakiul3881 3 роки тому

      @BladeArtist 205 if they are not infantry then they are pogs lol

  • @navigatorx1013
    @navigatorx1013 Рік тому

    I love night jumps. You could pull-off a stand up and do all sorts of misbehavior the Lifers didn't see.
    All of our night jumps at Bragg were sans equipment. Too many losses in gear.

  • @giannodv
    @giannodv Рік тому

    done quite a few of those...the most interesting thing was how land appeared all of a sudden, not being able to see it approaching

  • @rammone5241
    @rammone5241 4 роки тому +5

    They are moving way too fast to the ramp for combat jump. Easy sitting on chairs before hooking up, try that on 53 with full combat and web gear, my knees were shot before I was 24.

  • @indonesianbassbooster5167
    @indonesianbassbooster5167 6 років тому +1

    Goddang, it's men rainy season all over again? It's heccin good

  • @alecdee5530
    @alecdee5530 6 років тому +2

    great stuff love it

  • @Dra741
    @Dra741 Рік тому

    Those guys really respected me because I told them that I'm really frightened by all this but I know what I have to do and I'm going to do it anyway they like the fact that I had healthy fear

  • @clydemchugh6726
    @clydemchugh6726 5 років тому +3

    82 to 86 all my jumps were night jumps ha ha for all you legs 307th engineer and HHT 82nd Airborne

  • @scottbehr5690
    @scottbehr5690 Рік тому

    We did a night jump... 2:30 am... And they did a heavy drop ahead of us!... Watch for chem lights!

  • @detlefheubach5843
    @detlefheubach5843 6 років тому +1

    very good pictures ❤

  • @Dra741
    @Dra741 Рік тому

    You're only as good as being an American we have something special

  • @cristiansaenz1670
    @cristiansaenz1670 3 роки тому

    I love army 💪

  • @archiedavis8941
    @archiedavis8941 7 років тому +1

    love it

  • @brianbellamy3750
    @brianbellamy3750 4 роки тому

    The sorry ass 8 people who disliked this had to have been LEGS! AATW

  • @tkso.philly3879
    @tkso.philly3879 4 роки тому +1

    Night jumps were my favorite.

    • @wastedbread8036
      @wastedbread8036 3 роки тому

      I'm about to do my first jump with the americans. Night jump from a globemaster just like this.

  • @burtkunze9806
    @burtkunze9806 3 роки тому

    You can feel it

  • @deanomyfundsarelow4606
    @deanomyfundsarelow4606 4 роки тому +5

    God bless MY Soldiers 🇺🇸 fighting the evildoers of the world 🌎

    • @jesuschristlovesyouandyour5755
      @jesuschristlovesyouandyour5755 4 роки тому +1

      wiki leaks exposed an american apache firing on a bus full of toddlers and kids with a 30mm chain gun after shooting journalists with it and running over their corpses

    • @SaraphDarklaw
      @SaraphDarklaw 4 роки тому

      BlueMax717
      Just because you’re able to do something, doesn’t mean you should. In any case, killing civilians is a war crime. I wouldn’t want to serve with someone like that. The only thing that pilot deserves is prison.
      I’m a former medic from the 82nd if you’re wondering. That’s what brought me here.

    • @deanomyfundsarelow4606
      @deanomyfundsarelow4606 4 роки тому

      @@SaraphDarklaw TRAITOR

  • @9965paul
    @9965paul 5 років тому +8

    How the hell do they know when they’re gonna land?

    • @bobharding1667
      @bobharding1667 4 роки тому +10

      You don't anticipate the landing because you will reach for the ground and break a leg. You stay in the landing position and look out to the horizon. It's not like skydiving where they flare their shoots and walk away.

    • @u.s.paratroops4633
      @u.s.paratroops4633 4 роки тому +3

      Actually you can see fairly well when you compare it to trees and what little horizon is there
      2/505 PIR

    • @boat3925
      @boat3925 3 роки тому +1

      @@u.s.paratroops4633 1-505 PIR
      Salute Grady for me

    • @u.s.paratroops4633
      @u.s.paratroops4633 3 роки тому

      @@boat3925 who's Grady??

    • @boat3925
      @boat3925 3 роки тому +1

      @@u.s.paratroops4633 panther.. the black one.... sits at battalion.....hence 1 panther 2 panther 1-505 2-505 PIR.....

  • @waynewise6711
    @waynewise6711 6 років тому +1

    AATW!

  • @w2504x4
    @w2504x4 4 роки тому +1

    OMG have they really slowed down the exits that much it would take a DZ the size of texas to empty a C17 at that rate. No offense but in the old days (80s-90s) you could put two guys in-between each of those jumpers, and it was sooo quiet on that bird, wheres the yelling and airbornes as you approached the door? My how things have changed and no weapons???? Not picking I know its not their decision to do things so differently its just difficult to take in the changes sometimes.

    • @thelegendaryt-rex4763
      @thelegendaryt-rex4763 4 роки тому

      Army had changed a lot. It went from violent and smart heroes, to friendly teddy bears

    • @SaundersE5
      @SaundersE5 4 роки тому

      In 1st Ranger Battalion back in early 80’s we hustled out of the birds especially smaller DZ’s, only jumps I made with no weapons (Hollywood jumps) were when the Surviving Merrill’s Marauders came to HAAF once a year for their convention.

    • @boat3925
      @boat3925 3 роки тому

      These are POG's jumping. We treated every DZ like Nijmegen. The faster we jumped the sooner we could piss and smoke

  • @deanomyfundsarelow4606
    @deanomyfundsarelow4606 4 роки тому +2

    MY SOLDIERS

  • @jasoncobb2590
    @jasoncobb2590 6 років тому +1

    where the MAWCS at, no weapons on the DZ I quess

  • @airbornefister1834
    @airbornefister1834 7 років тому +1

    STRIKE HOLD........

  • @multitieredinvestor5246
    @multitieredinvestor5246 4 роки тому +1

    Although I was parachute qualified (7 jumps) and almost got a combat jump Dominican Republic 1965, mass jumps are so out moded. Its far better to have a few do a high altitude incursion.

  • @donaldmartinyes3960
    @donaldmartinyes3960 7 місяців тому

    ❤😂

  • @Metalhead396
    @Metalhead396 4 роки тому +1

    I was a C130 Crew Chief at Pope. Back in the 80's the green ramp had a dirt shoulder and the 82nd grunts would sit on it in rows. I guided the planes in to park and tell them to turn them real sharp. Guess who ate dirt! LOL

    • @Metalhead396
      @Metalhead396 3 роки тому

      @Hugh Wright Anytime "Airborne"..."Yeah so's bird shit". LOL Sorry had to say it. Old habits.

  • @jeffadams9807
    @jeffadams9807 2 роки тому

    AATW... 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @DirtyBonerGaMePLAYZz
    @DirtyBonerGaMePLAYZz 8 років тому +1

    how do they see the ground before hitting the ground

    • @dydalswl1
      @dydalswl1 8 років тому +7

      you dont

    • @TheHaskoDood
      @TheHaskoDood 8 років тому +1

      The parachute landing fall position allows you to see the ground. And you also have to check altitude regularly to be at the right height to drop your ruck.

    • @hick12901
      @hick12901 7 років тому +4

      we simply tell when we hear our rucksack hit the ground!

    • @groverodell7357
      @groverodell7357 5 років тому +2

      Before we hit the ground, we released our rucksacks on an 18 foot lowering line, and I always listened for the light "thump" when my ruck hit the ground. I then braced for my PLF (Parachute Landing Fall).

    • @stevendeclercq3566
      @stevendeclercq3566 4 роки тому

      @@groverodell7357 how did you know which riser to pull if you cant see the direction the ground is moving under you?

  • @arronwright7305
    @arronwright7305 4 роки тому +1

    It appears to me just another Hollywood motion picture.

  • @themaaz2684
    @themaaz2684 5 років тому

    Is night vision utilized?

    • @groverodell7357
      @groverodell7357 5 років тому +2

      The red light in the cabin is to keep the night vision adjusted for the jumpers once they hit the ground. For this jump they didn't wear NVGs (Night Vision Goggles). When I was in the 82nd in the 80s, we had no NVGs at all.

    • @SaraphDarklaw
      @SaraphDarklaw 4 роки тому +1

      You don’t wear NODs on a jump. It’s in your preferred load bearing equipment, which is inside your rucksack. You put it on once you hit the ground.

  • @knarftrakiul3881
    @knarftrakiul3881 3 роки тому

    I can tell they are not infantry

  • @TODAYNEWS914
    @TODAYNEWS914 8 років тому +1

    #flatearthnews

  • @samaratenorio9074
    @samaratenorio9074 6 років тому

    Quem quer encarar os U.S.A?

  • @2ooflyyx68
    @2ooflyyx68 3 роки тому +1

    I know they don’t want to be there 😂 they sound miserable

  • @GHustle4
    @GHustle4 4 роки тому

    My brother was in it and I can honestly say he hated it! The military is bs!!!!

    • @Itz_Ashley11
      @Itz_Ashley11 4 роки тому

      What exactly did he hate about it

    • @GHustle4
      @GHustle4 4 роки тому

      @@Itz_Ashley11 dan near everything...Once you get to a certain rank you are seeing more and more bs. he got out because of what he learned they are not fighting to protect freedom...

    • @davidlucasmachado2831
      @davidlucasmachado2831 3 роки тому +1

      @@GHustle4 it gets more and more political....just like any other bs job out here...thats why i work for myself and even that has its ups and downs

    • @cappuccinosnephew1382
      @cappuccinosnephew1382 3 роки тому

      @@GHustle4 Welcome to the world. Everything is an illusion and seems great until you're actually out there doing it. Fucking sucks man.