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Rachel Medley

A Day With Gold Star Families

August 31, 2011

Tandem Team spent the week at Skydive Chicago last week and did a total of more than 50 tandem jumps. The first two days were local recruiting COIs (Centers Of Influence). The third day was very special; the Team spent the day with 30 or so family members of Soldiers, Sailers, Airmen, and Marines who [...]

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Picture Of The Day

August 26, 2011

 

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Tandem Team in Chicago for the Week

August 24, 2011

The Golden Knights Tandem Team set up shop in Ottawa, IL this week at Skydive Chicago. The Team will conduct anywhere from 15 to 25 tandems per day at what is arguably the nicest skydiving facility in the country. The view is spectacular! The drop zone is located next to a winding river and surrounded [...]

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What Does This Button Do??

July 18, 2011

SFC Dave Herwig and SGT Rachel Medley spent the week in Addison, TX to learn how to operate a new piece of equipment that the Golden Knights plan to use to broadcast live footage over the internet. The TriCaster, which weighs 45 pounds and costs about as much as a brand new mid-sized sedan, has [...]

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As American as Baseball and Fireworks

July 1, 2011

What better way to kick off the Independence Day weekend than to jump into America’s favorite pastime: a baseball park! Gold Demonstration Team jumped into the Cedar Rapids Kernels stadium Friday afternoon despite tricky winds. Although two jumps were planned, only the first one went off; winds exceeded safety limits for the second jump. A [...]

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