Day 6 Switzerland: 4way Competition Heats Up and Rain

July 22, 2010

Today has been the same as the last 5.  What is a typical day at CISM? Well our days start out at 0600(6am). Its getting ready for the day, breakfast and to the drop zone by 0715. Once on the drop zone, the Team walks to the gear storage area to get the various parachutes [...]

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Day 5 Switzerland:Silver for USA and Bonnie Tyler performs

July 21, 2010

This was the final day for the Style competition, and SFC Tennyson did not let up for the charge for the gold. SFC Tennyson, SFC Nichols and LTC Reichel(USAF) were the jumpers to reach the final round in Style. We watched the big screen on the dropzone, waiting for the video of her style set to [...]

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Day 4 Switzerland: 4-Way for Both Teams

July 20, 2010

It was another scorcher of a day. Day 4 of the competition started off with women’s 4way.  The girls got a good jump on the competition right off the start. In their first round they posted  a 24, 8 points ahead of France and in first place.  After a long morning of waiting, the girls [...]

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Day 3 Switzerland: Very hot day.

July 20, 2010

Its day 3 of competition and it was the hottest day here. First up was the mens style. Only SSG Acevedo regularly trains for style. Even though they don’t compete in style, the men’s team did fairly well. Style is a series of left turns, right turns, back loop, left turn, right turn. All turns must be [...]

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Day 2 Switzerland: 4 way and Womans Accuracy begins

July 19, 2010

We woke to some rain and clouds but that cleared up as we drove to the drop zone. The clouds were  low but breaking up fast to open up to sunny skies. The day started off with the 3rd round of mens accurarcy.  The men did fairly well, like mentioned early, they do not train [...]

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