Golden Knight Inducted into Ranger Hall of Fame

July 18, 2010

Congratulations are in order.  Epitomizing that we are Soldiers first, our own Golden Knights Alumni – Gary O’Neal, was inducted into the Ranger Hall of Fame… Fort Bragg Warrior inducted into Army Ranger Hall Of Fame By Staff Sgt. Thaddius S. Dawkins II 49th PAD Retired Special Forces Chief Warrant Officer Gary O’Neal was recognized [...]

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Competition Starts and then stops

July 17, 2010

First round of Mens accuracy started today. The mens team was fired up and ready to go. After the wind drift indicators and 8 lifts later they boarded the Pilatus Porter for their turn on the tuffet. The accuracy event is scored by the jumper placing their heal closest to the 2 centimeter dot located [...]

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Golden Knights fly above West Virgina

July 17, 2010

The Tandem Team took to the skies above Beckley, West Virginia on Friday. The weather was perfect for jumping out of airplanes. SFC Mike Elliott conducted the Tandem Briefing Friday morning as “Team Six” flew the Otter up from Pope AFB. Just as SFC Elliott finished up the class the Twin Otter wheels touched down [...]

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Practice jump and Opening Ceremony

July 16, 2010

We woke up to a beautiful blue sky here in Bouch, Switzerland. The sun comes up over the moutain top thats right outside our window. It truly is a beautiful place. Today the Team was able to make one practice jump for accurracy. As each of the jumpers landed and walked back to our Team [...]

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A Rainy Arrival in Switzerland

July 15, 2010

After a long 8 hour flight the competition teams arrive in Switzerland to low cloud cover and rain. Not what we were expecting, but we hopped onto the bus and after little over an hour drive we arrived at Stans, Switzerland. Once we arrived most of the day was spent checking in, unloading gear, getting rooms [...]

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