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CISM

And We Are Off!

July 12, 2011

The journey to the 5th Counseil International du Sport Militaire (CISM) begins today. The Golden Knights 8-way and 4-way competition teams hit the road today for Rio de Janiero, Brazil, the 26th largest city in the world and home to the 5th CISM World Games. The Parachuting Championships section of the games will take place [...]

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The Countdown to 2011 CISM begins….

June 27, 2011

The 5th Counseil International du Sport Militaire (CISM) World Games is less than three weeks away. Actually, there are less than nine training days until the members of the US Army Parachute Team depart for Brazil. These Golden Knights will represent the United States in the 36th World Military Parachuting Championships, one of twenty world [...]

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CISM 2010 in Switzerland Wrap Up

July 27, 2010

The Team has arrived back in the United States and its good to be home. The last few days were busy with the final rounds of Style and closing ceremony events. As mentioned in the previous post, the final round of Accuracy and 4way were rained out. It was declared that the 4 way event [...]

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Quick Update: Rained out

July 24, 2010

Just a quick update on CISM. We were rained out for the last day of competition. The organizers held a meeting while we waited in the event tent for the word. Most of the Team was playing UNO when the final word was given. There would be one round of Accuracy for the top 4 [...]

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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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