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2011 Tryouts

Tryouts 2011: Jacket Day and Graduation

October 28, 2011

Jacket week and graduation! This past Friday we finally got our coveted Golden Knight wool jackets! Jacket day started off at 3: 30 AM. The cadre woke us up and we started a little physical training. We did a few exercises and went on a 2 mile run. After PT we got cleaned up and [...]

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Tryouts Week 5: Wind Tunnel

October 18, 2011

Week 5 for GKAS has finally come to an end. For the try-outs the last five weeks of rigorous training and discipline make it seem like we have been here for an eternity. Most days seem to blend in with the rest. The cadre are keenly aware of this and with the final days approaching [...]

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Tryouts Week 4: Tracking

October 18, 2011

Week 4 of try-outs has finally come to an end. On the long bus ride home from the drop zone at the end of the day one can see in our faces the hard work we have put in as well as the growing optimism that the halfway point has finally been reached. Week four [...]

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Tryouts Week 3: Jumps and more Jumps

October 18, 2011

Smiles crept up the faces of the try-outs this last Thursday as the Golden Knights Twin-Otter aircraft made its climb up to 12,500 feet. The sky was clear and sunny and for the remaining try-outs, this was their first of many exciting baton-passes. It’s the third week of this years Golden Knight Assessment and Selection [...]

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Tryouts Week 2: Doing CRW work

September 27, 2011

“The Lord maketh the sun to shine on the just and the unjust”, but for the last week there has been little sunshine for this year’s Golden Knight try-outs. Indeed the weather has been very cloudy and wet, so much so that there has only been one jump in eight days.

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