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Hard Charger
 
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I wonder which platton? Didn't some here just the other day say thier brother didn't get to do the D-day Tribute? I wonder if he was involved?
U.S., Polish paratroopers jump into joint exercise
(EXCERPT) by Spc. Adrian Schulte
VINCENZA, Italy (Army News Service, June 9, 2003) -- Paratroopers from
the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force and the Polish 6th Airborne
Brigade parachuted into Poland during the night of June 6 in the
opening phase of Exercise Immediate Response '03.
This operation is primarily a computer-assisted command post exercise
lasting through June 10. The airborne assault simulated the seizure of
an airbase for the introduction of additional U.S. forces, officials
said.
Two aircraft, one Polish and one American, dropped about 50
paratroopers, allowing the soldiers from the two armies to exchange
jump wings. Six Polish airborne, who jumped from the American C-130,
had to adjust their exiting procedures to coincide with their American
counterparts.
"Whenever we jump, as soon as the jump master gives the go, everybody
immediately goes and follows each other out," explained Staff Sgt.
Ronald Samia, SETAF communications chief who earned his senior
parachutist badge on the jump. "The Polish soldiers jump totally
differently than we do so we had to do a lot of rehearsals. One thing
they do is an individual tap out. Each soldier will stand in the door
and wait for a tap out. So we had to try and get that out of their
routine for the jump."
Following the airborne insertion, soldiers from SETAF and the Polish
6th Airborne Brigade immediately began establishing the forward
command and control headquarters and preparing for the arrival of the
U.S. 1st Infantry Division, 2nd Brigade forces that will be needed
during the non-combatant evacuation, or NEO exercise, which simulates
the evacuation of American citizens from a potentially hostile
environment.
"Greater love than this hath no man, but that he should lay down his life for his friends."
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Strac Trooper
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Let's hear it for Poland! Next to the Iraqi people themselves, probably the biggest winner of the war. Can summers in Leczynsko or Sopot be for behind for many Americans?
Welcome to another Red Devil rehersal, only this time it's for real
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