Today, I made a point of talking to our parachute riggers, and thanking them for all they do. Today is also the first day I had to pull my reserve chute because my main chute didn't open correctly. FML
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TheNewGuy03
| 28
Airborne!
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thefmlman2011
| 31
Medal of Honor: airbourne
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TheNewGuy03
| 28
I'm actually gonna go ahead and guess that OP is a member of 82nd ABN at Ft. Bragg (based on his location).
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FML_HelloItsMe
| 15
Hard Luck OP! Hope you are alright! You can bet it was just a mistake!
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aruden
| 25
A mistake that shouldn't happen, chutes that fail can seriously hurt or kill the poor bastard who got stuck with it.
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KorGarott
| 4
which is why reserve chutes exist
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izzajaneful
| 24
Are there mistakes that should happen?
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StormfrontX33_fml
| 24
They sound like a para idiots. At the bare minimum, at least they packed the reserve chute correctly.
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JZY1989
| 23
Chute that was a close one.
My sad attempt at a pun, yes I failed.
My sad attempt at a pun, yes I failed.
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Earl_KarmasBitch
| 28
At least you didn't thank them twice!
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Lady_Spaghetti
| 36
It was just their idea of a joke--
"Hey, let's mispackage his main chute so that he freaks out."
"Haha that's great."
"Hey, let's mispackage his main chute so that he freaks out."
"Haha that's great."
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Dave_Davington
| 33
Am I the only one who first read "riggers" as something completely different?
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Lalala579121
| 27
Yes.
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skullmaster9
| 10
Nope
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OhPuhleeze
| 23
I think you should be talking to, and thanking Dog more often. Perhaps checking the rig yourself woudn't be bad either. But that must've been some adrenaline rush!!!
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eblondie2838
| 9
Being a parachute rigger myself, I would say "bad body position." ;)
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DrEnia1at0r
| 20
Ha. That'll teach you to be thankful.
"Hey, let's mispackage his main chute so that he freaks out."
"Haha that's great."