2 para / 82nd airborne usa

[Gil Boyd]

Watch This Video : Soldiers from 2 PARA training in the USA with 82nd Airborne; they then cross the Atlantic ocean in Globemaster C-17 aircraft to parachute into Estonia at night.
Soldiers from 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment share their experiences of training with their US Army counterparts in Exercise Swift Response, part of the NATO Exercise #DefenderEurope. #StrongerTogether #WeAreNATO #UtrinqueParatus
Best Quote - 'Thanks to all the Paras for coming out here and letting us slow you down' - US Army Major, 82nd Airborne


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[browningautorifle]

Thanks to all the Paras for coming out here and letting us slow you down

That was always pointed out by our guys too, during a mass drop we'd clear the aircraft in a fraction of the time...

[Gil Boyd]

Didn't envy them crossing the Atlantic and jumping into Estonia. Remember once flying around for 7 hours at 250 feet (radar avoidance height) being chucked around and everybody spewing up regardless including the despatchers all the way to Izmir in Turkey to prove to NATO Generals British Paras could endure and jump on a DZ there at 650 feet. Yep we jumped and landed, but NOONE was fit to fight we just looked up at the sky, until someone shouted out "HEAVY DROP" we soon got off the DZ lol. Never repeated again thank God.