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    Outstanding! I hated going out with the grunts, all we did was walk all day. I liked it much better when it was just me and an RTO. The 82nd was a great unit. I went to Greece, Puerto Rico, Panama (not fun) and a few other places. Spent my last year there on the parachute demo team. That was a blast.

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    I really enjoyed my time with the INF because I loved the training and they were always doing something. I also went to Panama x2, training was fun but otherwise it was to hot and very wet, went to Puerto Rico x2, Germany, Grenada, Barbatos, Alaska and a few 30 day training missions in the US. The 82nd was by far my favorite duty assigment.
    Being part of a parachute demo team would have been so cool.

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    What unit in the 82nd, and when? I was a FO in the 1st/319th for three years in the early 70s.

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    Hey Evan,

    Funny enough I was a medic with the 1st/319th FA from 82-86, then the 2nd/325th INF from 90-93 and 1st/508 INF from 93-98.

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    skysoldier???? which battalion in the 173rd where you in???

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    oh ok. i just thought you were in the 173rd since its the official nick name given to the 173rd by chinese paratroopers. usually the only people who know about sky soldier are former 173rd paratroopers. sorry for being confused.

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    It's no problem Jeff27, I started using it because of an uncle that died while serving with the 173rd when I was 10 yrs old....I always looked up to him and joined the Army, went to jump school because of him so I used it to honor him.

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    im sorry for your loss but that is a very good reason to go to jump school.
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