Thanks for this story Joe!!
Some days it just doesn't pay to get out of bed.
via CNN.
Damn near jungle on one side...Desert on the other....and the Army actually put a base up there.
Some days it just doesn't pay to get out of bed.
via CNN.
They are widely considered among the top in the U.S. military.But for three Army Rangers who got stuck in trees while parachuting Thursday afternoon in Washington state, their only aim was to get down.The members of the 75th Ranger Regiment -- a U.S. special operations force -- were training at Joint Base Lewis-McChord when they jumped from a plane and got entangled in towering evergreen trees that canvass the sprawling military installation between Tacoma and Olympia.Video from CNN affiliate KOMO showed rescue workers climbing the trees to reach the stranded soldiers.They were ultimately brought down safely and with only minor injuries, said base spokesman Lt. Col. Gary Dangerfield."(The soldiers had) a couple of bumps and bruises," Dangerfield said.Dangerfield noted that this was the second time in the past year alone that parachutists have gotten hung up in tall trees around the base.Washington State sucks.
Damn near jungle on one side...Desert on the other....and the Army actually put a base up there.
innocent trees getting raided :D, maybe they need to send in SEAL six to get rid of them, hahaha
ReplyDeleteah ... thanks for reminding me. you sent me this story!
Deleteno worries, its funny because no one got seriously hurt, we did get a strong storm here, i cant wait to move away from here though!
Delete"Washington State sucks.
ReplyDeleteDamn near jungle on one side...Desert on the other....and the Army actually put a base up there."
So.. you're sayin' it would be better to put a training base where the climate and terrain is more realistic, Where there is small chance of our poor little Army Rangers getting a boo-boo, say, the plains of Eastern Colorado? Give me a Break.
But, maybe this will speed-up the Rangers into better chutes.