1990 Free Fall: Paratrooper
Includes: assault rifle, hose, helmet, gas mask, backpack
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Filecard information:
Code Name: FREE FALL
PARATROOPER
File Name: Arndt, Philip W.
SN: 664-2781-BS10
Primary Military Specialty: Paratrooper
Secondary Military Specialty: Infantry
Birthplace: Downers Grove, Illinois
Grade: E-5
Before a qualified paratrooper can take the grueling Airborne Ranger training course, he must attend a three week Ranger Indoctrination Program that is guaranteed to weed out 40% of the candidates. Next, there's a three week Pre-Ranger Program to prepare the candidates for the full eight weeks of unprecedented stress, pain, discomfort, snake-eating, forced marching, sleeplessness, and jumping out of an aircraft with knives between their teeth, just like actual combat, but without live ammo. FREE FALL enjoyed every minute of it!
"Here is a trooper who exemplifies the very best we can produce. Someone who is highly motivated, possesses an unparalleled degree of technical skill and boundless fonts of energy and determination. He can run faster, jump higher, and do more push-ups than any soldier who has ever survived Ranger School. He has a Master's degree in Eastern Philosophy and is honest to a fault. His only problem is that his ego is about as big as the Grand Canyon!"
PARATROOPER
File Name: Arndt, Philip W.
SN: 664-2781-BS10
Primary Military Specialty: Paratrooper
Secondary Military Specialty: Infantry
Birthplace: Downers Grove, Illinois
Grade: E-5
Before a qualified paratrooper can take the grueling Airborne Ranger training course, he must attend a three week Ranger Indoctrination Program that is guaranteed to weed out 40% of the candidates. Next, there's a three week Pre-Ranger Program to prepare the candidates for the full eight weeks of unprecedented stress, pain, discomfort, snake-eating, forced marching, sleeplessness, and jumping out of an aircraft with knives between their teeth, just like actual combat, but without live ammo. FREE FALL enjoyed every minute of it!
"Here is a trooper who exemplifies the very best we can produce. Someone who is highly motivated, possesses an unparalleled degree of technical skill and boundless fonts of energy and determination. He can run faster, jump higher, and do more push-ups than any soldier who has ever survived Ranger School. He has a Master's degree in Eastern Philosophy and is honest to a fault. His only problem is that his ego is about as big as the Grand Canyon!"
Filecard variant:
FreeFall's 1990 card is gray colored and has an H-1 notation. Free Fall’s 1991 card is more blue and does not have an H-1 notation.
