[Future Snake Eater]

They gonna do an airdrop. That would be cool.

Ha! They do a combat jump into the National Mall. Even I, a major 82d hater, would have to admit that'd be pretty cool.

[Zhang Fei]

[Ha! They do a combat jump into the National Mall. Even I, a major 82d hater, would have to admit that’d be pretty cool. ]

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Isn’t every jump tough on the knees and hazardous, given power and telephone lines, as well as other obstacles in the city? How’d you like to land on a TV antenna? Or a steeple?

[GreyFriar]

I expect they will go into DC as they did in 1968, by truck from Ft. Bragg. Although their lead battalion will probably be flown into Andrews AFB from Ft. Bragg. Having been on the mall many times, I wouldn’t want to do a combat drop there unless it was absolutely necessary. The grass area of the mall is only about 200 yards wide and a half mile long. Jumping could end up with some hapless paratrooper hanging from the top of the Washington Monument.

[fortes fortuna juvat]

Even I, a major 82d hater,
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That sounds personal. Tell us the details. Girlfriend stolen?
Nasty divorce? Ass kicked? Unqualified? Dishonorable discharge?