Specialization is for Insects.
On Sunday I had the opportunity to ride along with my friends over at the US Army Golden Knights while they did an exhibition jump at the Alliance Air Show in Ft. Worth, Texas.
I was sitting right in the doorway of the plane so I could get access to shoot the team with my big ass camera as they jumped, and although I’ll be posting a lot more photos this was by far the coolest picture I snapped.
SFC Will Fleming Literally Sky Dives
Have you ever heard of the US Army Golden Knights? Before you answer that question, think carefully! Because if you’ve ever watched an Army / Navy football game, or seen the Indy 500, or basically any other major event where Army parachutists dramatically land in the center of the action then you have seen the Golden Knights!
Well, not only did I get the chance to spend a few days with the Golden Knights, I also had the extreme privilege of going on a tandem jump with Sergeant Jon Ewald while Sergeant Joe Abeln took care of videography duty documenting my first ever jump. Michael Battise, the battalion’s resident multimedia expert assembled the following edit of clips from Joe’s footage. I’ve also got some additional footage that I’ll be working on another edit with later so stay tuned for a different take entirely.
This is an old clip of a study of the effects of LSD on combat troops. It appears to be from around the 1940′s, and I don’t have any clue where it came from originally. But its mildly amusing to see a bunch of highly trained killing machines walking around aimlessly and falling over laughing.
LSD is typically delivered orally, usually on a sugar cube or in some sort of food product, so I’m guessing they were trying to determine how they could weaponize it by contaminating an enemy’s water supply or food supply. One surefire way to win is to make the other side not care if they fight any longer!
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