Fri, Jun 17, 2011
Head Down Into A Pool For Annual Water Training
In the skydiving community, flying head down is quite a common
position for various formations, but it was recently something
quite different for members of the Golden Knights U. S. Army
Parachute Team ... and it caused quite a splash! Instead of falling
out of the sky from 13,000 feet, the teams were falling into a
royal blue pool of cool water for annual water training.
The Team conducts parachute demonstrations and tandem parachute
jumps across the nation at various locations around bodies of
water, which require them to wear water wings in the event they
have to make a water landing. At 0700 the team arrived put on their
ACU’s, boots and parachute gear and the team Safety Officer
Karen, Morrison began the safety brief and informed the teams that
they would report to a water station and proceed with the classes
prepared for the morning event .Upon completion each team would
rotate to a new location and continue with training.
Each individual was to swim fully clothed the length of the
pool, tread water for ten minutes, jump into the pool with water
wings deployed and swim from beneath a canopy, which was floating
on the water on top of them.
The Tandem Team had extra training to complete since they
actually have the lives of Centers of Influence and other Soldiers
in their hands every day through the Army’s Tandem
Orientation Program. They took turns carrying a “Tandem
passenger” into the pool with them to simulate actually going
into a body of water with a passenger who may not be a swimmer.
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