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JustAnotherDude1990 t1_iqyypvt wrote

Reply to comment by CritaCorn in Skydiver dies in Florida after 'parachute malfunction,’ authorities say by Thetimmybaby

I work as an instructor in the skydiving industry and can say with absolute confidence that the military jumpers like seals are some of the most reckless and god awfully dangerous skydivers out there. We hate when most of those idiots come around because they do the most idiotic and dangerous stuff, then act like they’re better than you.

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nascentia t1_iqz2wmk wrote

They’re also the most idiotic and dangerous on public gun ranges, anecdotally. Every time I’ve been on a public range with a vet near me, they’re SO unsafe and reckless and ignorant about firearms. It’s why I’m glad to have electronic muffs so I can hear what everyone is saying crystal-clear from six lanes down so I know when to pack up and leave.

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ComfortablyNomNom t1_iqz8ioz wrote

Ive seen our rangemaster kick out more vets than anyone else its ludicrous. One dude got thrown out and banned because he started making jokes after somebody said "Goin hot" before firing which is one of our ranges procedures. He started loudly saying "Hot??! Its kinda cold out, im not so hot, Im cold! Hyuk hyuk". The rangemaster quickly walked over told him this isnt a place for jokes and told him to kick rocks. Dude actually tried to swell up like he was gonna fight and caught a lifetime ban.

Vets of a certain age and ranges dont mix. Ive never seen any issue from anyone who served in Nam or earlier though just the younger guys.

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PotatoMurderer t1_ir1bx6e wrote

It's coz a lot of vets and military members act like they know more about gun even though they worked a desk job that will 100% never have to shoot except for recertification (which isn't really gonna do much for proper handling).

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soodeau t1_ir2kn64 wrote

Also anecdotally, but they tend to be the most idiotic and dangerous in and around bars. They don’t hold their liquor as well as they think they do.

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kaloonzu t1_ir7typ8 wrote

I'd contest the range thing, it was a military vet who took over for a guy when his gun-bunny girlfriend was flagging people up and down the line with an FS2000

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junglecritter t1_iqz7fyv wrote

30 jumps on a 260 = skygod

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DuelingPushkin t1_ir1akds wrote

Not even a 260...a 360. The military canopies are basically tandem canopies because they need to be able to handle the extra weight of all the equipment.

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wzl46 t1_ir2d6hm wrote

I used to be an instructor close to a military base with a bunch of HALO qualified dudes stationed here. They used to come to the DZ to get transition training for civilian gear. I can’t tell you how many videos of these guys I saw that literally scared me. It was way too common for them to pull their BOC pilot chute and hold on to it as if it were the rip cord on the HALO gear. Many times they would hold on until decision altitude, let go of it to grab the cutaway handle and end up chopping a canopy that was actually reaching line stretch. One of the most memorable of these videos had the AFF instructor on the jump slapping the shit out of HALO boy’s hand to try to get him to let go of the pilot chute.

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