Attended basic at Ft Sill, Ok in 89. The class ahead of us had three Recruits killed when a arrant arty shell landed in their bivouac site. We were assigned cleanup.

Basic Airborne School, Ft. Benning, Ga FEB, 1990 two Jump trainees burned in three days prior to my Buss doors opening at Delta Company, THE ROCK . They Scorched the main chute JUMPING out of a C-141.

auspicious begining, Hoooah?