Cut and paste from another thread - figured I'd consolidate my post with this thread:
Reminds me of a GREAT story one of my SSGs told when I was a PL. He grew up in 3/75 until SSG, and then came to Italy for a tour. Anyways, his SL (when my SL was a private) told them about his Panama experience. He was supposed to jump in, but about a minute out while everyone was hooked up, the formation started taking ground fire and he got hit in the leg or somewhere where he wasn't in any condition to jump and fight. He screamed out "I'M HIT!!!!" and unhooked from the static line so the Rangers behind him could jump.
Well, in the confusion of the fire, the noise from having the doors open, and the general adrenaline rush, the Rangers around him thought he yelled "I QUIT!!!!" So, word got around that this SL was a jump refusal and they were talking sh!t about him for the weeks that they were in Panama. So, when they returned to Benning, they expected that the Black Chinook would have taken him and that they wouldn't even find a trace of him (since a jump refusal would mean automatically being kicked out of Ranger Regiment in disgrace). Well, they didn't know what to make of it when they saw him on crutches in the company AO when the unit got back. However, they quickly learned why he unhooked, and all was forgiven!
Well, in the confusion of the fire, the noise from having the doors open, and the general adrenaline rush, the Rangers around him thought he yelled "I QUIT!!!!" So, word got around that this SL was a jump refusal and they were talking sh!t about him for the weeks that they were in Panama. So, when they returned to Benning, they expected that the Black Chinook would have taken him and that they wouldn't even find a trace of him (since a jump refusal would mean automatically being kicked out of Ranger Regiment in disgrace). Well, they didn't know what to make of it when they saw him on crutches in the company AO when the unit got back. However, they quickly learned why he unhooked, and all was forgiven!
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