I had bad days!
Recon had done exactly THREE real-world parachute missions in its entire history, and NONE since Vietnam. My three weeks at the Army Airborne school was time I could've spend working with my new platoon. I was noticing a trend in my career: train to lead a rifle platoon, but get a weapons platoon; train to raid a coastline in rubber boats, but go to a war in a landlocked country; train to jump into patrols via parachute but use boots or humvees in a real world.

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Four landings later, I stood at attention while Sergeant Airborne pounded silver jump wings above my left breast pocket, drawing blood. It was the only time I would wear them. Unlike the other services, which decorate their uniforms with badges and patches, Marines wear no special insignia. I flew back to California with a skill I wouldn't use and wings I couldn't wear


 

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