The Parachute Jump!

The C130 transport lumbered across the darkening skies above Afghanistan. Every now and again heavy calibre machine gun fire erupted from the compartment behind the huge cockpit and Al-Qaeda ground troops hit the deck blown to pieces! The remote fire 37mm cannons were blazing a way across enemy territory for the 12 troops from 6 Group Parachute Assault squad.

Private Simons leant over to his Sergeant and shouted out above the drone of the four Turbo-Prop jet engines and cannon fire,

“ Sergeant I’m so glad we got that little problem sorted, you know over Katie it was all a misunderstanding I promise. We didn’t start seeing each other until four days after you two split honest Serg”

The C130 banked hard to port as a surface to air missile impacted in the aluminium counter measures that the C130 had ejected just in time! A pale looking Corporal vomited into a paper bag and looked at the floor trying to cope with the fear and air sickness. Sergeant Black replied,

“Private concentrate on you’re job ok I need focus from every one of you! This ain’t a god dam training mission we are about to free fall into hostile territory! Do you understand private?”

“Sir yes sir I just wanted to clear the air Sergeant Black”

The Sergeant smiled from underneath his parachute helmet and spoke into his comm link,

“One thing you or any one of you ain’t gonna get today is clear air! You will be taking incoming fire from hostiles immediately you jump if our Intel is correct! Now you stow our differences until we are back at base and we are sucking on a cold one.”

An alarm sounded in the rear deployment cabin and an amber light flashed over head. Sergeant Black stood up and said,

“This is it boys 3 minutes to drop. Now remember what I and the chute trainer told you, We deploy at 10,000ft free fall and stay together until 2,750feet is registered on your wrist altimeters, then pull your chute quick. Before any of you sad arse’s ask me what you always do. If you’re primary chute don’t open cut away you’re equipment and pull you’re emergency chute! If that don’t open I’ll see you in Hell cos that the only place I’m going soldiers! Understood?”