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The Parachute Rigger School.  The good old days at NAS Memphis.  It was funny since the Naval Air Station was not located in Memphis, Tennessee, but outside in Millington.  I remember this town very well.  Small, a place only families and retired people would like.  I tended to stay on base during my times there.  Once the Parachute Rigger School course started, we had no time … [Read more...] about Parachute Riggers

As a kid, I had always wanted to be a fighter pilot.  the closest I ever got was when I was a Flight Equipment Marine with the US Marine Corps Reserves.  The picture below was taken in summer of 1991 at the Naval Air Station Memphis's Parachute Rigger School located at the time in Millington, Tennessee.  Part of the course involved learning how to inspect and repair the pilot's … [Read more...] about A fighter pilot