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Show Pagt 10 0 R E M TIMES Thursday, November 16, 2006 Rigorous training iwji j .-'.qf if...- l . Ill ! ( . I I ' ' .. f I .IV f t m rmmmmnm-m Kcjitor s note: I his 18 iV6 the third part in a series about Lt. Scott Lund, of Orem, who served during the Vietnam war. Lund chooses to go to Airborne (parachute) training, in his words, "another qualification, another badge " Paratroopers are a selective bunch, and the training is rigorous. Incidentally, the tall jump towers at Fort Benning were originally purchased from the 1939 New York World's Fair. Coney Island got one, too. Intro Kate on ... .Ill) , , .... I. terans 1 ' :'":&Df 1 l?3fc;v IUKILls)!!; t if I Ask about our stupendous HOME EQUITY CREDIT LINE with LOCKSELECT!" AS LOW AS Z 25 7 74 U. APR' APR' (PRIME -2) FOR SIX MONTHS "ELOW 9 RIME THEREAFTER! A Home Equity Credit Line has always been a great way to save money when buying a car, paying for education or home improvements. But now it's also a great way to manage your debt. New from Zions Bank, our LockSelect feature lets you lock in all, or a portion, of your Home Equity Credit Line at a low fixed rate for a fixed time period. So you can enjoy the flexibility of a credit line, without worrying about rising interest rates. Plus, you'll know exactly what your payments will be. For a limited time, we'll even waive the LockSelect fee, and as always our loan approval process is fast, easy and free. To apply for a Home Equity Credit Line with LockSelect, stop by your local Zions Bank branch, call 1-800-789-5626 or visit loansale.zionsbank.com. SmXi MEMBER FDIC zionsbank.com yoiMo to to wi mm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmwmmmmmrmm' 1 i Airborne training was fun but also hard again. The officers were put in one platoon, the enlisted men in other platoons. For three weeks, we ran through a process of toughening, training train-ing and attitude. There was ground week, then tower week, then jump week. In ground week, you learned how to jump, land and fall in such a way as not to hurt yourself land sideways, fall and roll. You were taught how to put your equipment on, and you did lots of pushups, especially espe-cially if you made a mistake. But the big thing in Airborne school is pull-ups, because that's how you steer your parachute para-chute pulUng on the risers and tipping the umbrella so the air spills you the right way. In tower week, you first jump off 34-foot towers, with your parachute hooked to wires. You fall 10 feet, and then the harness catches you. If you're not wearing your harness har-ness right, it can be painful. Then you go to the 250-foot towers. You're pulled up to the top, then, on signal, you release re-lease the safety line. The chute lifts six feet, you are released, and you drift down into a plowed field. There are sometimes some-times accidents on the tower and men get killed. Then you jump from real airplanes. You're hooked to a static line, which is hooked to a steel cable inside the airplane. The line pulls your chute out. The static line breaks and you float to the ground. You also wear a smaller reserve chest chute. Jumping out of a jet aircraft is a real challenge with winds up to 135 mph. A special jump door was built on the C-141, to divert the wind and get you out away from the airplane. Otherwise, the wind might throw you back into the aircraft and knock you unconscious. uncon-scious. After jump school, I was given giv-en two weeks before my next assignment, so I came home and married my sweetheart, Kathleen. Our honeymoon was travel to the next assignment at Fort Lewis, for six months. My immediate boss and my company commander there were both aviators. They recommended rec-ommended I apply for flight school. I was accepted and sent to primary helicopter training school. In ground school, we trained with some levers that were controlled by a stick. When you moved the stick, gears and pulleys would translate to a table ta-ble that had a pingpong ball on it. The device taught you how to do fine-control movements on the helicopter control. The first time I flew a helicopter, I learned the importance of being be-ing very gentle on the controls. It's easy to over-control. Primary (Fort Walters, Texas) and basic (Fort Rucker, Alabama) helicopter flight schools lasted a total of about eight months. The last day of school, we did low-formation flying, with all the wives and sweethearts in attendance. The aircraft immediately ahead of my crew peeled back too early, and I seem to recall that our rotors ro-tors passed within each other's circle. I thought at that instant, "It would be a terrible thing for my wife to see my crash on my graduation day," but we were preserved. I did well enough in flight school to choose an additional school in a certain category, and I choose the Cobra gun-ship. gun-ship. I wanted to be able to shoot back if someone shot at me. The Cobra is "all teeth" It was built strictly for combat. Next week: Cobra armament arma-ment and gunship sorties in Vietnam. These excerpts from local veterans are courtesy of the Orem Heritage Committee. Commit-tee. Complete stories of the veterans will eventually be put on the Orem City Web site, www.orem.org. Readers aware of any veterans who have written about their military service are asked to arrange to have these archives in the Veterans History Project, Library of Congress. Phone Don Norton (225-8050) on how to do this. www.cougarblue.com II di - ,2 I Title Loans on ATVs, Cars, Motorcycles JmwyDiamoftlfRolu -GoldtSilm New WHOM Jewry Compjwi Name Bfano Tew 444 W. Center Provo 374-8076 HOURS 9am-6pm M-F Sat 9am-3pm Heating and Cooling Dealer Recognized For Unique Employee Accomplishments 4? 'X 9 e "ft ' ATTACK ASTHMA ACT NOW -.-NO-ATTACKS Spanish Fork: So how do individuals become masters of their trade? 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We decided long ago that having well trained employees not only benefits our customers in a job well done, but it allows us as a company to run more efficiently, allowing fewer mistakes on a job, allowing better quality workmanship all the way around" To find out how the Department of Labor apprenticeship program can be a benefit to you, call Brad Tanner at Triple T Heating and Cooling at 798-7711 for more information. Also, if you are in the market for heating and cooling needs, remember, it just makes sense to ensure the quality of workmanship when you are working with natural gas, much like Triple T Heating and Cooling does! i $240) Furnace Tune-Up and Green Sticker Service ir-Christ ' EVANGELICAL 210 S 400 E in Orem (SOI) 22S-3038 Sunday Horning Worship at 1 1 :00am Orem High School Auditorium (at irMl from church) This rVeeft Message: Thonksgivinf john 3:16 Mi? School lor (Mono, both ml Uohi at 9:10 am YlMHtlWftlMiiHItmfMIMIIIttimlMm IMM IS t i POOl |