Video Thai Paratrooper's Life-Saving Move Amid Mid-Air Chute Failure

[radiochaser]

20 hours ago, Baba Naba said:

Correct.  FYI I am a 100% P&T disabled USAF Veteran 1970-1974 

I will drop my trow if you drop and give me 50.

https://afspecialwarfare.com/jolly-green-feet-tattoo/

 By the way, I was a "Special"  "Operator" in VN.   Says so in my MOS Title, 05D20, Special Identification Techniques  >>->Operator<-<<! 😁

[Baba Naba]

4 hours ago, radiochaser said:

What is P&T?   Is that related to jumping out of aircraft?

P&T=Permanent and Total.  Not from jumping, from the Hep C I got from playing in all the blood. Hep C= liver cancer=liver transplant which cause diabetes, which caused severe peripheral neuropathy and heart disease. Loss of use of both feet. 

[Baba Naba]

2 hours ago, radiochaser said:

I was a "Special" 

So you took the short bus to school huh? 🤣 

 

Special Identification Techniques Operator. What a fancy name for Recon... Hooah! 😁

[radiochaser]

On 5/24/2025 at 11:09 PM, Baba Naba said:

So you took the short bus to school huh? 🤣 

 

Special Identification Techniques Operator. What a fancy name for Recon... Hooah! 😁

The only recon I ever did, was through the bars and dance halls of Thailand.   It was hell, hell I tell ya!  The music was really loud too!

 

No, we didn't get no stinking bus!  We had to march to school through the snow at Fort Devens.   It was really cold.   I hate cold. 

[radiochaser]

On 5/24/2025 at 11:01 PM, Baba Naba said:

P&T=Permanent and Total.  Not from jumping, from the Hep C I got from playing in all the blood. Hep C= liver cancer=liver transplant which cause diabetes, which caused severe peripheral neuropathy and heart disease. Loss of use of both feet. 

OK.   I understand that.   VA has me at 100% & permanent.   I don't recall them using the term total though.  

 

Must have been the hell I went through in those recon missions!

[Baba Naba]

 

18 hours ago, radiochaser said:

VA has me at 100% & permanent.   I don't recall them using the term total though.  

FYI...

https://www.vadisabilityadvocate.com/post/understanding-va-disability-permanent-and-total-p-t-who-qualifies-and-what-it-means-for-you

 

 for some reason I cannot turn this into a active link.... 😡

[Baba Naba]

18 hours ago, radiochaser said:

stinking bus

I meant the "special" one you went to high school in...  🙄 🤣http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5166/5236528894_7f3da0520d_z.jpg

[radiochaser]

5 minutes ago, Baba Naba said:

 

FYI...

https://www.vadisabilityadvocate.com/post/understanding-va-disability-permanent-and-total-p-t-who-qualifies-and-what-it-means-for-you

I should look for my award letter and read what is on it.   The information on the web page is basically what I was told verbally about my PTSD.  Permanent and not expected to improve.    That exact wording may be on my paperwork, I just don't remember it.   

[radiochaser]

Just now, Baba Naba said:

I meant the "special" one you went to high school in...  🙄 🤣http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5166/5236528894_7f3da0520d_z.jpg

Didn't get that bus either.   Walked to high school in backwoods Louisiana then finished high school in San Antonio Texas where I rode on public transit.  

 

Sigh!!   I missed out on all the fun rides.