ARW Parachuting?

Local-womanizer

Is it only ARW members who can carry out and qualify Parachute traing and receive their wings?

Poccington

No there's a normal course ran in the DF as well. The Wing just do more specialised parachuting i.e. HALO Jumps etc.

Local-womanizer

Poccington wrote: »

No there's a normal course ran in the DF as well. The Wing just do more specialised parachuting i.e. HALO Jumps etc.

Cheers poc.

We got a manual handling course today by a man with wings!I was thinking,he couldent be arw!

minidazzler

Local-womanizer wrote: »

Cheers poc.

We got a manual handling course today by a man with wings!I was thinking,he couldent be arw!

They could have been Dutch Para wings.

Poccington

Local-womanizer wrote: »

Cheers poc.

We got a manual handling course today by a man with wings!I was thinking,he couldent be arw!

As Dazz said, they may have been Dutch Para wings.

Manual handling course is ridiculous isn't it? They somehow justify running a week long Manual Handling Instructors Course as well! All that effort just to learn how to pick up stuff :pac:

Local-womanizer

minidazzler wrote: »

They could have been Dutch Para wings.

This was his patch,dont think it was DPM though,just OD.But same wings.

http://www.fianoglach.ie/images2/picturespage/paraarw.gif

I honestly havent a clue with all that,it just that we did get a talk from a Ranger about overseas and he had the wings aswell as the ranger flash.

Local-womanizer

Poccington wrote: »

As Dazz said, they may have been Dutch Para wings.

Manual handling course is ridiculous isn't it? They somehow justify running a week long Manual Handling Instructors Course as well! All that effort just to learn how to pick up stuff :pac:

Its a joke!He flew through it mind you,cut out all the bull but still got it done.

I like the pics they have of the aul people picking stuff up,or yer aul women on her back on the floor:D

minidazzler

Local-womanizer wrote: »

Its a joke!He flew through it mind you,cut out all the bull but still got it done.

I like the pics they have of the aul people picking stuff up,or yer aul women on her back on the floor:D

If anyone ever asks he didn't fly through anything!!!:D

It's a 3 hour course, minimum, and if they leave stuff out there are problems!!!

Local-womanizer

minidazzler wrote: »

If anyone ever asks he didn't fly through anything!!!:D

It's a 3 hour course, minimum, and if they leave stuff out there are problems!!!

Of course he done it properly:D

But he flew through it because we all had done it last year so we where grand;)

I think it was just to pass time til we got to the range.

minidazzler

Local-womanizer wrote: »

Of course he done it properly:D

But he flew through it because we all had done it last year so we where grand;)

I think it was just to pass time til we got to the range.

Don't you only have to do that every 3 years??? (I could be wrong)

I have however had that done 5 times in the 2 and a bit years I have been in!!!!!

Local-womanizer

minidazzler wrote: »

Don't you only have to do that every 3 years??? (I could be wrong)

I have however had that done 5 times in the 2 and a bit years I have been in!!!!!

2 or 3 years I think!

But some people who have done it last year werent mark down as doing it

Rew

Local-womanizer wrote: »

Cheers poc.

We got a manual handling course today by a man with wings!I was thinking,he couldent be arw!

When I did my manual handling course the instructor was ex-ARW don't be so surprised. Rangers are regular people who come in all shapes and sizes.

I believe Dutch (and all foregin wings) are supposed to be worn on the other side of the chest to Irish wings. As someone said you don't have to be ARW to get your Irish wings.

diverdriver

I know an RDF officer who jumped (jumps) with the ARW. He also jumped with the Black Knights. To be fair he is ex PDF, a paramedic and skydiver. But he's RDF now.

Rew

There is a core group of guys who are into skydiving that do allot of jumping within the Army.

Local-womanizer

Rew wrote: »

When I did my manual handling course the instructor was ex-ARW don't be so surprised. Rangers are regular people who come in all shapes and sizes.

I believe Dutch (and all foregin wings) are supposed to be worn on the other side of the chest to Irish wings. As someone said you don't have to be ARW to get your Irish wings.

Rangers are not regular people,there above regular people;)

I just find it strange that a Ranger would give us reserves a talk on how to lift boxes!:D

His wings where on his left breast pocket.

Rew

Local-womanizer wrote: »

I just find it strange that a Ranger would give us reserves a talk on how to lift boxes!:D

Shouldn't surprise you. Some do their time in the wing and move on to other things, simple as that. Plenty of ex guys doing cadre jobs with the RDF, working as Q's in the stores or other jobs all over the PDF. Plenty out in civvie life doing every day jobs as well.

minidazzler

Rew wrote: »

Shouldn't surprize you. Some do their time in the wing and move on to other things, simple as that. Plenty of ex guys doing cadre jobs with the RDF, working as Q's in the stores or other jobs all over the PDF. Plenty out in civvie life doing every day jobs as well.

Which, if I remember correctly, is what was supposed to happen with the wing??? To raise the skill level's throughout the Defence Forces.

Rew

minidazzler wrote: »

Which, if I remember correctly, is what was supposed to happen with the wing??? To raise the skill level's throughout the Defence Forces.

Yeah its one of the orignal founding goals as far as I remember. I think originally (late 70s) it was a Ranger course that people went on like an advanced tactics course run by the orignal bunch who went to the US and completed the US Ranger course. When it became apparent that a specilist unit would be needed to deal with the increased terror threat those who were ranger qualified were a natural fit. Thats my understaning anyway!

Even today selection is considered a great course in its self even you you don't pass and go on to the skills course.

bunny shooter

diverdriver wrote: »

I know an RDF officer who jumped (jumps) with the ARW. He also jumped with the Black Knights. To be fair he is ex PDF, a paramedic and skydiver. But he's RDF now.

And he has no hair ?

diverdriver

None at all:cool:

bunny shooter

Sound bloke though and seems to be good officer to his men (& women )