Here’s a great look at a unique Navy SEAL/SWCC capability, open water Military Free Fall . This video shows SEAL/SWCC conducting ocean sky diving with boat deployment from a C-5.
Any ocean, any time.
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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Oct. 14, 2009) A Naval Special Warfare 11-meter, rigid hull inflatable boat assigned to Special Boat Team 20 is launched from an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III during a maritime craft aerial deployment system exercise off Virginia Beach. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Chief Kathryn Whittenberger/Released)
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Oct. 14, 2009) A Naval Special Warfare 11-meter, rigid hull inflatable boat assigned to Special Boat Team 20 is launched from an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III during a maritime craft aerial deployment system exercise off Virginia Beach. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Chief Kathryn Whittenberger/Released)
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Looks like the last jumper lost a fin!
@TheShowstopper1 If you were upstairs, facing to the rear, it was a C-5.
I'm a retired C-5 Loadmaster. That's impressive as shit.
@BrandonWebb I would have bet money that the Moderator of a SOF website would know if "boat guys" were the only ones that did MCADS drops.
@wiggin It was a knee pad that flew off.