National Airborne Day 2020
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The reasons for this include my inherent fear of heights (more so falling from them) and the tragedy I witnessed in Lugoff, South Carolina in the early 1970s where a parachute failed to open and the young lady victim bounced 12 feet into the air.
Today is National Airborne Day.
It is an official observance declared by Congress in the United States honoring our airborne units of the Armed Forces.
It was created in 2002 by then President George W Bush.
Airborne operations such as military parachuting and gliding perform necessary capabilities such as the insertion of personnel and/or supplies as the means of delivering personnel, equipment, or supplies.
Airborne forces typically lack supplies for prolonged combat and therefore are the lead in to larger force influx in armed conflicts.
It is said that "vertical envelopment" can plae large scale forces which appear from nowhere in the middle of actions behind enemy lines.
Like all branches of the military the Airborne troops deserve our gratitude and admiration for engaging the enemy on the battlefield by dropping from the air.
It's truly an effective force their efforts exert upon our enemies in defense of the Republic.