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To: ManyMoose who wrote (45064)	5/17/2004 11:03:59 PM
From: unclewest	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793581

He meant PAE bags. Parachutist adjustable equipment bags. Rated to carry 112 pounds of gear or weapons and ammo. That is in addition to two parachutes, your LBE (Load bearing equipment), helmet, personal weapon, radio, ammo, grenades, radio, tooth brush and toilet paper and etc. Some guys get lucky and jump with a little 100 pound rucksack instead of a PAE bag. Any lady who can handle that is welcome to jump with me. Many can. The interesting part of the 173rd jump into Iraq (I know this was about the 173rd because that is the patch the soldier in the photo is wearing.) is that SF cleared the drop zone and secured the surrounding area for them. Col Cleveland, the then Commander of the 10th Special Forces Group, met the 173rd on the Drop Zone. The 173rd is commanded by a Brigadier General. He was under the operational control of Colonel Cleveland. This was the first time that a regular army unit was placed under the control of a Special Forces unit and is the only incident of a General working for a Colonel in combat that I know of. The 173rd got credit for a combat jump and a star on their jump wings. Why Not? There were three Republican Guard Divisions in the area and the 173rd got their share of action after the jump. Besides there was no place to land all those airplanes. They had to jump in. uw