Vern Daly

And I've got a great, great story on that one because you're never going to get a better jump than jumping in a four foot of snow. Anyway, bottom line, the only way I could get out of out of Fort Benning was to go to Alaska. And I wasn't sure about it. I was like, I don't know about this stuff. And my wife was like, let's go.

And I've got a great, great story on that one because you're never going to get a better jump than jumping in a four foot of snow. Anyway, bottom line, the only way I could get out of out of Fort Benning was to go to Alaska. And I wasn't sure about it. I was like, I don't know about this stuff. And my wife was like, let's go.

And I was like, okay, everything that my wife's, because I've been married 33 years now, freaking everything my wife has told me, let's do that, has been exactly the right freaking thing to do, man. I cannot tell you. So went to Alaska in 05 and spent six years up there. How cold is it? Like for anyone that, you were jumping in. Negative 30 was the coldest that I've jumped in.

And I was like, okay, everything that my wife's, because I've been married 33 years now, freaking everything my wife has told me, let's do that, has been exactly the right freaking thing to do, man. I cannot tell you. So went to Alaska in 05 and spent six years up there. How cold is it? Like for anyone that, you were jumping in. Negative 30 was the coldest that I've jumped in.

And I was like, okay, everything that my wife's, because I've been married 33 years now, freaking everything my wife has told me, let's do that, has been exactly the right freaking thing to do, man. I cannot tell you. So went to Alaska in 05 and spent six years up there. How cold is it? Like for anyone that, you were jumping in. Negative 30 was the coldest that I've jumped in.

You know what I'm saying? But we've, you know, folks have jumped up there, you know, as low as negative 45 up on the slope and some of the other areas. And then you're up every thousand feet is like at 10 degrees or 70 degrees difference. You know the deal. I mean, it's wind velocity, the rest of that. But you're so hyped. You don't really feel it until you get to the ground.

You know what I'm saying? But we've, you know, folks have jumped up there, you know, as low as negative 45 up on the slope and some of the other areas. And then you're up every thousand feet is like at 10 degrees or 70 degrees difference. You know the deal. I mean, it's wind velocity, the rest of that. But you're so hyped. You don't really feel it until you get to the ground.

You know what I'm saying? But we've, you know, folks have jumped up there, you know, as low as negative 45 up on the slope and some of the other areas. And then you're up every thousand feet is like at 10 degrees or 70 degrees difference. You know the deal. I mean, it's wind velocity, the rest of that. But you're so hyped. You don't really feel it until you get to the ground.

And then you're like, I can't move my hands. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. You figure it out. It's cool. But the truth is, so remember, in Alaska, two separate places, right? You've got Anchorage, okay, where the Airborne Brigade is at, 211 currently, right? And then up north is 111, the Arctic Wolves, right, which is a light BCT, right? That's our true Arctic, guys. So it gets negative 45.

And then you're like, I can't move my hands. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. You figure it out. It's cool. But the truth is, so remember, in Alaska, two separate places, right? You've got Anchorage, okay, where the Airborne Brigade is at, 211 currently, right? And then up north is 111, the Arctic Wolves, right, which is a light BCT, right? That's our true Arctic, guys. So it gets negative 45.

And then you're like, I can't move my hands. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. You figure it out. It's cool. But the truth is, so remember, in Alaska, two separate places, right? You've got Anchorage, okay, where the Airborne Brigade is at, 211 currently, right? And then up north is 111, the Arctic Wolves, right, which is a light BCT, right? That's our true Arctic, guys. So it gets negative 45.

It was negative 52. It was probably the coldest that I experienced up there. Those guys just got done, matter of fact, with a couple of weeks of hardcore out in the field. And our mark of, hey, we got the right conditions was they had to stop training. So when it gets to negative 35, the reality of what you're doing is you're going to go to ground and try to survive.

It was negative 52. It was probably the coldest that I experienced up there. Those guys just got done, matter of fact, with a couple of weeks of hardcore out in the field. And our mark of, hey, we got the right conditions was they had to stop training. So when it gets to negative 35, the reality of what you're doing is you're going to go to ground and try to survive.

It was negative 52. It was probably the coldest that I experienced up there. Those guys just got done, matter of fact, with a couple of weeks of hardcore out in the field. And our mark of, hey, we got the right conditions was they had to stop training. So when it gets to negative 35, the reality of what you're doing is you're going to go to ground and try to survive.

No, that's straight temperature.

No, that's straight temperature.

No, that's straight temperature.

helicopter pilot, Vietnam vet, freaking, I graduated high school at Fort Campbell High School, went to Auburn University where I failed out miserably pretty quickly. And, but I've always been in the South, you know, rode motorcycles, drank beer, fish, you know, that kind of stuff. And so the idea of going to Alaska was whatever. But I, Did not want to go to Fort Hood or to Fort Riley at the time.

helicopter pilot, Vietnam vet, freaking, I graduated high school at Fort Campbell High School, went to Auburn University where I failed out miserably pretty quickly. And, but I've always been in the South, you know, rode motorcycles, drank beer, fish, you know, that kind of stuff. And so the idea of going to Alaska was whatever. But I, Did not want to go to Fort Hood or to Fort Riley at the time.

helicopter pilot, Vietnam vet, freaking, I graduated high school at Fort Campbell High School, went to Auburn University where I failed out miserably pretty quickly. And, but I've always been in the South, you know, rode motorcycles, drank beer, fish, you know, that kind of stuff. And so the idea of going to Alaska was whatever. But I, Did not want to go to Fort Hood or to Fort Riley at the time.