Nearly 50 army cadets take parachute test at CFB Trenton – Kingston | 24CA News
There was nothing primary in regards to the coaching that occurred at Canadian Forces Base Trenton on Tuesday.
“It was fun,” says Emmaneulle Daoust, one of many course cadets.
“The first jump is definitely a bit of a rush.”
Daoust is one in all nearly 50 cadets collaborating within the parachute course.
“My (Regimental Sergeant Major) did it, and I kind of decided that looks cool,” she says.
“Then I talked about it with some people and they were like, ‘No you’re crazy, you shouldn’t do that’.”
Tuesday marked the second day of leaping for these cadets, with officers watching and evaluating their efficiency.
“They need to have a strong body position, tight position, bending at at least 45 degrees from the waist, feet need to be together to make sure when they get into that relative wind they don’t start spinning around and have complications when their canopy opens,” says Warrant Officer Matthieu Blanchet.
The coaching will culminate in a check the place every cadet should leap out of an airplane and parachute to security.
“The goal of parachuting is to drop a mass of personnel behind enemy lines to be able to perform military operation,” says Jeremie Gauvreau, commander of the Advanced Warfare Centre.
While Daoust is happy, she does have some reservations.
“I don’t particularly like heights,” she says. “But it’s OK, should be a good experience.”
Daoust says she intends to make use of this as a jumping-off level to affix the infantry within the fall.
“Hopefully one day go full-time in the military and join the regular force,” she provides.
But no matter what the longer term holds, it isn’t an excessive amount of a leap to say that is an expertise these cadets received’t quickly overlook.
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