Just to clarify, I don't have experience with Military Freefall specifically since I wasn't that good/lucky/privileged in duty position, but it's an airborne operation. Not much differs.
800 feet or 8000+ feet:
you jump out
you fall
your parachute opens hopefully
you land hopefully in a somewhat controlled manner
then everything else that you planned for goes on. It's the beginning (and can sometimes set the tone for the rest) of the mission that you're there to do. Delivery of assets into otherwise denied terrain with a reduction of risk to the delivery assets depending on the type of airborne operation. It's also probably the largest pain of the ass considering that it's 4-ish hours on a good day of lead up to a 4+ (depending on MFF or static line) second snapshot of a mission that lasts however long as necessary. Most SL Airborne ops end up being less than 2.4% of the entire operations time duration at the MOST, not counting flight time since either way you've got to GET there, landing or jumping.
800 feet or 8000+ feet:
you jump out
you fall
your parachute opens hopefully
you land hopefully in a somewhat controlled manner
then everything else that you planned for goes on. It's the beginning (and can sometimes set the tone for the rest) of the mission that you're there to do. Delivery of assets into otherwise denied terrain with a reduction of risk to the delivery assets depending on the type of airborne operation. It's also probably the largest pain of the ass considering that it's 4-ish hours on a good day of lead up to a 4+ (depending on MFF or static line) second snapshot of a mission that lasts however long as necessary. Most SL Airborne ops end up being less than 2.4% of the entire operations time duration at the MOST, not counting flight time since either way you've got to GET there, landing or jumping.
