Worst jump I never jumped.
One of our companies was jumping into AP Hill and was gonna stay there for a week in the field, so the safeties were from other companies. We were pushing ammo bundles (which we never did in an MI Bn) and I was the only one on the JM team who had ever pushed a bundle at all! :eek: So the primary in the lead acft wanted me on his door. No prob he was a fellow 1SG. Well, I don't know how many times I told the #1 jumper (who would help me push the bundle), "You'll push high, I'll go low. But you wait on me to start it moving. Otherwise, you'll push down and the paperboard honneycomb will crush. Then we're fucked." "No problem, Top!"
So, as soon as the PJ said, "Go!" #1 gets excited and pushes hard. PBHC crushes and the bundle snags. I'm on my knees pushing on this thing like I'm NFL tackle, screaming, "Goddammit, Andy! Stop pushing!"
I felt it move so I got on my toes and started really pushing -- not thinking about how close I was to an open door. The bundle went out, and I almost did, too. I landed on the deck with the upper half my body outside the door, and I was moving further out.
The PJ saw it happening and got hold of my belt and pulled me back in. We kinda stared, wide-eyed at each other. Then I said, "Give me back your static line and tell your #1 jumper to go!"
If we had been jumping anything but a C-17, I'd have been sucked out the door. :uhh: