{"id":31740,"date":"2012-08-24T12:10:23","date_gmt":"2012-08-24T16:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=31740"},"modified":"2012-08-25T09:49:26","modified_gmt":"2012-08-25T13:49:26","slug":"talk-about-yer-oh-sht-moments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=31740","title":{"rendered":"Talk About Yer “Oh Sh*t” Moments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, it appears two Georgia skydivers got just a bit more of a thrill recently than they bargained for.<\/p>\n

It seems that on August 12, 2012, a couple of skydivers landed a bit off-target after a jump. They landed on a nearby military reservation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What installation? The reservation for the Kings Bay Submarine Base near Saint Mary’s, Georgia.<\/p>\n

In the past three years, seven errant jumpers have landed on base property. By sheer good luck, none have been killed when apprehended by the base’s security forces.<\/p>\n

The military authorities were not amused. You see, the Kings Bay Submarine Base is a rather sensitive installation. Per Wikipedia, two submarine squadrons are based there. One squadron primarily has SSGNs; the other, SSBNs.<\/p>\n

For the nautically challenged, in layman’s terms those are called “Trident submarines”.<\/p>\n

Yeah.\u00a0 That kinda explains why base authorities were not amused.<\/p>\n

All of the wayward jumpers appear to have been clients of a local firm, called “The Jumping Place”, operating out of the nearby Saint Mary’s airport. After the latest incident, the local airport authority revoked their license to operate from airport property. However, The Jumping Place’s ownership has announced it’s intent to file a complaint with the FAA regarding the action, claiming the local airport board exceeded its authority in the matter.<\/p>\n

As much as I support free enterprise, this business needs to move it’s operations to another airport.\u00a0 Otherwise, one day luck will run out and an errant skydiver is going to get shot by base security forces.<\/p>\n

And before anyone asks:\u00a0 no word on whether any of the skydivers involved in the recent incident called themselves “Thunder Fowl” or any other such nom de beauxeau<\/em>. (smile)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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