Jamie Colby Visits the 101st Airborne

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• Lt. Jabari White
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• Jamie goes to Air Assault School with the "Screaming Eagles."
• Bunny slope of air assault school is where it all begins.
• Sgt. Daniel De Normandie teaching me "the ropes."
• Learning to tie my "swiss seat" and it's not really a seat at all!
• Having second thoughts ... definitely!
• Ready to rappel as the soldiers in training watch from below.
• Leaning out and about to bound off. "Deno" says I'm good to go.
• I count to three and off I go!
• The goal for me and all the soldiers who are preparing for Air Assault. The helicopter rappel!!
• The soldiers tie their swiss seat and make a final check of their gear.
• Rappelling gone wrong ... with a 25 pound pack on your back. What I hoped would not happen to me.
• This soldier is stuck ...
• The soldiers and instructors below are your lifeline ... "on belay."
• My instructors gave me a thumbs up.
• Major General Jeffrey Schloesser suprises Jamie with a 101st Airborne patch for her ACUs.
• At a ceremony on Post for the fallen ... taps and a gun salute.
• First Brigade prepares to deploy with the Casing of Colors.
• Casing of Colors ... 1st Brigade flags on their way to Iraq.