{"id":27874,"date":"2019-09-28T10:00:17","date_gmt":"2019-09-28T15:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=27874"},"modified":"2019-09-28T09:26:07","modified_gmt":"2019-09-28T14:26:07","slug":"two-apsu-rotc-students-attend-army-airborne-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2019\/09\/28\/two-apsu-rotc-students-attend-army-airborne-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Two APSU ROTC students attend Army Airborne School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-324279\" title=\"Austin Peay State University - APSU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Austin-Peay-State-University-APSU.jpg\" alt=\"Austin Peay State University - APSU\" width=\"250\" height=\"64\"\/><strong>Clarksville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; Austin Peay State University (APSU) chemistry sophomore Cherady Fine recalls parachuting from an airplane for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember actually shaking hooking up the static line. But after that, I just thought, \u2018All right, I\u2019m doing this.\u2019<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_466594\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Austin-Peay-State-University-sophomore-Cherady-Fine.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-466594\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-466594\" title=\"Austin Peay State University sophomore Cherady Fine shows off her Airborne medal. (APSU)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Austin-Peay-State-University-sophomore-Cherady-Fine-480x320.jpg\" alt=\"Austin Peay State University sophomore Cherady Fine shows off her Airborne medal. (APSU)\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\"\/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-466594\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Austin Peay State University sophomore Cherady Fine shows off her Airborne medal. (APSU)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve just got to do it, don\u2019t look, just jump,\u201d Fine said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s definitely an adrenaline rush,\u201d she added. \u201cYou look around and it\u2019s one of the most mesmerizing experiences I\u2019ve ever had in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fine was one of 12 Austin Peay ROTC students who attended military training schools during the summer. She attended Army Airborne School May 25th-June 15th in Fort Benning, Georgia. Another APSU cadet, Alden Marvin, attended the school July 22nd-August 9th.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, it was my first Army experience,\u201d Fine said. \u201cI\u2019d never been around other Army people or in an Army environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_466602\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Austin-Peay-State-University-junior-Alden-Marvin.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-466602\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-466602\" title=\"Austin Peay State University junior Alden Marvin, right, stands in front of the Army Airborne School towers. (APSU)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Austin-Peay-State-University-junior-Alden-Marvin-480x320.jpg\" alt=\"Austin Peay State University junior Alden Marvin, right, stands in front of the Army Airborne School towers. (APSU)\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\"\/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-466602\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Austin Peay State University junior Alden Marvin, right, stands in front of the Army Airborne School towers. (APSU)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Both Fine and Marvin graduated the school, earning their Airborne patches and pin. Neither had parachuted before, and Marvin never had been in an airplane.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a cool community to be in, the Airborne community,\u201d Marvin smiled.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Marvin \u2013 a criminal justice junior \u2013 described the three-week Airborne School this way:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First week, Ground Week: \u201cThis is where you learn the basics where you\u2019re basically jumping off a table into gravel, learning how to distribute weight because you hit the ground pretty hard with a parachute on.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Second week, Tower Week: \u201cWorking on jumping out of towers (250-foot towers and 34-foot towers).\u201d He said jumpers jump through a mock door, freefalling for a several feet before ziplining to the ground.<\/li>\n<li>Third week, Jump Week: Students have three daytime jumps and two nighttime jumps, all from airplanes 1,250 feet above the ground.<\/li>\n<li>For more details about Airborne School, click <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goarmy.com\/soldier-life\/being-a-soldier\/ongoing-training\/specialized-schools\/airborne-school.html\" >here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After students jumped from the planes, they counted to six \u201cand the canopy opens and you look around, looking down and just seeing everything,\u201d Fine said.<\/p>\n<p>[320left]Marvin added: \u201cYou\u2019d be chilling in the air, and you\u2019d just see people colliding, everybody else getting tangled in the air.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fine\u2019s goals include becoming a commissioned Army officer in chemical or medical services.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully Air Assault School is next for me, but I simply strive to continue exceeding my limitations and experiencing more opportunities that will better myself as a future officer,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Marvin plans to join the Army infantry, specifically an Airborne unit, \u201chopefully the 82<sup>nd<\/sup> Airborne Division.\u201d He also wants to attend Air Assault School.<\/p>\n<h3>To Learn More<\/h3>\n<p>For more about the Governors Guard ROTC at Austin Peay, visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apsu.edu\/rotc\/\" >www.apsu.edu\/rotc<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clarksville, TN &#8211; Austin Peay State University (APSU) chemistry sophomore Cherady Fine recalls parachuting from an airplane for the first time. \u201cI remember actually shaking hooking up the static line. 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