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Chapter 1: OEW
Chapter 2: Skydiving Life Style
Chapter 1: OEW
Déjà Vu?
Article by Iveta "Murv" Muravyeva. Visuals by by Niklas Daniel.
U.S. Army veteran Joseph Grabianowski sustained severe wounds from a roadside bomb explosion in Afghanistan May 29, 2012. He underwent a series of grueling surgeries that resulted in bilateral hip disarticulation-amputation of both legs at the hip joint. Skydiving had been one of Joe's goals before he was wounded in Afghanistan, but solo jumping did not seem feasible due to the severity of his wounds.
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Going Strong — Operation Enduring Warrior Skydive
Article by Iveta "Murv" Muravyeva. Visuals by by Niklas Daniel.
Operation Enduring Warrior Skydive (launched in 2013 as Operation X-Wing) had a very successful first year of operations and is continuing its mission to facilitate initial skydiving training for America's wounded warriors in 2014 and into the future. The skydiving community is going above and beyond to provide support for the program.
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Love in the Air
Article by Iveta "Murv" Muravyeva. Visuals by by Niklas Daniel et al..
Todd Love. You might not know the name – yet – but you've probably seen some pictures or videos of him. You'd remember because those were the images that immediately made you stop whining about how hard your day was and how you just couldn't do something because it was too difficult.
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Love in the Air: Full Altitude
Article by Iveta "Murv" Muravyeva. Visuals by by Niklas Daniel.
You may have wondered, "So what if…well, how will he…what about…?" After a year of coordinating, planning, tunnel training and research and design, Todd finally had a chance to answer the skeptics. D-Day (literally – it was June 6) finally came and Otter 1 had six slots dedicated to Todd's first jump: Todd Love (the student), Brianne Thompson and Niklas Daniel (AFF instructors), Mike McGowan (who volunteered his talents for photography), Wes Moraes (video), and Murv (just lurking). History was made!
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Todd Love — Operation X-Wing
Article by Iveta "Murv" Muravyeva. Visuals by by Niklas Daniel.
Todd caught the skydiving bug after his first tandem with Mike Elliott and inspired Operation Enduring Warrior (OEW – enduringwarrior.org) to begin researching skydiving training. This was the beginning of Project X-Wing, a program established to facilitate initial skydiving training (AFF through A license) for combat wounded veterans. OEW set a goal of seeing each jumper (class 13-01 is four strong) all the way through to their USPA A license, which would ensure they could continue on in the sport and jump at any DZ independently.
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Operation X-Wing
Article by Iveta "Murv" Muravyeva. Visuals by by Niklas Daniel.
Skydivers know nothing could take the place of skydiving in their lives, and many turn to it for solace when faced with adversity. This thought brought about Operation X-Wing, a skydiving program under the umbrella of Operation Enduring Warrior, an organization whose objective is to create awareness of, provide support to and honor our nation's wounded warriors. OXW facilitates initial skydiving training (AFF through the A license) for combat-wounded veterans.
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Chapter 2: Skydiving Life Style
«Girls Can't Fly Parachutes» PIA Seminar
Video by Performance Designs.
This seminar discusses the causes that lead to false ideas like this and what can be done to prevent them. Held by Laura Golly and Allison Reay at the 2017 PIA Symposium in Chattanooga, TN.
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