18ish y/o enlustee gets married just before leaving for Basic Training and Advanced Individual Training (AIT) meaning the young couple us separated for a minimum of 4 months and in some cases over a year.

Financial hardships and infidelity often results in an early death for these unions.

But you should tell him if the Army wanted him to have a wife they would issue one. I think you shouldn’t be allowed to marry the first couple of years. It’s ok if you are already married.

Do they still make them wear a special helmet when they make that 6th jump? When you go from being parachute qualified to being an actual paratrooper.

If they doing cherry helmets anymore

dropped by regulations about 10 years ago...to much a symbol of harassment/bullying etc...