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^- [Voiceover] Why would anyone want to jump out

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^of a perfectly good airplane?

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^- We come to this course to progress our jumpmaster skills.

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- [Voiceover] He's not alone, either.

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There's a wait list.

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^- Previously to this course, we only had the option

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^of attending the school in Yuma and we only saw about

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28 slots per year.

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- [Voiceover] Davis-Monthan recognized that as an issue

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and took a proactive approach to the solution.

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- Just last year we finally got everything running

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and we got validated by SOCOM.

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- [Voiceover] And just like that, they became the only

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freefall jumpmaster course in the air force.

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The school still isn't big enough to accommodate everyone,

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but it provides a conduit for everyone

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to get the information.

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- There's a lot of advanced stuff that we're actually

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learning here as well, so take that back to them

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and let them know what I learned and make sure

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they're doing it right and continue on.

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- [Voiceover] So far the program has graduated almost

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50 members with many more to come, a number that would have

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taken much longer waiting for spots with the army.

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And with the time it takes to get SOCOM certification

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it looks like Davis-Monthan will lead the way

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on jumpmasters for some time to come.

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Senior Airman Samuel O'Brien,

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Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona.