Tandem Skydive with US Navy SEAL Benefit the HALO for Freedom Warrior Foundation

Description

 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tandem-Skydive-with-US-Navy-SEAL-Benefit-the-HALO-for-Freedom-Warrior-Foundation-/261230636686?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cd28f2e8e#ht_1260wt_1170

A once in a life time opportunity up for auction!

A tandem jump with Mr. Jim Woods, retired Unites States Navy SEAL and active safety and training officer with the Navy parachute team, the “Leap Frogs”. Along with Retired Army Sergeant First Class Dana Bowman, you’ll be strapped to Jim and jump from an altitude of 10,000 feet into a Military Appreciation event being held at the Los Angeles Blues Professional Soccer Team match at Titan Stadium on Cal State Fullerton’s Campus on Saturday August 17, 2013. A portion of the proceeds from this auction will be donated to the non-profit organization, HALO For Freedom Warrior Foundation.  http://www.haloforfreedom.org/ Also included, photos and video of the jump, autographed LA Blues team jersey, 12 (twelve) tickets to the match for family and friends of the purchaser/jumper and use of our VIP room the day of the jump with refreshments & hors d’oeuvres. Purchaser must sign appropriate release of liability waivers prior to jump. Purchaser is required to pay for and arrange their own travel to the take off location. Non refundable, payable through Paypal.

More about Jim:

During his career as a Navy SEAL, he was assigned to Naval Special Warfare and deployed mainly to South America, training and operating in the jungles, highlands and waterways of each country there, in an effort to reduce the drugs flowing into the United States.  Jim was also assigned to a team in Pearl Harbor Hawaii, were he participated in several combined efforts in the South Pacific, with the United States Coast Guard to rescue stranded and injured civilian fishermen and sailors. 

Accumulating over 17,000 jumps, Jim is an active military freefall instructor assisting in the initial and pre-deployment training for Army and Navy Special Operations Operators as well as the performing hundreds of both military and civilian demonstration jumps in front of millions of spectators each year.

Jim has been introducing people to Tandem jumps since 1987 and enjoys helping people achieve the ultimate dream of jumping from an airplane. In the last 15 years, Jim has become more involved with Disabled Veterans and different foundations, which specialize in assisting them and their families. Offering these disabled service men and women the experience of a tandem jump has given Jim a great sense of pride and honor for these great American treasures. 

Jim also has a well documented Cinematography and Photography background with many projects published and released in film.  Most notable is his aerial film work in the amazing movie released in 2012 that was an unprecedented blend of real-life heroism and original filmmaking. Act of Valor stars a group of active-duty Navy SEALs in a powerful story of contemporary global anti-terrorism.

 

An Incredible Story of Spirit and Determination

Dana Bowman

Sgt. First Class (Ret.)

It’s not the disability, it’s the ability.

Dana Bowman has astounded the nation and the world with his drive, determination, and will to succeed. He is a retired First Class Sergeant with the U.S. Army where he was a Special Forces Soldier and a member of the U.S. Army’s elite parachute team, the Golden Knights. Dana Bowman is a double amputee. He lost his legs in an accident during the annual Golden Knights training in Yuma, Arizona, in 1994.

On February 6, 1994, Bowman gained worldwide attention when he and his teammate Sgt. Jose Aguillon collided in midair during the team’s annual training. Bowman and Aguillon were practicing a maneuver known as the Diamond Track. The maneuver calls for the jumpers to streak away from each other for about a mile and then turn 180 degrees and fly back toward each other crisscrossing in the sky. Bowman and Aguillon had demonstrated the Diamond Track more than fifty times without a mistake, but this time was different. Rather than crisscrossing, the two skydivers slammed into each other at a combined speed of 300 miles per hour. Aguillon died instantly. Bowman’s legs were severed from his body, one above the knee and one below the knee. Bowman’s parachute opened on impact. He was taken to a hospital in Phoenix where doctors closed his leg wounds and stopped his internal bleeding.

Nine months later, he turned this tragedy into a triumph when he became the first double amputee to re-enlist in the United States Army. Bowman re-enlisted in the United States Army airborne style, skydiving with his commander into the ceremony, making his dream a reality. This achievement is just one example of Bowman’s many successes under adverse circumstances.

 After Dana’s re-enlistment, he became the U.S. Parachute Team’s lead speaker and recruiting commander. Dana has been fortunate to have the opportunity to let his speeches touch so many from the physically challenged to the able-bodied. He strives to show physically challenged people can still work and excel in today’s society and military. Dana emphasizes the words amputee and uselessness are not synonymous. He has given more than 1000 speeches in the last few years and has been featured in magazines such as Sports Illustrated, Reader’s Digest, People and many more. There have also been numerous television programs, which focused on Dana and his story. Some of the programs include: Dateline, A Current Affair, Real TV, NBC Person of the Week, Day and Date and Extra.

Dana retired from the United States Army in 1996. He received his bachelor’s degree in commercial aviation from UND Aerospace in Grand Forks, North Dakota in May of 2000.

He spends a great deal of his personal time working with other amputees and disabled or physically challenged people. He also spends time at different military hospitals helping the wounded soldiers during the current world situation. He enjoys visiting patients at numerous healthcare facilities while on the road speaking.