{"id":1849,"date":"2024-11-28T07:49:33","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T07:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daily-bullet.com\/?p=1849"},"modified":"2024-11-28T07:49:33","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T07:49:33","slug":"meet-the-paratrooper-who-jumped-out-of-a-plane-100-times-and-hes-just-getting-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daily-bullet.com\/?p=1849","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Paratrooper Who Jumped Out of a Plane 100 times \u2014 and He’s Just Getting Started"},"content":{"rendered":"
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AVIANO, Italy \u2014 Jumping out of an airplane is a feat that demands both courage and trust. Now imagine doing it 100 times. That\u2019s exactly what 1st Sgt. Jovon Propst, Spartan Company, 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion, achieved on October 9, 2024, when he made the jump, earning the prestigious title of centurion paratrooper.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cI get asked all the time, \u2018How did you make it that far?\u2019 I say, \u2018My jumps don\u2019t get scratched. It\u2019s just my luck,\u201d Propst said.<\/p>\n

Born in Concord, North Carolina, and raised in the vibrant heart of New York City, Propst\u2019s journey to becoming a centurion paratrooper is as dynamic as his personality.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen it comes to the weather or a mission, it\u2019s always a go for me,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve had a very intriguing career.\u201d<\/p>\n

Propst\u2019s military career began with the now disbanded 307th Engineer Battalion at Fort Liberty. From there, his dedication and skill led him to 3rd Special Forces Group, where he earned the coveted jumpmaster title.<\/p>\n

His journey didn\u2019t stop there; he continued to make his mark in the 425th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 11th Airborne Division, stationed in Alaska. It was in Alaska that Propst served as a drop zone safety officer under Col. Joshua Gaspard, who was a squadron commander at the time. Their time together solidified Propst\u2019s reputation as a calm and dependable leader, especially in high-pressure airborne operations. Propst is now serving under Col. Gaspard for the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Italy.<\/p>\n

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Propst\u2019s love for adrenaline doesn\u2019t end with the Army. He once volunteered as a firefighter in Bell County, Texas \u2014 a role that allowed him to continue serving others while feeding his need for action.<\/p>\n

For now, Propst remains committed to the Army, calling it home. However, when the time comes to hang up his uniform, he\u2019s already looking ahead to his next adrenaline-fueled mission. After retirement, he plans on becoming a smokejumper so he can fight forest fires from the sky. Propst\u2019s journey from paratrooper to potential smokejumper shows that for some, the sky isn\u2019t the limit \u2014 it\u2019s just the beginning.<\/p>\n

By CPT Jennifer French<\/p>\n

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AVIANO, Italy \u2014 Jumping out of an airplane is a feat that demands both courage and trust. Now imagine doing it 100 times. That\u2019s exactly what 1st Sgt. Jovon Propst, Spartan Company, 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion, achieved on October 9, 2024, when he made the jump, earning the prestigious title of centurion paratrooper. \u201cI get […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1849","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-army"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daily-bullet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daily-bullet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daily-bullet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daily-bullet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daily-bullet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1849"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/daily-bullet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1851,"href":"https:\/\/daily-bullet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1849\/revisions\/1851"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daily-bullet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daily-bullet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daily-bullet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daily-bullet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}