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Glenn Bangs
Nickname: GB
Rank on team: CPT
Years on Team: 1976-1982,1988-1990
Team Jobs & Highlights
- Black Demonstration Team
- Formation (Relative Work) Skydiving Team Leader
- Operations Officer
- Golden Knight of the Year, 1981
- World Champion in 4 Way Relative Work, 1981
- First 200 Demo Season on Black Team, 1979
Army Jobs & Highlights
- Founding member of 1st Battalion, Ranger, 75th Infantry, Airborne 1974
- Founding member, 3rd Battalion, Ranger 75th Infantry, Airborne, 1984
- Company Commander, Company A, 4th Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment During Operation Desert Shield/Storm, deployed as 82nd Airborne Division DRF 1 Battalion Task Force
- I had the honor and privilege of deploying to combat with 150 American Paratroopers and bringing them ALL back home unscathed, wounded, or injured.
Civilian Jobs & Highlights
- Trained former President George Herbert Walker Bush to skydive using the Accelerated Freefall (AFF) method in 1997 and 1999.
- Worked for OGA as a Security Consultant and Contractor, 2008-2012, AFF Examiner.
Awards & Badges
- Ranger Qualified
- Master Parachutist
- Pathfinder
- Combat Diver
- Combat Infantry Badge
- HALO Jump Master
- Bronze Star for Combat Service