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Paratroopers assigned to the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, conduct a parachute jump on Malemute drop zone at Joint Base Elmendorf ...
Paratroopers ran through pre-jump training and relaxed — or tried to — ahead of a night jump training operation at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Throughout their career, many American paratroopers get a chance to conduct a parachute jump with foreign armies, but for a paratrooper with the 173rd Airborne Brigade, it's in his job title.
LIBREVILLE, Gabon -- One hundred nine French, Gabonese and U.S. paratroopers with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, completed two multinational jumps into Pointe Denis landing ...
'Dedicated' Army Paratrooper Dies During Parachute Jump Training: 'She Will Be Missed' “SPC Jenks was a dedicated Paratrooper, gifted forward observer, loyal friend, ...
U.S. Army paratroopers will soon have more to leap for, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced this week during a visit with 82nd Airborne Division soldiers at Fort Bragg, N.C.
Twenty-three U.S. Army paratroopers were hospitalized with injuries suffered during a nighttime training jump at Mississippi's Camp Shelby on Wednesday night, officials said.. They were among the ...
U.S. paratroopers practice jumping into water at Lake Garda in Italy on April 10, 2025. The skill helps them deploy to areas where traditional drop zones are unavailable. (Mariah Gonzalez/U.S. Army) ...
A 21-year-old US Army paratrooper from New York State died while jumping from a helicopter during a training exercise, officials said Wednesday. Spc. Abigail Jenks, of Gansevoort, was doing a ...
Army paratrooper Spc. Abigail Jenks died on Monday after doing a static-line jump training. At the time of the incident, the 20-year-old native of Gansevoort, New York was parachuting from a UH-60 ...
In this Jan. 26, 2020, photo, U.S. Army Spc. Parker Firth readies for a jump in Melgar, Colombia, as a fellow paratrooper helps secure his equipment.
When U.S. paratroopers jumped onto French soil during World War II, they were greeted with gunfire and bombs. Today, 68 years later, they were met with cheers and handshakes.