Whether on a special ops jump from 25,000 feet or with hundreds of paratroopers filling the sky, U.S. troops use a wide range of parachutes. By Joshua Skovlund Updated Aug 12, 2024 10:05 AM EDT ...

A Marine was killed in a parachute incident that occurred Monday at the Multi-Mission Parachute Course in Coolidge, Arizona. Because of the accident, the Corps has suspended all double-bag static line ...

The Air Force's Special Tactics teams consist of airmen in three career fields: combat controllers, pararescuemen and special reconnaissance. Each of these special operations career fields requires ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. –The Georgia Army National Guard Safety Office hosted its 10th annual Joint Parachute Operations Mishap Preventative Orientation Course Enhanced (POMPOC-E) April 17 - 26 at the Air ...

“SPC Jenks was a dedicated Paratrooper, gifted forward observer, loyal friend, and talented artist who consistently made a tremendous impact on all around her,” Lt. Col. Christopher Walsh said Digital ...

Photo Credit: Courtesy photo Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, exit an aircraft wearing the T-11 parachute system along with the third-generation ...

A paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division was getting ready to jump toward the earth when a sharp-eyed jumpmaster stepped in and saved him from a potentially fatal injury — a split-second ...

A Fort Bragg paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division died during an airborne training operation Monday.Officials said Spec. Abigail Jenks, 21, of Gansevoort, New York, was a fire specialist, ...

U.S. Marines with Force Reconnaissance Platoon, Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Force, conduct static line jumps and freefall jumps from an MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium ...

United States Marine Critical Skills Operators with 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion, Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, wait aboard a CASA 212 aircraft in the process of gaining ...