FORT PICKETT, Va. – The sky above this installation was once again filled with paratroopers dropping from aircraft as the Quartermaster School resumed airborne operations April 22. The Virginia ...
Yuma Test Center at Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) is proud to announce the induction of Thomas Hall into the U.S. Army Rigger Hall of Fame. This prestigious honor has only been bestowed on 96 parachute ...
Even before the Department of Defense mandated earlier this month that people on military installations wear masks where social distancing can’t be maintained against the spread of COVID-19, the ...
Local Indiana National Guard parachute riggers made a unique pivot to protect their fellow Hoosier guardsmen from the COVID-19 pandemic. Their mission changed to making protective face masks for their ...
YUMA, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) — Yuma Proving Ground’s very own Thomas Hall is the 96th inductee to the U.S. Army Parachute Rigger Hall of Fame. The prestigious honor is the highest recognition among parachute ...
Soldiers who usually mend parachutes and rigging are turning those skills to sewing much-needed coronavirus surgical masks. Parachute riggers at Joint Base Lewis-McChord over the last week have used ...
Erik Bakko wore an Army uniform for 13 years, and when he left the military he probably figured he'd never wear his fatigues again. But his old uniforms, and the uniforms of other veterans, are being ...
Parachute riggers with 1st Special Forces Group's support battalion sew surgical masks for medical patients at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, April 1, 2020. (Sgt. Adam Armstrong/Army) Before ...
Staff Sgt. Christopher T. Stout, 34, a chaplain’s assistant from Worthville, Kentucky, joined the Army Dec. 7, 1997. He attended basic training and Airborne School at Fort Benning, Ga. before ...