FORT BRAGG, N.C. – Airborne Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians and Combat Engineers trained for joint forcible entry missions during large-scale combat operations with the storied 82nd Airborne ...

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Canadian Army jumpmasters and tactical leaders joined U.S. paratroopers from the XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, April 7-10, 2025, for an intensive week of joint ...

The Army will recode 20,000 parachutist jobs in a major airborne restructuring. Here, an Army paratrooper assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade recovers his parachute in Pordenone, Italy, on March 20 ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — A number of soldiers from a Columbus-based unit of the U.S. Army Reserve are scheduled to parachute at Wright-Patterson Airfield on Friday. According to the 88th Air Base Wing, ...

The Army plans to reclassify 22,000 parachutist positions to improve airborne readiness. The change aims to address unsustainable training demands on resources like aircraft and riggers. The ...

The Pentagon on Tuesday announced that it will increase hazardous duty incentive pay for paratroopers, commonly known as jump pay. The monthly stipend will rise from $150 to $200, marking the first ...

The U.S. Army is restructuring its airborne forces, leading to pay changes for thousands of parachutist positions. According to a report from the American military newspaper Stars and Stripes, an ...

Service Members who were deployed to the Persian Gulf region and Afghanistan (known as the Southwest Asia Theater of Operations) may have been exposed to airborne hazards from a variety of ...

Some parachutes feature openings or holes, which aid in stability and control. Without a means for some air to escape through the top of the canopy, wind could force the parachute to rock ...

In addition to the American and Japanese paratroopers, airborne troops from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Poland, Singapore, the Philippines, and the United Kingdom ...