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Mar 11, 2021

Legendary paratrooper, WWII and Vietnam vet ‘Rock’ Merritt dead at 97

The shoulder sleeve insignia of the 82nd Airborne Division is two As for their nickname All-American. Command Sgt. Major Kenneth…

BYMiguel Ortiz

Mar 11, 2021

BYTeam Mighty

Mar 10, 2021

That time a guy jumped out of a plane at 18,000 feet with no chute — and survived

On the evening of March 24, 1944, a Royal Air Force airman jumped out of his damaged bomber without a parachute. Not only did he survive, but he landed with little more than bumps and bruises. His name was Nicholas Alkemade. Or …

BYTeam Mighty

Mar 10, 2021

BYLogan Nye

Jan 29, 2021

13 Tell-Tale Signs You’re A Paratrooper

The maroon beret on your truck dash and the airborne wings tattooed to your chest are pretty good indicators that you’re a paratrooper. Still, if you want more proof, just check yourself for these common symptoms of airborne. Als…

BYLogan Nye

Jan 29, 2021

BYCoffee Or Die

Nov 18, 2020

The US Navy Parachute Team: From UDT ‘Chuting Stars’ to Navy SEAL ‘Leap Frogs’

How did the Navy “Leap Frogs” parachute demonstration team come to be? In 1956, a frogman from Underwater Demolition Team…

BYCoffee Or Die

Nov 18, 2020

BYHarold C. Hutchison

Jul 29, 2020

The risks of making combat HALO jumps

Sometimes, the best way to get troops where they need to be is to drop ’em out of the sky. When you think parachute insertion, you likely envision a massive cloud of paratroopers, like those seen in Band of Brothers. However, that approach…

BYHarold C. Hutchison

Jul 29, 2020

BYGeorge Hand

Jul 18, 2020

The Delta Cartoonist: Toad Jumper

Master Sergeant George Hand US Army (ret) was a member of the 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta, The Delta Force. He is a now a master photographer, cartoonist and storyteller. Student: “Sergeant, how long do I have to …

BYGeorge Hand

Jul 18, 2020

BYSOFREP

Jul 7, 2020

Beyond the Green Line: From British civilian to Israeli paratrooper

One of the great perks of this job is that sometimes things, which you had missed or had never heard of before, get tossed into your lap and you wind up with something special. Kind of like Christmas in July. So, when the SOFREP editors asked me if …

BYSOFREP

Jul 7, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

Jump alongside the 82nd Airborne with a paratrooper’s wild skydive video from Colombia

About 75 paratroopers from the US Army’s 82nd Airborne Division and 40 personnel from US Army South spent the final days of January in Colombia, working with Colombian troops for an airborne assault exercise. The exercise, which took plac…

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

What it’s really like for military families when troops are deployed

#WWIII, #NoWarWithIran, and other trending Twitter hashtags from the past week reveal the anxiety people across the globe are feeling amid near-boiling-point tensions between the US and Iran. The US is sending 3,500 Army paratroopers to the M…

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYUnited States Army

Apr 29, 2020

Honor Guard makes paratrooper’s final request come true

A former Army paratrooper’s final request to be buried with military honors alongside other veterans was carried out by a New York Army National Guard honor guard on Monday, Dec. 2, 2019, at Calverton National Cemetery. Needham Mayes, the New…

BYUnited States Army

Apr 29, 2020

BYHarold C. Hutchison

Sep 12, 2019

Watch Army paratroopers jump from a perfectly good Chinook

Helicopters have long been valuable to the military for a bevy of reasons — perhaps most importantly because they expand where you can put troops down. For these versatile aircraft, landing zones can be just about any clearing that a helicopter ca…

BYHarold C. Hutchison

Sep 12, 2019

BYUS Department of Defense

Sep 12, 2019

An Army paratrooper jumped off a cliff to save a drowning man

It was a beautiful June day in Contra Pria, Italy. Families enjoyed a picnic together, and the refreshing water served as a welcome refuge from the heat and humidity of the last weekend leading into summer. It was Father’s Day in America, and…

BYUS Department of Defense

Sep 12, 2019

BYMilitary.com

Jan 28, 2019

History’s most daring thief may have been this Army paratrooper

The mysterious plane hijacker known as “D.B. Cooper,” who has eluded authorities for more than 45 years, was an ex-military paratrooper from Michigan who boasted about the daring heist to a friend, a publisher plans to reveal May 17, 2018. M…

BYMilitary.com

Jan 28, 2019