FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- Aca,!A"If you want to be a leader in the 82nd Airborne, you have got to be a Jumpmaster,Aca,!A? said Sgt. 1st Class Teigh Statler, platoon sergeant with Battery A, 1st Battalion, ...

KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany - For U.S. paratroopers, the jumpmaster is the first person they see when they step onto the loading ramp of a military aircraft and last person they see before they step out ...

FORT MITCHELL, Al.. (WTVM) - More than 400 men and women graduated a few days ago on Fort Moore from the U-S Army Basic Airborne Course. That includes a new soldier who had wings pinned on him by his ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A video captured a jumpmaster acting as the flight ‘safety’ grabbing a soldier whose static line had wrapped around his neck. A ...

A jumpmaster inspects the rigging of a 173rd Airborne Brigade paratrooper prior to boarding a US Air Force C-130 for an airborne insertion in northern Italy. (Army) Paratroopers who stay current on ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sgt. Maj. Keith Platt (left) shown in a video (right) stopping a paratrooper from suffering a “catastrophic injury” during a Nov.

An Army investigation into the death of Sgt. Shaina Schmigel found that a jumpmaster did not properly inspect the paratrooper's line before the jump that killed her last year, according to an Army ...