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Airborne EOD technicians participate in international static line parachute competition

EXETER, R.I. – U.S. Army Airborne Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians participated in Leapfest 2025, at Exeter, Rhode Island, Aug. 2, 2025. The 767th EOD Company and 722nd EOD Company from the ...
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Green Berets parachute from Chinook helicopter (Dec 2025)

U.S. Army Green Berets Paratroopers assigned to 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) conduct a static line parachute jump from ...
The National Interest

The Army is Testing Its New Reserve Parachute

The Army is testing a new reserve parachute in its quest to minimize malfunctions. The new reserve parachute has a ripcord handle that is a single pin pull and an updated handle that protects from ...
Army Times

Paratrooper killed in static-line jump identified

Pfc. Jean Cruz De Leon, 20, of Marrero, Louisana, died from a parachute malfunction during training at Fort Benning, Georgia. (Army) The 82nd Airborne Division released the name Thursday of its ...
WHDH

Leapfest, long-running parachuting event, returns to Rhode Island after 2-year hiatus

EXETER, R.I. (WHDH) - After a two-year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the world’s longest running international static line parachute event returned to Rhode Island on Saturday. Paratroopers ...
WRAL

Marine killed in parachute accident

A California family is mourning the loss of a young Marine, killed in a parachuting accident in Coolidge on Monday. Twenty-two-year-old Alejandro 'Alex' Romero died in a double-bag static line ...