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Members of the Special Operations Detachment – Europe and Co. C, 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), West Virginia National Guard, fill the sky with parachutes during static line and freefall operations Oct. 19, 2018, in Red House, Md. (National Guard photo by Bo Wriston)

West Virginia National Guardsman Dies in Parachute Training Exercise

A West Virginia National Guardsman has died in military parachute training exercise at Suffolk Executive Airport in Virginia.

Staff Sgt. Aliaksandr “Alex” Bahrytsevich in 2015. Army photo

Golden Knight Killed in Plane Crash in Georgia

A Fort Bragg soldier was among the victims of a small plane crash in Georgia on Saturday.

Towed Jumper Recover System during testing at Yuma Proving Grounds, Arizona.(U.S. Army Photo)

Army Evaluating New Airborne Kit to Save Towed Paratroopers

U.S. Army experts are testing a new emergency parachute system that can be used when a paratrooper becomes a towed jumper.

TOML, a chocolate lab service dog with the Alaska Air National Guard 212 Rescue Squadron, is believed to be the first of his kind in the U.S. military. (Photo: Amy Bushatz/Military.com)

This National Guard Service Dog Is Unlike Any Other

A one-year-old chocolate Labrador is serving with the Alaska Air National Guard's 212th Rescue Squadron.

Emile Cilliers arrives at Winchester Crown Court on November 21, 2017 in Winchester, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

UK Soldier Gets 18 Years for Tampering with Wife's Parachute

Sgt. Emile Cilliers was convicted last month of two counts of attempted murder for the parachute tampering.

FILE PHOTO -- A Marine performs a static line jump at Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Mississippi, Dec. 14, 2017. (U.S. Marine Corps/Lance Cpl. Tessa D. Watts)

Marine Dies in Parachute Accident in Arizona

A U.S. Marine died in a parachute accident in Arizona, prompting the Marine Corps to suspend certain types of jumps.

FILE PHOTO -- Static-line parachutists descend from the sky during International Jump Week 2017 near Bitburg, Germany, July 13, 2017 (U.S. Marine Corps/Cpl. Jodson B. Graves)

Marine Who Died in Arizona Parachute Accident Identified

Cpl. Alejandro Romero died in a double-bag static line parachute mishap Monday in Coolidge.

Marines assigned to 2nd Raider Battalion, Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, parachute from a CH-53E Super Stallion during a static line parachute training exercise near Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C., on July 28, 2017. Lance Cpl. Justin Roux/Marine Corps

Do Marines Really Need a New Parachute System? Congress Wants to Know

Lawmakers are calling on the Marine Corps to evaluate what it really needs before investing in a new parachute.

Special Warfare Combatant-craft crewmen conduct advanced military free fall training in Key West, Fla., in February 2009. Kathryn Wittenberger/Navy

2 Airmen Killed During Parachute Training in Florida

Air Force officials have released the names of two special forces airmen killed in a parachute training accident in the Flori...

FILE PHOTO - Paratroopers and service members from the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces, carry out airborne sustainment training June 24, 2014, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey Smith)

Japanese Paratroopers in Landmark Jump Over Alaska

Two dozen members of the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force became the first paratroopers from their country to take part in...

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