FORT MOORE, Ga.− Parachute riggers of the 1st Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade, pack the parachutes used daily in airborne training. Recently they ...

Parachute riggers assigned to Group Support Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) successfully executed the ...

Even before the Department of Defense mandated earlier this month that people on military installations wear masks where social distancing can’t be maintained against the spread of COVID-19, the ...

He said the parachute rigger training was the hardest school he went through because of the constant mental focus – the lives of other people were on the line. They had to take the oath “be sure ...

Soldiers who usually mend parachutes and rigging are turning those skills to sewing much-needed coronavirus surgical masks. Parachute riggers at Joint Base Lewis-McChord over the last week have used ...

The 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) is the first unit in the Special Forces regiment to field the Army’s new RA-1 military free fall parachute system. The group’s riggers were also the first to ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: This is the most crucial moment for every student during Airborne School: the moment the parachute deploys after jumping. If anything is wrong with ...