FORT BRAGG, North Carolina — Operational testing of the Army’s newest generation sniper system — the MK-22 Precision Sniper Rifle (PSR) — marks the project’s final hurdle before fielding. “The modular ...
The Army will recode 20,000 parachutist jobs in a major airborne restructuring. Here, an Army paratrooper assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade recovers his parachute in Pordenone, Italy, on March 20 ...
Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Reddit Share on LinkedIn Share via Email FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — More than 60 men and women raised their right hands and took the oath of enlistment Saturday, ...
Army leaders are confident that reclassifying 22,000 paid parachutist jobs will improve the readiness of paratroopers. The change, first reported by Army Times, is expected to go into effect at the ...
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — A number of soldiers from a Columbus-based unit of the U.S. Army Reserve are scheduled to parachute at Wright-Patterson Airfield on Friday. According to the 88th Air Base Wing, ...
FORT LIBERTY — An 82nd Airborne Division paratrooper is recovering after a training accident Wednesday, a spokesman said. The accident occurred during airborne operations in a Fort Liberty training ...
The U.S. Army is restructuring its airborne forces, leading to pay changes for thousands of parachutist positions. According to a report from the American military newspaper Stars and Stripes, an ...
The Pentagon on Tuesday announced that it will increase hazardous duty incentive pay for paratroopers, commonly known as jump pay. The monthly stipend will rise from $150 to $200, marking the first ...
In addition to the American and Japanese paratroopers, airborne troops from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Poland, Singapore, the Philippines, and the United Kingdom ...