JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – “I will be sure always,” is the motto of the U.S. Army parachute rigger. Every rigger is Airborne qualified and by tradition required to be ready to jump any ...

FORT PICKETT, Va. – The sky above this installation was once again filled with paratroopers dropping from aircraft as the Quartermaster School resumed airborne operations April 22. The Virginia ...

FORT PICKETT, Va. (May 18, 2017) -- One could question why riggers – those who pack parachutes for airborne units – are so privileged to wear red caps during in-house operations and maroon berets ...

Fort Lee, Va. (Feb. 5, 2009) -- It's a few minutes before 9 a.m., below freezing, and most of the 94 Soldiers and Marines gathered in an aircraft hangar seem to project a strange look of anticipation ...

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION YUMA, Ariz. – A squadron of MV-22 Ospreys flew in formation from behind a mountain range, their silhouettes barely visible in front of the setting sun. Each Osprey pilot ...