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Taiwanese paratrooper training. Story by Frederique Mauduit • 5mo. C olonel Chen Kuan-yu, commander of the army's Airborne Training Centre, said the military's main concern was defence, ...
One paratrooper was killed, and at least one other soldier was injured during a training parachute jump on Sept. 13 at the Army’s Joint Readiness Training Center in Louisiana, Task & Purpose has ...
A Fort Bragg paratrooper of the 82nd Airborne Division died on Monday during a training operation on the base, according to a news release. The statement said the tragic accident took place during … ...
Army officials from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on Thursday released the identity of a paratrooper who was killed Wednesday during an airborne training operation.. Pfc. Jean Cruz De Leon's ...
A 21-year-old paratrooper from New York died this week during training, officials announced Wednesday. Gansevoort, New York, native Spc. Abigail Jenks was part of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd ...
A Fort Bragg paratrooper was killed this week during a training exercise at a Georgia base, officials said. The soldier, who was not identified, had been undergoing jumping training Wednesday at Fo… ...
Staff Sgt. Joshua M. Trevino, a Paratrooper assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, graduated from the most recent training course.
Paratrooper, 21, posts smiling selfie just moments before being killed in parachute jump from Blackhawk helicopter at Fort Bragg. Spc. Abigail Jenks died Monday in a training jump at the North ...
The 82nd Airborne Division also lost a paratrooper during jump training in mid-September, when Pfc. Jean Cruz De Leon, 20, experienced a parachute malfunction at Fort Stewart, Georgia.
“It is with great sadness that we confirm the death of Pfc. Matthew Perez, a paratrooper assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, from injuries sustained during training at ...
Colonel Chen Kuan-yu, commander of the army's Airborne Training Centre, said the military's main concern was defence, but that also maintaining airborne capabilities remained important as a means ...