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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Special Forces members at Joint Base Lewis-McChord are using sewing machines and their skills repairing parachutes to make face masks. They are also using the base’s 3D printers to manufacture face ...

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 ...