725th Brigade Support Battalion Air Drop

Sgt. 1st Class Kenneth Gray assigned to the 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, helps a fellow Soldier board a C-17 Globemaster III, Feb. 27, 2014, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. The 425th BSTB conducted a non-maneuverable canopy T-11 personnel parachute system proficiency jump over Malemute Drop Zone. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Sheila deVera)

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725th Brigade Support Battalion Air Drop

Sgt. 1st Class Kenneth Gray assigned to the 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, helps a fellow Soldier board a C-17 Globemaster III, Feb. 27, 2014, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. The 425th BSTB conducted a non-maneuverable canopy T-11 personnel parachute system proficiency jump over Malemute Drop Zone. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Sheila deVera)

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725th Brigade Support Battalion Air Drop

Air Force majors Joe Beal, pilot, and Jon Highley, copilot, prepare for take-off before a personnel air drop from a C-17 Globemaster III from the 517th Airlift Squadron over Malemute Drop Zone at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 27, 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Sheila deVera)

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725th Brigade Support Battalion Air Drop

Sgt. 1st Class Bobby Williams (left) conducts a jumpmaster pre-inspection on Sgt. 1st Class Corey Keelings to ensure that his parachute system and combat equipment are properly rigged in accordance with U.S. Army Alaska standard operating procedures prior to jumping from a C-17 Globemaster III from the 517th Airlift Squadron over Malemute Drop Zone at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 27, 2014. Williams and Keelings are both assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 377th Field Artillery, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Sheila deVera)

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725th Brigade Support Battalion Air Drop

Team leader Sgt. Clayton Word (left), 725th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, inspects a Soldier’s static line prior to the jump over Malemute Drop Zone at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 27, 2014. Jumpmasters are the expert paratroopers train and teach Soldiers techniques for jumping from airplanes. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Sheila deVera)

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725th Brigade Support Battalion Air Drop

Army Lt. Col. Peter Crandall, jumpmaster, looks out the door as they prepare to jump from a C-17 Globemaster III from the 517th Airlift Squadron over Malemute Drop Zone at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 27, 2014. Jumpmasters are the expert paratroopers who train and teach Soldiers techniques for jumping from airplanes. Crandall is assigned to 725th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Sheila deVera)

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725th Brigade Support Battalion Air Drop

Army Capt. Von Lennox, 725th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, inspects his static line prior to jumping from a C-17 Globemaster III over Malemute Drop Zone at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richarson, Alaska, Feb. 27, 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Sheila deVera)

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725th Brigade Support Battalion Air Drop

Sgt. 1st Class Corey Keeling holds his static-line in the “stand-by” position as he prepares to jump from a C-17 Globemaster III from the 517th Airlift Squadron over Malemute Drop Zone at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 27, 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Sheila deVera)

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725th Brigade Support Battalion Air Drop

Sgt. 1st Class Corey Keeling holds his static-line in the “stand-by” position as he prepares to jump from a C-17 Globemaster III from the 517th Airlift Squadron over Malemute Drop Zone at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 27, 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Sheila deVera)

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725th Brigade Support Battalion Air Drop

Sgt. 1st Class Corey Keeling yells to fellow jumpers as they exit a C-17 Globemaster III from the 517th Airlift Squadron over Malemute Drop Zone at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 27, 2014. Keeling is assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 377th Field Artillery, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Sheila deVera)

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725th Brigade Support Battalion Air Drop

A Soldier from the 725th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, jumps from a C-17 Globemaster III from the 517th Airlift Suqdron over Malemute Drop Zone at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 27, 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Sheila deVera)

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725th Brigade Support Battalion Air Drop

Army 1st Lt. Shad Hughes, 725th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, prepares to jump from a C-17 Globemaster III from the 517th Airlift Squadron as part of the non-maneuverable canopy T-11 personnel parachute system proficiency jump over Malemute Drop Zone, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 27, 2014. The T-11 parachute replaced the T-10 Delta parachute that has been widely used by the Army. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Sheila deVera)

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725th Brigade Support Battalion Air Drop

Army Capt. Michael Mauldin (foreground) and Sgt. Clayton Word pull static lines back into the aircraft over Malemute Drop Zone at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. The static line is a cord attached at one end to the aircraft and at the other to the Soldier’s parachute container, and that extracts the T-11 parachute. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Sheila deVera)

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725th Brigade Support Battalion Air Drop

A C-17 Globemaster III from the 517th Airlift Squadron prepares to drop heavy equipment while another Globemaster III from the 535th Airlift Squadron, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, flies beside the aircraft over Malemute Drop Zone, Feb. 27, 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Sheila deVera)

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725th Brigade Support Battalion Air Drop

Tech. Sgt. Ryan Eads and Army Maj. Jeffrey Munn pull static lines back into the aircraft while Senior Airman Kelly Bollinger prepares to assist Eads and Munn, Feb. 27, 2014, over Malemute Drop Zone at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. The static line is a cord attached at one end to the aircraft and at the other to the Soldier’s parachute container, and that extracts the T-11 parachute. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Sheila deVera)

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725th Brigade Support Battalion Air Drop

Soldiers assigned to the 725th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, jump from an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft assigned to the 535th Airlift Squadron, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, as part of the non-maneuverable canopy (T-11) personnel parachute system proficiency jump over Malemute Drop Zone, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 27, 2014. The T-11 parachute replaced the T-10 Delta parachute that has been widely used by the Army. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Sheila deVera)

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725th Brigade Support Battalion Air Drop

Published March 5, 2014