Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 1st Sgt. Micah Symmonds is a jumpmaster for the Army's 11th Airborne Division in Alaska. Symmonds said he still gets nervous ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Teams of paratroopers from across the Army competed in the first-ever Best Jumpmaster Competition at Fort Benning, Georgia. The ...

VICENZA, Italy – Few achievements stand out for a paratrooper as distinctly as earning foreign jump wings. U.S. Army Sgt. Mathew Pous, a paratrooper with 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd ...

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FORT MITCHELL, Al.. (WTVM) - More than 400 men and women graduated a few days ago on Fort Moore from the U-S Army Basic Airborne Course. That includes a new soldier who had wings pinned on him by his ...

FORT BENNING, Ga. — To the uninitiated, the interior of a military transport plane is a chaotic mix of engine roar, vibrating aluminum and the acrid scent of JP-8 jet fuel. To a jumpmaster, however, ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with 1st Sgt. Micah Symmonds, a US Army jumpmaster in ...