Parachute Jumping

The American who caused a sensation by parachuting into Normandy for the anniversary of the D-Day landings was at it again.

A West Virginia National Guardsman has died in military parachute training exercise at Suffolk Executive Airport in Virginia.

A Fort Bragg soldier was among the victims of a small plane crash in Georgia on Saturday.

U.S. Army experts are testing a new emergency parachute system that can be used when a paratrooper becomes a towed jumper.

A one-year-old chocolate Labrador is serving with the Alaska Air National Guard's 212th Rescue Squadron.

Sgt. Emile Cilliers was convicted last month of two counts of attempted murder for the parachute tampering.

A U.S. Marine died in a parachute accident in Arizona, prompting the Marine Corps to suspend certain types of jumps.

Cpl. Alejandro Romero died in a double-bag static line parachute mishap Monday in Coolidge.

Lawmakers are calling on the Marine Corps to evaluate what it really needs before investing in a new parachute.

A tragic parachute malfunction resulted in the death a member of the Navy's elite SEAL parachute team.

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"We've lost more guys to suicide than we lost in the battle," said Jake Edwards, a former lance corporal.

Vice Adm. Timothy "T.J." White said the commander made "repeated, vigorous and obvious false statements."

The 2020 military retiree, VA disability and social security pay increase is smaller than the one received in 2019.

One of the first women to fly the Navy's F/A-18 Hornet in the 1980s, Shults recounts meeting opposition at every turn.

"We have reports already of indiscriminate fire landing near American forces," Defense Secretary Mark Esper said.