U.S. Paratroopers Earn German Jump Badges

Department of Defense Photo Essay

  • Paratroopers learn how to unharness a parachute to avoid entanglement when landing in water during a pool exercise on Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 7, 2012. The soldiers are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team and 95th Civil Affairs Brigade. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod
  • Army Capt. Brian Smedick, a jumpmaster, inspects the parachute harness for Army Staff Sgt. Jason Ediger before a helicopter jump into White Lake near Elizabethtown, N.C., Sept. 19, 2012. Ediger and Smedick are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod
  • Paratroopers lift off in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter near Elizabethtown, N.C., Sept. 19, 2012. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod
  • U.S. Army and German jumpmasters signal to paratroopers aboard a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter that the aircraft is one minute from the drop zone above White Lake near Elizabethtown, N.C., Sept. 19, 2012. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod
  • A U.S. Army jumpmaster slaps a paratrooper on the shoulder, signaling him to exit the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter near Elizabethtown, N.C., Sept. 19, 2012. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod
  • A paratrooper exits a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a water jump above White Lake near Elizabethtown, N.C., Sept. 19, 2012. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod
  • A paratrooper exits a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter above White Lake near Elizabethtown, N.C., Sept. 19, 2012. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod
  • German army jumpmaster Sgt. Maj. Ronny Hahnlein checks for towed parachutists before pulling in static lines after paratroopers exit a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter above White Lake near Elizabethtown, N.C., Sept. 19, 2012. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod
  • A paratrooper exits a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter above White Lake near Elizabethtown, N.C., Sept. 19, 2012. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod
  • Paratroopers descend from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter toward White Lake near Elizabethtown, N.C., Sept. 19, 2012. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod
  • Soldiers prepare to pick up a paratrooper about to land in White Lake near Elizabethtown, N.C., Sept. 19, 2012. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod
  • A paratrooper lands in White Lake near Elizabethtown, N.C., Sept. 19, 2012. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod
  • Army Capt. Caleb Ling gets a ride back to shore after parachuting into White Lake near Elizabethtown, N.C., Sept. 19, 2012. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod
  • Paratroopers climb onto a dock after parachuting into White Lake near Elizabethtown, N.C., Sept. 19, 2012. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod
  • Army Spc. Giovanny Ferrer, right, receives the German parachutist badge from a German army liaison officer at White Lake near Elizabethtown, N.C., Sept. 19, 202. Ferrer, assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, earned the badge by jumping from a helicopter with a German jumpmaster. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod