Popular monthly jumps resume on Fort Bragg
http://www.fayobserver.com/military/...3ac61d108.html
"When Lt. Gen. Stephen J. Townsend took command of the Home of the Airborne earlier this year, he recognized a problem.
Fort Bragg is home to the 82nd Airborne Division, 18th Airborne Corps and a host of other paratrooper units.
But the soldiers in the famed maroon berets weren't spending enough time falling from the sky.
That was leaving them potentially unprepared to do what many Fort Bragg soldiers train to do - jump anywhere in the world on short notice.
To solve that problem, Townsend - who commands Fort Bragg and the 18th Airborne Corps - has brought back the Saturday Proficiency Jump Program, a monthly event that gives any paratrooper on post the opportunity to take part in a first-come, first-serve airborne operation.
The program was a staple of pre-Sept. 11 Fort Bragg, and could help paratroopers add several jumps a year to their training...."
Some good news from Ft Bragg.
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