FORT BENNING, Ga. - The Home of the Infantry now has the added distinction of being home to the best rigger company in the Army. After a weeklong competition Aug. 10-14 at Fort Bragg, N.C., against ...

For Soldiers in the 421st Quartermaster Company, "attention to detail" is less a catch phrase than a lifesaving mission statement. Parachute riggers with the unit, based in Fort Valley, Ga., pack ...

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — If you're looking for the best team of parachute riggers in the Army, look no further than the Army's 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Eglin Air Force Base. The Army’s 82nd ...

As the U.S. military brings humanitarian assistance to Gaza, Army units perform key duties now and in the near term to deliver that aid. A detachment of U.S. Army parachute riggers has worked around ...

Every year, about 15,000 students perform five jumps from a live aircraft before graduating from the United States Army’s Airborne School, each depending on a parachute to get them safely to the ...

YUMA, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) — Yuma Proving Ground’s very own Thomas Hall is the 96th inductee to the U.S. Army Parachute Rigger Hall of Fame. The prestigious honor is the highest recognition among parachute ...

Erik Bakko wore an Army uniform for 13 years, and when he left the military he probably figured he'd never wear his fatigues again. But his old uniforms, and the uniforms of other veterans, are being ...

A local veteran was inducted into the U.S. Army Parachute Rigger Hall of Fame, Tuesday, after a heroic act of bravery during WWII. Colonel Thomas Cross led an entire troop to safety in France after ...

The Army's top parachute rigger has retired and plans to move back to Fayetteville, where he has spent most of his 40-year career. Chief Warrant Officer 5 Joseph Jimenez was honored at Fort Lee, ...

Parachute riggers with 1st Special Forces Group's support battalion sew surgical masks for medical patients at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, April 1, 2020. (Sgt. Adam Armstrong/Army) Before ...

AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy — Martin Fano doesn’t jump from airplanes anymore. But after spending two decades as an Army rigger, he hasn’t gotten very far away from military aircraft. In fact, as F-16s ...