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 ground. Every T-11 parachute is individually packed and inspected by a team of riggers, who collectively prepare about 75,000 chutes each year. Insider spent a day with the riggers of the 1st Battalion-507th Parachute Infantry Regiment inside the packing shed at Lawson Army Airfield in Fort Benning to fi

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1, 2, 3, 4.....oooh ahh Airborne 😎 It's always a great day to jump from an airplane at US Army Airborne School, Fort Benning! #TrainingTuesday | U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence