JBER paratroopers conduct water jump [Image 29 of 29]

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, AK, UNITED STATES

08.06.2014

Photo by Justin Connaher 

Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson   

Army Sgt. Weston Warren, a native of Taylorsville, N.C., and Army Sgt. Michael Harris, a native of Roanoke Rapids, N.C., both assigned Blackfoot Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, pull a water-logged Army Capt. Justin Knox, a native of Oakland, Maine, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, from the water after a jump into Big Lake, Alaska, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014, with T-11 parachutes. This training event prepares the brigade's troopers for potential water landings, and highlights the unit's ability to perform airborne operations under challenging conditions and locations anywhere in the world. (U.S. Air Force photo/Justin Connaher)

• Date Taken: 08.06.2014
• Date Posted: 08.07.2014 21:09
• Photo ID: 1490878
• VIRIN: 140806-F-LX370-970
• Resolution: 4500x2917
• Size: 5.39 MB
• Location: JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, AK, US
• Hometown: OAKLAND, ME, US
• Hometown: ROANOKE RAPIDS, NC, US
• Hometown: TAYLORSVILLE, NC, US