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    Paratroopers jump in Northern Kosovo [Image 5 of 5]

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    U.S. Army soldiers are preparing for a parachute jump inside what appears to be a hangar or staging area. One soldier is assisting another in checking and securing parachute harness equipment, with yellow static line straps and metal carabiners clearly visible. Multiple soldiers in the background are similarly equipped with parachute rigs.

    CMLT, KOSOVO

    02.26.2015

    Photo by Capt. Judith Marlowe 

    KFOR Regional Command East

    U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Adam Toland, a native of Batesburg-Leesville, S.C., the theatre spectrum manager and a jumpmaster with the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, assigned to Multinational Battle Group-East, conducts jumpmaster personnel inspection (JMPI) on a paratrooper before the first ever U.S. Army parachute jump in Northern Kosovo outside of Camp Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny (CMLT) Feb. 26. Previous parachute jumps by Army airborne units in Kosovo have either been conducted on or near Camp Bondsteel, which is in the southern half of Kosovo south of Pristina. Paratroopers jumped out of UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters with T-11 parachutes on their backs.

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    Date Taken: 02.26.2015
    Date Posted: 02.27.2015 10:54
    Photo ID: 1789521
    VIRIN: 150226-A-JT396-883
    Resolution: 2048x1366
    Size: 214.99 KB
    Location: CMLT, ZZ
    Hometown: BATESBURG-LEESVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, US
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    Downloads: 5

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    A U.S. Army soldier in ACU (Army Combat Uniform) camouflage is walking across an open field carrying equipment after what appears to be a parachute jump or airborne operation. The soldier is carrying a large olive-drab kit bag over one shoulder and bundled white parachute material in their arms. The setting is a dry, open drop zone with bare trees visible on a ridge in the background.
    A parachutist descends under a large olive-drab/gray military-style round canopy parachute over a rural European town. The jumper appears to be carrying equipment and is at moderate altitude above an open grassy field. A mountain range and scattered residential buildings are visible in the background.
    The image shows a military airborne operation with multiple paratroopers descending from the sky using large olive-drab/gray round parachutes. At least three deployed parachutes are clearly visible at varying altitudes against a partly cloudy blue sky. An aircraft can be faintly seen in the upper left corner, likely the delivery platform.
    A young child, blurred in the foreground, watches multiple military paratroopers descending from the sky with open parachutes. Four parachutes are visible against a blue sky with scattered clouds. The image uses a shallow depth of field, keeping the child out of focus while the parachutes remain sharp.
    U.S. Army soldiers are preparing for a parachute jump inside what appears to be a hangar or staging area. One soldier is assisting another in checking and securing parachute harness equipment, with yellow static line straps and metal carabiners clearly visible. Multiple soldiers in the background are similarly equipped with parachute rigs.

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