XVIII Airborne Corps troopers jump for first time following year-long deployment

Photo By Spc. Daniel Alkana | Soldiers with the XVIII Airborne Corps jump from a C-130H Hercules September 18, 2019, at Sicily Drop Zone, Fort Bragg, N.C. The Soldiers completed the operation to maintain jump status qualification after a more than year-long overseas deployment. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Daniel J. Alkana/22nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)  

FORT BRAGG, NC, UNITED STATES

09.20.2019

Story by Pvt. Daniel Alkana 

22nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment   

FORT BRAGG, N.C. – Soldiers with the XVIII Airborne Corps headquarters made their first jump in over a year, Sept. 18, 2019 at Fort Bragg, N.C., parachuting from a C130H Hercules.

The Corps’ returned from Iraq after serving for more than a year as the Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve headquarters.

The airborne operation is a requirement for paratroopers to maintain jump status proficiency following their return from overseas.












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• Date Taken: 09.20.2019
• Date Posted: 09.21.2019 12:15
• Story ID: 342796
• Location: FORT BRAGG, NC, US