Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Tim Beery | U.S. Special Operations Command Europe | 05.03.2024
U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Erik Madera (right), a jumpmaster with 5th Quartermaster Theater Aerial Delivery Company checks his altimeter while conferring with a Staff Sgt. Dallen Vance, an aviation crew chief assigned to F Co. 2-135 General Support Aviation Battalion, Army Reserve Aviation Command during a military free fall jump as part of Swift Response 24 near Skillingaryd, Sweden,......
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Tim Beery | U.S. Special Operations Command Europe | 05.03.2024
Two U.S. Green Berets assigned to 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) gather parachutes following a military free fall (MFF) jump as part of Swift Response 24 near Skillingaryd, Sweden, May 3, 2024. Swift Response 24 is linked to NATO’s Steadfast Defender 24, the Alliance’s largest military exercise since the Cold War, and demonstrates the United States’ ability to rapidly deploy......
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Tim Beery | U.S. Special Operations Command Europe | 05.03.2024
Staff Sgt. Richard McKenzie, a a parachute rigger assigned to 5th Quartermaster Theater Aerial Delivery Company, Ramstein Air Base, Germany exits a CH-47 Chinook Helicopter during a military free fall (MFF) jump as part of Swift Response 24 near Skillingaryd, Sweden, May 3, 2024. Swift Response 24 is linked to NATO’s Steadfast Defender 24, the Alliance’s largest military exercise since the......
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Tim Beery | U.S. Special Operations Command Europe | 05.03.2024
A U.S. Green Beret assigned to 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) exits a CH-47 Chinook Helicopter during a military free fall (MFF) jump as part of Swift Response 24 near Skillingaryd, Sweden, May 3, 2024. Swift Response 24 is linked to NATO’s Steadfast Defender 24, the Alliance’s largest military exercise since the Cold War, and demonstrates the United States’ ability to rapidly......
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Tim Beery | U.S. Special Operations Command Europe | 05.03.2024
U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Erik Madera,, a jumpmaster assigned to 5th Quartermaster Theater Aerial Delivery Company, Ramstein Air Base, Germany salutes as he exits a CH-47 Chinook Helicopter during a military free fall (MFF) jump as part of Swift Response 24 near Skillingaryd, Sweden, May 3, 2024. Swift Response 24 is linked to NATO’s Steadfast Defender 24, the Alliance’s largest......
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Tim Beery | U.S. Special Operations Command Europe | 05.01.2024
U.S. Green Berets assigned to 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), wait in the cabin as a CH-47 Chinook helicopter gains elevation, prior to a military free fall (MFF) jump during Swift Response 24 near Skillingaryd, Sweden, May 1, 2024. Swift Response 24 is linked to NATO’s Steadfast Defender 24, the Alliance’s largest military exercise since the Cold War, and demonstrates the United......
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Tim Beery | U.S. Special Operations Command Europe | 05.01.2024
U.S. Army Warrant Officer Melvin Bullard (top) inspects the drop zone as his counterpart, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Erik Madera looks on from another vantage point in the cabin of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter, prior to a military free fall (MFF) jump during Swift Response 24 near Skillingaryd, Sweden, May 1, 2024. Bullard and Madera are both jumpmasters assigned to 5th Quartermaster Theater Aerial......
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Tim Beery | U.S. Special Operations Command Europe | 05.01.2024
U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Erik Madera, a jumpmaster assigned to 5th Quartermaster Theater Aerial Delivery Company, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, conducts final inspection of a U.S. Green Beret assigned to 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) in the cabin of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter, prior to a military free fall (MFF) jump during Swift Response 24 near Skillingaryd, Sweden May 1, 2024.......