Story by Staff Sgt. Cooper Cash | 143d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) | 07.19.2013
V-shaped markers lay centered in the field as jumpmaster and parachute rigger Sgt. 1st Class Brian W. Steverson pressed the transmit button on a handheld radio and provided wind velocity information to soldiers aboard the C-130 Hercules aircraft circling overhead. Shortly after, parachute riggers and medics on the drop zone with Steverson watched attentively as the plane approached from the......
Story by Staff Sgt. Cooper Cash | 143d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) | 07.17.2013
The roaring engines of the C-130 Hercules howled as an Air Force loadmaster called out, “Ten minutes!” The rear doors lifted open and the sound of wind joined the symphony of engine growl. Sgt. 1st Class Steven H. Lamb, a platoon sergeant and jumpmaster assigned to the 421st Quartermaster Company, grasped the sides of a door and arched his chest forward to inspect the plane's exterior......
Story by Staff Sgt. Cooper Cash | 143d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) | 07.17.2013
The roaring engines of the C-130 Hercules howled as an Air Force loadmaster called out, “Ten minutes!” The rear doors lifted open and the sound of wind joined the symphony of engine growl. Sgt. 1st Class Steven H. Lamb, a platoon sergeant and jumpmaster assigned to the 421st Quartermaster Company, grasped the sides of a door and arched his chest forward to inspect the plane's exterior......
