PARACHUTE RIGGERS ARE ON THE FLIGHT LINES OF FORT POLK, LOUISIANNA. FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE EIGHTY-SECOND AIRBORNE DIVISION’S ONE-FIFTY-FIRST AERIAL DELIVERY TEAM RIGS HEAVY EQUIPMENT ON THE FLIGHT LINE FOR THE UPCOMING TACTICAL AIRBORNE OPERATION AT THE JOINT READINESS TRAINING CENTER OR J-R-T-C. ON EVERY DIVISION J-R-T-C ROTATION THE HEAVY DROP RIG SITE HAS BEEN NOTIONAL OR SIMULATED AND PLACED ON THE DROP ZONES AS PARATROOPERS LAND NEXT TO THE EQUIPMENT; UNTIL TODAY. ARMY SERGEANT KARA AGNEW EXPLAINS WHAT HAPPENS WHILE THE EQUIPMENT IS IN FLIGHT.
THE TWO WEEK TRAINING EXERCISE WILL BEGIN DURING THE FIRST TACTICAL HEAVY DROP AIRBORNE OPERATION AT J-R-T-C.
CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait – Maj. Gen. Sheryl Gordon, the adjutant general of the Alabama National Guard, and, Command Sgt. Maj. Thomas Grace, senior enlisted advisor for Alabama, visited troops from the state across Kuwait, Feb. 3-5, 2018, as part of the Joint Monthly Access for Reserve Component (JMARC).
