Families of students at the U.S. Basic Airborne Course pin on their airborne wings on Fort Moore, Ga., Aug. 16, 2024. The Maneuver Center of Excellence and Fort Moore celebrates National Airborne Day with a parachute jump demonstration and U.S. Army Basic Airborne Course graduation ceremony Aug. 16, 2024. Fort Moore is the birthplace of the Airborne. Former President George W. Bush proclaimed Aug. 16, 2001, as the first National Airborne Day to commemorate the first official Army parachute jump, which took place on Aug. 16, 1940. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Stephanie Snyder)
