HALO Nations: U.S. Marines Partake in High Altitude Jump Training with Partner Nations

LEON, SPAIN

05.20.2015

Video by Lance Cpl. Christopher Mendoza 

U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe and Africa     

Paratroopers from multiple nations boarded a U.S. Marine KC-130J with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa during Exercise Lone Paratrooper at Leόn Air Base, Spain, May 18, 2015. The exercise integrated various paratroopers from different countries to simultaneously conduct High Altitude Low Opening and High Altitude High Opening jumps. The Marines used their aircraft to transport more than 280 paratroopers during the exercise. The exercise included jumps from heights ranging from 12,000 to 22,000 feet. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Christopher Mendoza/Released)

• Date Taken: 05.20.2015
• Date Posted: 05.21.2015 15:28
• Category: Package
• Video ID: 405559
• VIRIN: 150521-M-BZ307-001
• Filename: DOD_102454072
• Length: 00:01:32
• Location: LEON, ES