Training is well underway for the 2011 competition season. This month, both the Golden Knights 8-Way Team and Women’s 4-Way Team traveled to Skydive Arizona in Eloy, Arizona. The purpose? The first training camp of 2011.
SSG Phillips and SPC Stahler, both of the Army Parachute Team, recently competed for the titles of Non-Commisioned Officer and Soldier of the Year for the Accessions Support Brigade. Both competitiors endured a grueling three days of stiff competition. Starting with an Army Physical Fitness Test and ending in an eight hour ride home in [...]
Story and photos by SGT Rachel Medley and SGT Dan Cook Everybody knows that Rome was NOT built in a day, and that in order to do anything right, it takes time and preparation. Putting on a freefall demonstration is no momentary or spontaneous feat…and the great deal of preparation that takes place in the [...]
The Tandem Team was back in action Thursday. During the last several weeks the eastern part of the country has been battered with cool temperatures, high winds, low clouds and rain. The weather is finally turning around and Thursday brought a refreshing burst of warm air and blue skies.
When asked as a child, what do you want to be when you grow up? I, unlike other children, had no reservations, no doubt in my mind and no hesitation in answering the question as to what I wanted to do with my life. I longed to be one of my favorite childhood toys. It [...]