#parachute rigger

[klimbims]

Girls at the Leningrad Front. 191 fighter aviation regiment. Parachute rigger. July 1944 by Olga Via Flickr: Девушки на Ленинградском фронте. 191 ИАП. Укладчица парашюта. Июль 1944 г. Фото: М. Каше

[art-on-a-page]

I’m working on a story right now, and one of the characters is a parachute rigger for the army...Has anyone had any personal experience with that, or knows someone who does? I just had some questions about the experience and the process it takes to get to that point.

[blacklindabelcher]

My ship date for Basic Training is July 19 I’m getting so old….

[skydiveparis-blog]

Niviuk have released the Octagon an octagonal-shaped reserve parachute, made in collaboration with Vital Parachutes.

[skydiveparis-blog]

Parachute riggers from Alaska compete to be the best Rigger honors

BASED joint ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska-parachute Riggers of the 725th Brigade support battalion (Airborne), 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division took part in the competition of best Rigger in based joint Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, 12-14 November 2014.

The winners will represent armed American Alaska at the Rigger rodeo coming to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, expected late spring 2015.

The competition for best climber tests Riggers on their abilities to work with the skills that they have not used for some time as among the container delivery systems.

"It is actually a lesson in humility because much of this stuff you learn in school and you touch not again for long periods of time," said Sergeant James Bonnington, a competitor in the event. "These CDS [container delivery system], we used to be able to do it with eyes closed, this time, thank God I had this manual!

The competition consisted of four main areas: packing parachutes, cargo parachutes, equipment and maintenance of aerial delivery and a written exam of 50 questions.

Competitors packed main T-11 and reserve parachutes of staff, G - 12D and rigged to a CD cargo parachutes. They also spliced lines for G-11 and G-12 parachutes.

"It's really nice. As Riggers, we like to joke much, so it's just another competition for us, '' said Spc. Garrett Katelyn, a native of Wilson, S.C.. "As a normal day, not even just because of competition, race us between them on the tracks of the pack. This is just a fun environment. We are all family, as in competition with the family. We can joke about mistakes make us, laugh and get some serious and return and correct."

Each event was a team effort, except for the written examination and army physical fitness Test.

"We have a PT Test, which consists of three different sections, to see how physically fit they are," said Chief Warrant Officer 4 Melvin Vega Velez, the officer responsible for the event. "We have many of our soldiers who can reach more than standard, so we will use a ladder extended to grade."

The contest ends November 14 winners of the competition recognized by the general of the USARAK-Commander, major-general Michael H. Shields, when he presented parts of excellence before the formation of the entire brigade.

The winners of the contest were awarded the medal army achievement presented by their battalion commander, Lt. Col. Peter Crandall.

Velez said that by completing the competition, Riggers Spartans demonstrated their capabilities and readiness by being prepared to execute with precision each rigger task.

[young-brawd]

My MOS is going to be 92R which means I'm going to be a Parachute Rigger. My job would basically be to pack parachutes, sew parachutes, maintain and test the parachutes , and jump out of an airplane weekly:) so excited! This coming monday I swear in to make it official. Then I ship out May 26th.

[strictlyfingpolitics]

HOMELESS VETS

VET HUNTERS PROJECT Monica 22, was an Army parachute rigger who served from 2009 to 2011, spending time in Germany, performing test jumps out of planes. She has a 17-month-old son...couldn’t hold a job and couldn’t find a home for herself or her son...had to leave her son with mother — "there was no room for anyone else where they were living. So I stayed in a car that my dad owned." George, thank you for forwarding this to me. Do you have any way I could send a donation to this really worthy cause. As I have been relatively involved with the "homeless" here in various ways: too lengthy to recount. I think in San Fran, we are doing about the best we can. (City offers enormous services and one very important unacknowleged thing: police amazingly tolerant; let homeless congregate, shopping carts, etc. Even with all the tourists, unlike I have heard of other cities--San Francisco doesn't try to hide them) What I've discovered which is simply fact, most of the homeless fit in three views: those who love the lifestyle, living on the streets, dope usually involved. Pretty savvy. Then, (2) those who are the chronic ones, mentally ill and should be institutionazed to evaluate and get help. Sometimes dangerous. (3) Small group that we stand some chance: families, usually with children and those willing to go to rehab, maybe some family support somewhere. I would never discount any of them. The one that jumped out at me was the female rigger, (I know lots about the airborne, obviously) child/husband. Even living in a car owned by her dad. What is there with that? An example of a "back" story probably that we don't know nor even have to know. God bless you for your ministry.