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Paratrooper Killed on Training Jump Was 20-Year-Old PFC
« on: September 13, 2020, 11:01:21 am »

Paratrooper Killed on Training Jump Was 20-Year-Old PFC
 
10 Sep 2020
Military.com | By Matthew Cox

Army officials from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on Thursday released the identity of a paratrooper who was killed Wednesday during an airborne training operation.

Pfc. Jean Cruz De Leon's parachute malfunctioned during a training jump at Fort Stewart, Georgia, according to an 82nd Airborne Division news release.

Army officials did not release further details about the parachute malfunction, but said the accident is under investigation, according to the release.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/09/10/paratrooper-killed-training-jump-was-20-year-old-pfc.html

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Re: Paratrooper Killed on Training Jump Was 20-Year-Old PFC
« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2020, 05:25:19 pm »
Sad,but it happens.

If you want to be a paratrooper,you have to accept that is it is a risk you will have to take every time you make a jump.
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