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paratroopers

Mandatory Fun

This Badass D-Day Veteran Celebrated His 100th Birthday With His First Jump In Decades

William Cole, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Military Tech

82nd Airborne Paratroopers Are Getting A Major Boost In Firepower
Entertainment

‘Overlord’: Paratroopers Fight Nazi Zombies, Because Why Not?

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Hundreds Of 82nd Airborne Paratroopers Return Home From Fighting ISIS

Drew Brooks, The Fayetteville Observer, N.C.

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91-Year-Old Vet Shows Up Golden Knights By Strapping On A Parachute

The World War II veteran was jumping as part of a new Army recruitment campaign.

Linda Robertson, Miami Herald

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Watch 3 Army Humvees Burn In After Parachutes Malfunction

This is the ultimate airborne fail. And it’s glorious.

Adam Linehan

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Joining the Military

This Psychedelic 1970s Airborne Recruitment Video Is Vintage Gold

If Hunter S. Thompson had made a video about jump school, this would be it.

Adam Linehan

A U.S. Army paratrooper momentarily comes out of the proper body position as he exits a Black Hawk helicopter during a training jump over Fort Bragg's Sicily Drop Zone in late 2010.

12 Reasons Why Paratroopers Do It Better

Here's why paratroopers are still total badasses 74 years after the formation of the first American airborne unit.

Michael J. MacLeod