Fort Lee, Va. (Feb. 5, 2009) -- It's a few minutes before 9 a.m., below freezing, and most of the 94 Soldiers and Marines gathered in an aircraft hangar seem to project a strange look of anticipation ...
Parachute rigging in the Army has been around since the first Airborne unit was established in 1940. In those days Paratroopers prepared and cared for their own parachutes. At the onset of World War ...