Multiple safety procedures were not followed prior to the parachute jump in which Spc. Matthew Perez was killed, an ...

And earlier in 2017, the Marine Corps suspended some of its static line jump ops ― when a line is hooked inside the aircraft and the force of a jump causes a parachute to immediately open ...

Static-line parachuting has been a US military tactic since World War II. The use of a line that automatically pulls your parachute is an effective technique to deploy a large number of troops at ...

Marine Dies in Parachute Accident in Arizona FILE PHOTO -- A Marine performs a static line jump at Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Mississippi, Dec. 14, 2017.

We accomplish this by performing round-canopy static line parachute jumps dressed in authentic WWII equipment at air shows and veterans' events around the United States and Europe.

CRANSTON, R.I. -- Leapfest, the largest, longest-running, international static line parachute training event and competition in the world took place on Aug. 6 on the University of Rhode Island's ...

The Army's 3rd Special Forces Group was the first unit to field the new Military Free Fall Advanced Ram-Air Parachute System, RA-1, which is built for static line or free fall operations.

Jan. 24 (UPI) --The U.S. Marine Corps has suspended double-bag static line parachute jumps after a training accident claimed the life of a U.S. Marine in Arizona. The 22-year-old Marine, Cpl ...

A 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit Maritime Raid Force Marine conducts double bag static line parachute operations from a KC-130J Super Hercules assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron ...

Cpl. Ryan L. Pape, 23, died from injuries suffered during a “low-level, static- line parachute training jump,” the Marine Corps said. Pape was a reconnaissance Marine from East Grand Forks, Minn.

Officials say the marine was killed in a double-bag static line parachute mishap during the multi-mission parachute course. All double-bag static line parachuting operations have been suspended ...