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

American paratroopers use a wide range of parachutes. Large formations use quick-snapping static line rigs whose designs date to the parachute regiments of World War II. Special operations teams ...

FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- Okinawa-based Special Operations Soldiers traveled here to support an airdrop certification test of the RA-1 Parachute System in the Double Bag Static Line configuration with ...

The wind calmed, but with the cross-breeze blowing I thought I should static line—that’s the type of BASE jump where you tie the line that opens your parachute to an anchor on the rock so the ...

If, for instance, the line is routed wrong, the parachute won't open. If the static line is faulty and the problem isn't discovered, it can shred and the parachute also won't open.

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 ...

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 ...

Training in the 24th SOW was lacking and led to a widespread misunderstanding of the regulatory requirements for safely when conducting static line parachute operations, the report said.

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 ...

A paratrooper becomes a towed jumper when the static line, or cord that's attached to a special cable inside the aircraft, fails to pull the jumper's main parachute open.

The recent death of a Marine in a parachute mishap has caused the Corps to suspend double-bag static line jumps.

A 22-year-old Marine was killed in a training accident Monday after a mishap at the Multi-Mission Parachute Course in Coolidge, Ariz.