Service members from every branch go to this school to earn their jump wings despite this being an Army course. This is a short course for the military, clocking in at just 3 weeks. We hope you enjoy!

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Donald Singleton is the seventh of 10 children. He was born to Roosevelt and Albertha Singleton. He is a Richmond Hill native and Vietnam veteran. Just six months after enlisting in the Army, he found ...

Actually, only one year in the Navy, then I transferred to the Army 'cause ... Basic course and Jump School at Fort Benning, Ga. before being assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg ...

Lieutenant Colonel Leigh Kennedy has had a full military career. His service—admirable to say the least. As an infantry ...

The short-lived existence of Fort Liberty is set to an end Friday when the nation’s largest Army installation officially ...

Last year just a few weeks from the 80th anniversary of the event, he was honored by becoming an honorary paratrooper in the ...

Springtails, small bugs often found crawling through leaf litter and garden soil, are expert jumpers. Inspired by these hopping hexapods ...