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September 3, 2004

Soldiers perform high altitude, low opening jumps out of a Marine Corps CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter in Okinawa, Japan. The Soldiers are from 1st Battalion, 1st Special Operations Airborne Unit, Torii Station, Okinawa.

August 6, 2004

Soldiers conduct a High Altitude, Low Opening (HALO) jump from a Marine Corps CH-46E helicopter in Okinawa, Japan. The Soldiers are assigned to the 1st Battalion,1st Special Operations Group, based on Okinawa's Torii Station.

June 17, 2004

A Soldier parachutes down to a drop zone in Alaska during a High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) jump during Northern Edge, an annual joint training exercise. The Soldier is assigned to Company A, 2nd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group, and the aircraft is operated by Soldiers of Company A, 4th Battalion, 123rd Aviation Regiment.

Sgt. A. J. Hull, assistant team leader, 1st Force Reconnaissance Company, exits the back of the C-130 Hercules March 23 during high-altitude parachute training at Naval Air Facility El Centro. A good exit has the Marine arching his back and facing the aircraft, not spinning around or on his side. This allows proper orientation for nighttime maneuvers where the only light visible is from the aircraft. This was the second of three jumps that day. This particular jump is called a High Altitude, Low Opening (HALO). Jumpers exit the aircraft at an altitude of 13,000 feet.

Master Sgt. Patrick M. Whelan, jumpmaster with 1st Force Reconnaissance Company, stands by while waiting to jump. The jump master inspects Marines before jumping and has overall control over the entire jump session.

Sergeant Frederick L. Hutchison, station recovery, gathers his wits and lets the adrenaline rush subside a bit after participating in a tandem jump with a member of the Military Freefall School at the Army's Yuma Proving Grounds Oct. 16. Hutchison reenlisted in a ceremony Oct. 15 before conditions forced the postponement of one of his reenlistment incentives, the opportunity to skydive. Lt. Col. William C. Turner, H&HS commanding officer also jumped with Hutchison.

A series of night vision images shows the exit of a group of pathfinder Marines from 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, jumping from a KC-130 Hercules cargo plane into the night sky in western Iraq July 23. The group of Marines performed the historic first high altitude high opening parachute drop into a combat zone for the Marine Corps.

Master Sgt. Todd Smalenberg, primary jumpmaster, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, observes the late-night view of western Iraq from the back of the KC-130 Hercules. The 39-year-old jumpmaster from Oscoda, Mich., and other recon Marines jumped from the cargo plane and into history July 23 for the first high altitude high opening parachute drop into a combat zone for the Marine Corps.

CLARK AIR BASE, Republic of the Philippines -- U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Wesley A. Schaffer, reconnaissanceman, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, freefalls from 10,000 feet during the “Friendship Jump” in Exercise Balikatan. This exercise is only one of a number of on-going activities under the framework of RP-US military security cooperation. Other elements include assistance with comprehensive defense reform: security assistance modules for counter terrorism training, helicopter night capability training, intelligence fusion; subject matter expert exchanges; international military education and training programs: advice and support for logistics, engineering, equipment and civil military operations.

Marine Corps Recon units will begin to receive new safety devices in the spring of 2004 that will automatically deploy the reserve shoot in the event that a jumper becomes unable to deploy the parachute themselves.

1st Sgt. John K. Bell, Alpha Company 1st Sgt., 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, adjusts a parachute for Gunnery Sgt. Brandon L. Desilet, assistant radio operator, 1st Recon Bn. at Al Taqaddum, Iraq, July 23. The two recon Marines acted as pathfinders by jumping at a high altitude into a drop zone and marking another DZ for a separate group of recon Marines who were dropped from two CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters. The whole evolution was a team effort by the recon Marines and aviation assets from Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing.

A group of pathfinders from 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, rush around to prepare their packs and parachutes for a high altitude parachute drop from a Marine KC-130 Hercules cargo plane. The pathfinders became the first Marines to perform a high altitude high opening jump in a combat zone July 23 at a drop zone in western Iraq. The pathfinders' mission was to mark a DZ for a group of recon Marines who were dropped at a low altitude by two CH-46E Sea Knights.

U.S. Air Force parajumper Staff Sgt. Douglas Dinger assigned to the 66th Training Squadron descends from a High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) training jump as part a joint training exercise.

U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit One One (EODMU-11), and U.S. Air Force Airman from the 66th Training Squadron perform a High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) training exercise.

Boatswain's Mate 1st Class Tim Kelley assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit One One (EODMU-11) stands ready for the next parachute jump.

U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit One One (EODMU-11), and U.S. Air Force Airman from the 66th Training Squadron depart an SH-3 Sea King helicopter.

Aircrew Survival Equipmentman 2nd Class Timothy Mann, of Sacramento, Calif., exits the back of a C-130 Hercules aircraft backwards at an altitude of 8,000 feet.

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Eleven (EODMU-11) members’ freefall from an altitude of 13,000 feet after exiting a C-130 Hercules.

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Eleven (EODMU-11) members, walk on board a C-130 Hercules to conduct parachute training.

AHMED AL JABER AIR BASE, Southwest Asia -- Staff Sgt. David Risnear, a combat controller and jumpmaster with the Air Force Special Operations Detachment here, catches some air after jumping from the back of an MC-130E Combat Talon II. The HALO (High Altitude, Low Open) jump included members of the 332d Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, AFSOD and others from Camp Doha.

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