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There’s a common saying in Alaska, “If you don’t like the weather, wait 15 minutes.” The axiom illustrates how quickly and drastically Alaska’s atmospheric conditions can change at the whim of an often-foreboding arctic landscape, which plays host to a joint force of Soldiers, Marines, Sailors and Airmen during Northern Edge 2021. Approximately 15,000 U.S. service members are participating in a joint training exercise hosted by U.S. Pacific Air Forces May 3-14, 2021, on and above the ...

Fort Bragg paratrooper dies in accident during training jump April 21, 2021 GMT FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — An 82nd Airborne paratrooper was killed during a training jump, officials at Fort Bragg said. The North Carolina Army post said Spc. Abigail Jenks, 21, of Gansevoort, New York, was part of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, news outlets reported. According to a news release from the division, Jenks was performing a static-line jump from a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter on Mo...

Paratrooper from Saratoga County killed in Fort Bragg training accident | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS WILTON – A 21-year-old Army paratrooper and Saratoga Springs High School graduate was killed in a parachute training accident on Monday, the U.S. Army announced. Specialist Abigail Jenks, of Gansevoort, was conducting a static-line jump from a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter when she suffered a fatal injury, according to an announcement from Fort Bragg, in North Carolina. The incident remains unde...

Saratoga County paratrooper, Saratoga Springs High grad, killed in Army training accident at Fort Bragg | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS WILTON – A 20-year-old Army paratrooper and Saratoga Springs High School graduate was killed in a parachute training accident on Monday, the U.S. Army announced. Spc. Abigail Jenks of Gansevoort was conducting a static-line jump from a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter when she suffered a fatal injury, according to an announcement from Fort Bragg in North Carolina. Th...

Fort Bragg paratrooper from NY dies during training jump accident By FOX5NY Staff U.S. Army Specialist Abigail Jenks. (US Army) NEW YORK - An 82nd Airborne paratrooper was killed during a training jump, officials at Fort Bragg said. The North Carolina Army post said Spc. Abigail Jenks, 21, of Gansevoort, New York, was part of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division. According to a news release from the division, Jenks was performing a static-line jump from a UH-60 Blackhawk helicop...

Spc. Abigail Jenks died Monday in a training jump at the North Carolina base Jenks was conducting a static line jump from a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter when she suffered the fatal injury, officials said   Few details were released about the accident, as the investigation continues  In a static line jump, the chute is deployed via a cord attached to the inside of the aircraft on one end and the top of the skydivers deployment bag on the other This type of jump involves a very short free fall b...

Born to Wbileado & Maria de Jesus Gonzalez on March 2, 1930 in San Gabriel, California. Elias joined the United States Army in 1948. After basic training he graduated the Basic Airborne Course in Fort Benning, Georgia and was a Paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division. He was eventually sent to Germany where he served in the occupational forces of WWII. He settled in Visalia, CA after 9 years in the military where he worked as a barber and sold real estate. He later returned to Kingsburg and w...

1st BCT, 1st Armored Division Leadership Commander COL Stephen A. Fairless Colonel Stephen A. Fairless was commissioned as an Armor Officer in 1997 following graduation from the United States Military Academy. His first assignment was with the 2nd Battalion, 72nd Armor, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Casey, Korea, from 1998 to 1999. There he served as a Battalion S-1 and as a Tank Platoon Leader. He then served in 1st Battalion, 9th U.S. Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas, ...

3rd BCT, 1st Armored Division Leadership Commander COL Jabari M. Miller COL Jabari Miller graduated from the United States Military Academy and was commissioned as an Armor officer in 1997.  He holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science, and a master’s degree in Military Arts and Sciences from the School of Advance Military Study.  COL Miller’s past assignments include Tank Platoon Leader and Company Executive Officer in 1st Battalion, 67th Armor at Fort Hood, Texas, and Cavalry Tro...