06/25/2014: Marines participating in 1st Radio Reconnaissance Platoon’s static-line exercise parachute on to the landing zone aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 23, 2014.
[slidepress gallery=’marines-test-their-para-skills’]
Credit: I Marine Expeditionary Force:4/23/14
The jump was conducted to ensure airborne qualified Marines are up to speed in the proper parachuting techniques and procedures. The Marines jumped from a Lockheed C-Hercules transportation aircraft over the landing zone.
In the third photo, Sgt. Jonathan Ibarra, a jumpmaster with 1st Radio Reconnaissance Platoon, evaluates the jump conditions on a Lockheed C-130 Hercules transportation aircraft aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 23, 2014.
In the final photo, Marines participating in the 1st Radio Reconnaissance Platoon’s joint-unit static-line jump, hook up to the static-line on the Lockheed C-130 Hercules transportation aircraft aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 23, 2014.