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Riggers fitting the mast for derrick New Custom House.

Riggers fitting the mast for derrick New Custom House.

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Riggers, T R - Age: [Blank], Year: [BLANK] - Mississippi First (Johnston's) Infantry, N-Y

Riggers, T R - Age: [Blank], Year: [BLANK] - Mississippi First (Johnst...

Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Confederate Organizations

Ceremonies - Salutes and Parades - New York - Labor Day Parade, New York City.  Ship Riggers' Union flat in the parade

Ceremonies - Salutes and Parades - New York - Labor Day Parade, New Yo...

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Men in room at Mrs. Jones's boardinghouse. Six men live in this room. Three beds, pay eight to ten dollars a week rent. Most of them have families they left behind in Bluefield, West Virginia; Bristol, Tennessee; or High Point, North Carolina. They are carpenters, carpenters' assistants, riggers and laborers. They make sixty cents to one dollar and twenty-five cents per hour. Radford, Virginia

Men in room at Mrs. Jones's boardinghouse. Six men live in this room. ...

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Riggers removing wooden spacers between lower core and oil tank from 60-inch cyclotron, taken February 8, 1940. Principal Investigator/Project: Analog Conversion Project [Photographer: Donald Cooksey]

Riggers removing wooden spacers between lower core and oil tank from 6...

Photographs Documenting Scientists, Special Events, and Nuclear Research Facilities, Instruments, and Projects at the Berkeley Lab

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. This is the signal man of a riggers crew at a large Eastern shipyard. He is about ready to give the go-ahead signal to the operator of a large overhead electric crane. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore, Maryland

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. This is the signal man of a riggers cre...

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Grand Coulee Dam, Columbia Basin Reclamation Project, Wash. Two riggers on a hook on their way to work at the powerhouse on the right

Grand Coulee Dam, Columbia Basin Reclamation Project, Wash. Two rigger...

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Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. Riggers bust at work on TVA's new Douglas Dam on the French Broad River. This dam will be 161 feet high and 1,682 feet long, with a 31,600 acre reservoir area extending forty-three miles upstream. With a useful storage capacity of approximately 1,330,000 acre-feet this reservoir will make possible the addition of nearly 100,000 kilowatts of continuous power to the TVA system in dry years and almost 170,000 kilowatts in the average year

Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. Riggers bust ...

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Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. View of the riggers building

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. View of the rigger...

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Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park, Riggers Loft/Paint Shop/Sheet Metal Shop, 1322 Canal Boulevard, Richmond, Contra Costa County, CA

Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park, Riggers Loft/Paint Shop/Sh...

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Riggers fasten the cable from the heavy lift barge/crane to the radar turret aboard the USNS OBSERVATION ISLAND (T-AGM-23) which is being converted to a missile and satellite tracking station. The conversion operation is called Project Cobra Judy

Riggers fasten the cable from the heavy lift barge/crane to the radar ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Baltimore State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CAPT John T. Franklin Release Status: Released to ... More

Cargo riggers from the 82nd Airborne Division prepare cargo for the Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System (LAPES) drops over Fort Irwin during Exercise Gallant Eagle '82

Cargo riggers from the 82nd Airborne Division prepare cargo for the Lo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '82 Base: March Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Ope... More

Cargo riggers from the 82nd Airborne Division prepare cargo for the Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System (LAPES) drops over Fort Irwin during Exercise Gallant Eagle '82

Cargo riggers from the 82nd Airborne Division prepare cargo for the Lo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '82 Base: March Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Ope... More

Cargo riggers from the 82nd Airborne Division prepare cargo for the Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System (LAPES) drops over Fort Irwin during exercise Gallant Eagle '82

Cargo riggers from the 82nd Airborne Division prepare cargo for the Lo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '82 Base: March Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Ope... More

Riggers mark a box of oranges that will be loaded aboard an aircraft for a mid-winter airdrop of supplies over the South Pole

Riggers mark a box of oranges that will be loaded aboard an aircraft f...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Christchurch State: Canterbury Country: New Zealand (NZL) Scene Camera Operator: Garfield F. Jones Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

Riggers put banding on containers full of supplies for a mid-winter airdrop of supplies over the South Pole

Riggers put banding on containers full of supplies for a mid-winter ai...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Christchurch State: Canterbury Country: New Zealand (NZL) Scene Camera Operator: Garfield F. Jones Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

Riggers from the 82nd Airborne Division anchor fuel containers inside a C-141B Starlifter aircraft in preparation for a container delivery system airdrop at Ice Station Zebra, 60 miles from the North Pole

Riggers from the 82nd Airborne Division anchor fuel containers inside ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Jesse M. Villalobos Release St... More

Aircrew Survival Equipmentman First Class Ray Byers maintains tools used by parachute riggers

Aircrew Survival Equipmentman First Class Ray Byers maintains tools us...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PHCS Ronald W. Bayles, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Parachute riggers from the 3rd Mobile Aerial Port Squadron use an M13K rough terrain forklift to recover a pallet of supplies during an airdrop training session

Parachute riggers from the 3rd Mobile Aerial Port Squadron use an M13K...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Bragg State: North Carolina(NC) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Michael Haggerty Release Status: Release... More

Navy parachute riggers become experts in using sewing machines. Here a parachute rigger threads an industrial sewing machine

Navy parachute riggers become experts in using sewing machines. Here a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, North Island State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Sharie Derrickson Rele... More

Yermo Annex. An armored M58 Smoke Generator Carrier is loaded onto a flatbed trailer by a Defense Logistics Agency riggers at Team Track

Yermo Annex. An armored M58 Smoke Generator Carrier is loaded onto a f...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Usmc Logistics Base, Barstow State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Gs-09 Curtis Lambert Release ... More

During RODEO 94 Joint Airborne Inspection, loadmasters and parachute riggers are tested on their ability to prepare loads for delivery by air

During RODEO 94 Joint Airborne Inspection, loadmasters and parachute r...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RODEO 94 Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: ... More

Members of C-Company, 411th Field Artillery, 501st Task Force, Fort Richardson, Alaska, push a palletized High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) into the Riggers Shop, at Fort Richardson, so it can be strapped down and parachutes put in place. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Members of C-Company, 411th Field Artillery, 501st Task Force, Fort Ri...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN EDGE '96 Base: Fort Richardson State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SR... More

Riggers from the Special Troops Company (STC), Air Delivery Branch (ADB), Fort Richardson, Alaska, maneuver an Army High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) into position over a cargo pallet. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Riggers from the Special Troops Company (STC), Air Delivery Branch (AD...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN EDGE '96 Base: Fort Richardson State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SR... More

Riggers with the Defense Logistics Agency hook-up single axle towed trailers to cranes and off-load them from railroad flatbed cars

Riggers with the Defense Logistics Agency hook-up single axle towed tr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Usmc Logistics Base, Barstow State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Gs-09 Donna Redes Release Sta... More

A Baby Allie doll waits to be donated at the 16th Annual

A Baby Allie doll waits to be donated at the 16th Annual

A Baby Allie doll waits to be donated at the 16th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop, at Green Ramp, Pope Army Airfield, Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 6, 2013. The first phase of toy drop includes bringing ... More

SEAMAN (SN) Israel Perez of El Paso, Texas, secures lines in the riggers loft aboard the landing helicopter dock ship USS ESSEX (LHD 2)

SEAMAN (SN) Israel Perez of El Paso, Texas, secures lines in the rigge...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Uss Essex (LHD 2) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Steven Cooke, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A break from the riggers of JOINT FORGE, Technical Sergeant Rachel Collins-Stout, USAF, applauds a French youngster's beanbag toss into a super-sized tic-tac-toe board. The children, affiliated with a local transition shelter called La Passage Women and Children Shelter of Istres, France, are visiting the detachment located on Istres Air Base. The girls are (from left) Alizee, Audrey, Anais and Kelly. The shelter provides transition assistance for families who have been victims of domestic abuse. The 16th Expeditionary Operations Group occasionally plays host to the children for a day of fun and games. Deployed Civil engineers built the wooden game boards for the children. "The United...

A break from the riggers of JOINT FORGE, Technical Sergeant Rachel Col...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: A break from the riggers of JOINT FORGE, Technical Sergeant Rachel Collins-Stout, USAF, applauds a French youngster's beanbag to... More

Sergeants (SGT) Steven Hicks, USA, and Brian Martin, USA, riggers, 24th Aerial Delivery Support Detachment, load a crate of tools onto a pallet on the bed of a truck

Sergeants (SGT) Steven Hicks, USA, and Brian Martin, USA, riggers, 24t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SRA Mark A. Kuhta, USAF Release S... More

US Army (USA) riggers, Sergeant (SGT) Brian Martin, (front), USA, and SGT Jim Johnson, USA, 24th Aerial Delivery Support Detachment, pack and secure equipment boxes to be loaded onto pallets. The unit, based out of Aviano AB, Italy, prepares pallets that are airlifted and dropped to support troops deployed to the field

US Army (USA) riggers, Sergeant (SGT) Brian Martin, (front), USA, and ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SRA Mark A. Kuhta, USAF Release S... More

Texas Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Gilberto Guerra,

Texas Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Gilberto Guerra,

Texas Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Gilberto Guerra, a rigger with 197th Special Troops Support Company, Airborne Special Operations 71st Battlefield Support Brigade, 36th Inf. Div., meticulously measures and ... More

Two US Air Force (USAF) parachute riggers assist a US Navy (USN) aviator into his flight gear in preparation for a flight in an EA-6B Prowler from Incirlik Air Base (AB), Turkey, during Operation NORTHERN WATCH

Two US Air Force (USAF) parachute riggers assist a US Navy (USN) aviat...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WATCH Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: TS... More

US Army (USA) Specialists (SPC) Mathew Eakest (left), and USA Sergeant (SGT) Eric Houchens, both Airborne Parachute Riggers, 24th Quarter MASTER, Detachment Aerial Delivery, don their fully-loaded field packs during a squad tactics and combat procedures task-training exercise at Aviano Air Base (AB), Italy

US Army (USA) Specialists (SPC) Mathew Eakest (left), and USA Sergeant...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Isaac G. L. Freeman, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned as Airborne Parachute Riggers, 24th Quarter MASTER, Detachment Aerial Delivery armed with 5.56mm M16A1 rifles, refine their squad tactics and combat procedures during a task-training exercise conducted at Aviano Air Base (AB), Italy

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned as Airborne Parachute Riggers, 24th Qu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Isaac G. L. Freeman, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

Members of the US Army (USA) 24th Quartermasters Company, 22nd Area Support Group (AGS), Caserma Ederle, Italy, Airborne Riggers, make final adjustments to the "Belly Box" that will be attached to a Dump truck, prior to loading on an aircraft pallet. The 24th Quartermasters trained heavy airdrops to maintain efficiency for short notice tasking

Members of the US Army (USA) 24th Quartermasters Company, 22nd Area Su...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Mitch Fuqua, USAF Release St... More

US Army (USA) STAFF Sergeant (SSG) Ishmael Ramosbarbosa (left) and SSG Steve Capelli, Airborne Riggers, 24th Quartermasters Company, 22nd Area Support Group (AGS), Caserma Ederle, Italy, refer to the Technical Manual about the "Belly Box," under the truck ensuring no damage to the chassis upon landing after it is airdropped. The 24th Quartermasters trained on preparing a truck for an airdrop, to maintain proficiency at heavy load airdrop tasking

US Army (USA) STAFF Sergeant (SSG) Ishmael Ramosbarbosa (left) and SSG...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Mitch Fuqua, USAF Release St... More

US Army (USA) Parachute riggers from Echo company 782nd Main Support Battalion (MSB), watch US Air Force (USAF) personnel from the 43rd Air Wing (AW), load a cargo pallet containing a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) and an M198 Towed Howitzer 105 mm cannon for an airdrop mission aboard a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft during Large Package Week at Pope Air Force Base (AFB), North Carolina (NC). Large Package Week is a joint US Army and US Air Force airdrop, designed to enhance service cohesiveness

US Army (USA) Parachute riggers from Echo company 782nd Main Support B...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: Air Mobility Command Scene Cam... More

US Army (USA) Parachute riggers from Echo company 782nd Main Support Battalion (MSB), prepare the drop lines for parachutes that will pull a cargo load out of a US Air Force (USAF) C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft during Large Package Week at Pope Air Force Base (AFB), North Carolina (NC). Large Package Week is a joint US Army and US Air Force airdrop, designed to enhance service cohesiveness

US Army (USA) Parachute riggers from Echo company 782nd Main Support B...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: Air Mobility Command Scene Cam... More

Three U.S. Marine Corps parachute riggers recover a parachute during Operation Desert Talon 1-05 at the Stoval Training Ground, Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, Ariz. on Dec. 8, 2004.(U.S. Marine Corps official photo by CPL. Alicia M. Garcia) (Released)

Three U.S. Marine Corps parachute riggers recover a parachute during O...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcas Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Alicia M. Garcia, USMC Release Status: Released... More

Three U.S. Marine Corps parachute riggers recover a parachute during Operation Desert Talon 1-05 at the Stoval Training Ground, Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, Ariz. on Dec. 8, 2004.(U.S. Marine Corps official photo by CPL. Alicia M. Garcia) (Released)

Three U.S. Marine Corps parachute riggers recover a parachute during O...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcas Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Alicia M. Garcia, USMC Release Status: Released... More

Three U.S. Marine Corps parachute riggers recover a parachute during Operation Desert Talon 1-05 at the Stoval Training Ground, Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, Ariz. on Dec. 8, 2004.(U.S. Marine Corps official photo by CPL. Alicia M. Garcia) (Released)

Three U.S. Marine Corps parachute riggers recover a parachute during O...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcas Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Alicia M. Garcia, USMC Release Status: Released... More

US Navy (USN) riggers pull the probe release handle ending an underway replenishment (UNREP) on the Persian Gulf between the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75) and the Military Sealift Command (MSC) Henry J. Kaiser Class Replenishment Oiler USNS GUADALUPE (T-AO 200). The TRUMAN Strike Group and Carrier Air Wing 3 (CVW-3) are currently on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of the global war on terrorism (GWOT)

US Navy (USN) riggers pull the probe release handle ending an underway...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Gregory A. Pierot, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digit... More

Parachute riggers with the 173rd Brigade Support

Parachute riggers with the 173rd Brigade Support

Parachute riggers with the 173rd Brigade Support Battalion,173rd Airborne Brigade out of Italy, untangle the suspension lines of a T-11 Parachute System during inspection and repacking operations conducted on A... More

Members of the Afghan Air Force Life Support flight

Members of the Afghan Air Force Life Support flight

Members of the Afghan Air Force Life Support flight graduate after passing all test to earn their certificates and become the first AAF riggers on Nov. 10.

Spc. Nolan R. Barbone, rigger, Special Operations Task

Spc. Nolan R. Barbone, rigger, Special Operations Task

Spc. Nolan R. Barbone, rigger, Special Operations Task Force – South, prepares fuel drums for an aerial resupply Dec. 14 at Kandahar Air Field, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Barbone, who hails from Crown Poi... More

Parachute riggers with Air Delivery Platoon, Headquarters

Parachute riggers with Air Delivery Platoon, Headquarters

Parachute riggers with Air Delivery Platoon, Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward) move Container Delivery Systems filled with water to be delivered to the Marines of 2nd Battal... More

Pfc. Seth Friederdorf, a parachute rigger with the

Pfc. Seth Friederdorf, a parachute rigger with the

Pfc. Seth Friederdorf, a parachute rigger with the 647th Quartermaster Company, ties down a parachute on Fort Bragg, N.C., Feb. 22. Parachutes like this were used in a recent Joint Operation Access Exercise in ... More

Maj. Doug Watjus, an operational support officer for

Maj. Doug Watjus, an operational support officer for

Maj. Doug Watjus, an operational support officer for the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, shows the airborne guidance system to Col. Michael Peterman, the commander for the 101st Sustainment Brigade, and ... More

Neccesary delivery, Afghanistan

Neccesary delivery, Afghanistan

Sgt. 1st Class Fred Fischer, an ammunition platoon sergeant for the 592nd Ordnance Company, a reserve unit from Billings, Mont., attached to the 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battlalion, 101st Sustainment Bri... More

Soldiers from the 824th DET 10 demonstrate how to rig

Soldiers from the 824th DET 10 demonstrate how to rig

Soldiers from the 824th DET 10 demonstrate how to rig UGREs for airdelivery.

Sgt. 1st Class Larry Barefield, right, the 623rd

Sgt. 1st Class Larry Barefield, right, the 623rd

Sgt. 1st Class Larry Barefield, right, the 623rd Quartermaster Company, Special Troops Battalion, 7th Sustainment Brigade, slingload team non-commissioned officer in charge, and Pfc. Dustin Combs, a transportat... More

Admiring their handiwork, Afghanistan

Admiring their handiwork, Afghanistan

Sgt. 1st Class Narada Johnson and Spc. Blake Chambers, of the 11th Quartermaster Detachment, 101st Special Troops Battalion, 101st Sustainment Brigade, look on at the 14 foot mural recently completed in the Rig... More

Col. Lawrence Kominiak, left, the Task Force Resolute

Col. Lawrence Kominiak, left, the Task Force Resolute

Col. Lawrence Kominiak, left, the Task Force Resolute commander, pins the Army Achievement Medal on Spc. Paul Nace, right, a rigger with the 623rd Quartermaster Company rigger detachment originally from York, P... More

A U.S. Army parachute rigger prepares a kicker box

A U.S. Army parachute rigger prepares a kicker box

A U.S. Army parachute rigger prepares a kicker box for a supply drop to a remote site Aug. 3, Herat province, Afghanistan. The supply drop is taking place in order to provide special operations forces in remote... More

Pvt. David Martinez with the 294th Quartermaster Company

Pvt. David Martinez with the 294th Quartermaster Company

Pvt. David Martinez with the 294th Quartermaster Company repacks his parachute after a practice jump during annual training at Camp Swift, Texas, Aug. 15. The riggers in the 294th participated in the training f... More

Cargo drops from a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter over

Cargo drops from a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter over

Cargo drops from a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter over a zone here Sept. 9. An aerial delivery team from Combat Logistics Battalion 11 coordinated the drop with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced) t... More

Spc. Andrew Jimenez, 824th Quartermaster Company Detachment

Spc. Andrew Jimenez, 824th Quartermaster Company Detachment

Spc. Andrew Jimenez, 824th Quartermaster Company Detachment 10 wood fabrication technician, stacks honeycomb packing material used for ventilation, energy dissipation and cushioning of materials to be delivered... More

ISAF command sergeant major visits with ‘Resolute’ warriors

ISAF command sergeant major visits with ‘Resolute’ warriors

Spc. Kevin Paulson, right, a mortuary affairs specialist assigned to the 54 Quartermaster Company, Special Troops Battalion, Task Force Resolute, briefs Command Sgt. Maj. Thomas Capel, the International Securit... More

Des Moines native deploys, keeps ground troops supplied from sky

Des Moines native deploys, keeps ground troops supplied from sky

Capt. Shane O'Neill, a C-17 Globemaster III pilot with the 817th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, stands in front of a C-17 after an airdrop mission Jan. 27, 2012.

South Dakota native deploys, keeps ground troops supplied from sky

South Dakota native deploys, keeps ground troops supplied from sky

Capt. Ryan Halligan, a C-17 Globemaster III pilot with the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, does a preflight check before taking off for an airlift mission in Southwest Asia Jan. 27, 2012.

Kandahar Airfield’s Rigger Yard rigs thousands of supplies

Kandahar Airfield’s Rigger Yard rigs thousands of supplies

Kandahar Airfield’s Rigger Yard rigs thousands of supplies each day for delivery to troops spread throughout Afghanistan. For every few bundles of supplies rigged, it keeps soldiers off of the road and safer.

The Airborne Riggers of the Detachment 1, 421st

The Airborne Riggers of the Detachment 1, 421st

The Airborne Riggers of the Detachment 1, 421st Quartermaster Company, have answered the call of duty yet again, working in overdrive on overtime. The riggers conducted an emergency resupply of fuel mission Feb... More

Loaded a container delivery bundles on a 10K forklift

Loaded a container delivery bundles on a 10K forklift

Loaded a container delivery bundles on a 10K forklift waits for loading onto a C-130 Hercules at Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 10, 2012. Airmen from the 374th LRS maintains and provides aerial equipments for us... More

Parachute riggers for Combined Joint Special Operations

Parachute riggers for Combined Joint Special Operations

Parachute riggers for Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force Afghanistan prepare a bundle for aerial resupply in Bagram district, Parwan province, July 9. (U.S. Army photo by SGT Cameron Christensen / Released)

Sgt. Douglas Adamek, 4th Quartermaster Detachment

Sgt. Douglas Adamek, 4th Quartermaster Detachment

Sgt. Douglas Adamek, 4th Quartermaster Detachment (Airborne), of Fayetteville, N.C., briefs Soldiers on tasks, conditions, and standards prior to the start of land navigation training at Training Area 7B, JBER-... More

Sgt. Oscar Osorio, parachute rigger with 647th Quartermaster

Sgt. Oscar Osorio, parachute rigger with 647th Quartermaster

Sgt. Oscar Osorio, parachute rigger with 647th Quartermaster Company, 264th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, and New York, N.Y., native, plots his coordinates during the land navigation portion of the Rigg... More

Sgt. Jack Arnold, a resident of Macon, Ga., and a member

Sgt. Jack Arnold, a resident of Macon, Ga., and a member

Sgt. Jack Arnold, a resident of Macon, Ga., and a member of the 412st Quartermaster Company rigger detachment, inspects the webbing on a bundle being prepared for aerial delivery in Southwest Asia Sept. 29. The... More

Spc. Gerald Malveaux, a rigger with the 11th Quartermaster

Spc. Gerald Malveaux, a rigger with the 11th Quartermaster

Spc. Gerald Malveaux, a rigger with the 11th Quartermaster Company and Houston native, rigs a Humvee for airborne operations at the Heavy Drop Rigging Facility on Pope Army Air Field, Oct. 5.

Parachute Riggers from the 824th Quartermaster Company

Parachute Riggers from the 824th Quartermaster Company

Parachute Riggers from the 824th Quartermaster Company (Heavy Airdrop Supply) at Fort Bragg, N.C., pack personnel parachutes Nov. 20, 2012, in preparation for the 15th annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy D... More

Staff Sgt. Aarron Ramos, a 19th Operations Support

Staff Sgt. Aarron Ramos, a 19th Operations Support

Staff Sgt. Aarron Ramos, a 19th Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment supervisor, replaces an old locator beacon on a parachute before starting the rigging process on a Back Automatic-22 parachut... More

Spc. Rafael Campos, 421st Quartermaster Detachment

Spc. Rafael Campos, 421st Quartermaster Detachment

Spc. Rafael Campos, 421st Quartermaster Detachment 4 parachute rigger, goes over the correct knot needed on the bottom of the load to Tech. Sgt. Adam Barnes a civil engineer with the 379th Air Expeditionary Win... More

Army Pvt. Patrick Moore, a rigger with the 11th

Army Pvt. Patrick Moore, a rigger with the 11th

Army Pvt. Patrick Moore, a rigger with the 11th Quartermaster Company, 264th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion preps a dual row airdrop system at the heavy drop rig site on Fort Bragg, N.C., Jan. 30, 2013. (... More

Bundles containing fuel drop from an aircraft over

Bundles containing fuel drop from an aircraft over

Bundles containing fuel drop from an aircraft over Afghanistan, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. The 421st Quartermaster Detachment 4 packed the bundles for delivery a few days prior to ensure the soldiers on ground in A... More

A bronze plaque created to honor and remember Chief

A bronze plaque created to honor and remember Chief

A bronze plaque created to honor and remember Chief Petty Officer Richard Belisle, retired and Petty Officer 1st Class Jim Hopkins was unveiled during a memorial ceremony held at Communication Station Kodiak in... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kyle Burian, 58th Rescue

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kyle Burian, 58th Rescue

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kyle Burian, 58th Rescue Squadron aircrew flight equipment technician, repacks a MC5 parachute June 24, 2013, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Aircrew flight equipment airmen are respons... More

264th CSSB holds rigger 'Red Hat' run at Fort Bragg

264th CSSB holds rigger 'Red Hat' run at Fort Bragg

From front left, U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jeffrey N. Colt, the deputy commander, XVIII Airborne Corps; Lt. Col. Theodore Shinkle, the commander, 264th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion (CSSB) and Col. Mark D. Col... More

Bertha, Minn. native, Capt. Melissa S. Schwarz (left),

Bertha, Minn. native, Capt. Melissa S. Schwarz (left),

Bertha, Minn. native, Capt. Melissa S. Schwarz (left), commander, 623rd Quartermaster Company, 264th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, and Sgt. 1st Class Daniel R. Soper, first sergeant for the 623rd QM Co.... More

With reflective belts aglow in the early morning, riggers

With reflective belts aglow in the early morning, riggers

With reflective belts aglow in the early morning, riggers from the 264th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion sprint down the streets of Fort Bragg, N.C., Aug. 23, during a "Redhat" rigger run in honor of the i... More

Airmen from the 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron

Airmen from the 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron

Airmen from the 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron combat mobility flight load a low-cost, low-altitude cargo bundle onto a C-130 Hercules at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Oct. 8, 2013. Airmen from the 374th LRS main... More

Spc. Luis C. Aguilar, a parachute rigger with the 861st

Spc. Luis C. Aguilar, a parachute rigger with the 861st

Spc. Luis C. Aguilar, a parachute rigger with the 861st Quartermaster Company Detachment 1 and a Nashville, Tenn. native, rigs a palette of water at al Udeid Air Base, Qatar on Nov. 11, 2013. The 861st QM Co. ... More

Spc. Hanook M. Chi (right), a native of Seoul, South

Spc. Hanook M. Chi (right), a native of Seoul, South

Spc. Hanook M. Chi (right), a native of Seoul, South Korea, conducts hand signals to guide a hook slung down by contracting aircraft towards Spc. Vonza Abney (left), a native of Hinesville, Ga., as he prepares ... More

Spc. Courtney Girven, left, Eastpointe, Mich., native,

Spc. Courtney Girven, left, Eastpointe, Mich., native,

Spc. Courtney Girven, left, Eastpointe, Mich., native, and Spc. Demetrius Marino, St. Augustine, Fla., both parachute riggers assigned to the 647th Quartermaster Company, secure a bundle of supplies before atta... More

Staff Sgt. Michael Meck, the drop zone safety officer,

Staff Sgt. Michael Meck, the drop zone safety officer,

Staff Sgt. Michael Meck, the drop zone safety officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 27th Engineer Battalion, out of Fort Bragg, N.C., makes one last check of the drop zone, with a small global positio... More

Lance Cpl. Oscar Jarquin, an air delivery specialist

Lance Cpl. Oscar Jarquin, an air delivery specialist

Lance Cpl. Oscar Jarquin, an air delivery specialist with 1st Air Delivery Platoon, Combat Logistics Regiment 17 tightens the lines of a 26-foot high velocity parachute prior to inspection. Marines with the pl... More

Master Sgt. Dwight Simon, a jumpmaster with the U.S.

Master Sgt. Dwight Simon, a jumpmaster with the U.S.

Master Sgt. Dwight Simon, a jumpmaster with the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), inspects Sgt. 1st Class Lisa Dodd, also with USACAPOC(A), during a joint airborne operati... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Castro Bustillos-Hawk, assigned to the

U.S. Army Sgt. Castro Bustillos-Hawk, assigned to the

U.S. Army Sgt. Castro Bustillos-Hawk, assigned to the 56th Troop Command, Rigger Section, instructs a group of paratroopers from nine countries on how to put on the MC-6 parachute during Leapfest Airborne Compe... More

U.S. Army paratrooper Staff Sgt. Joshua Jones helps

U.S. Army paratrooper Staff Sgt. Joshua Jones helps

U.S. Army paratrooper Staff Sgt. Joshua Jones helps Staff Sgt. Darek Golec with his parachute during Leapfest XXXI in Kingston, R.I., July 29, 2014. Leapfest is an airborne parachute competition sponsored by th... More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. James Cartier and Sgt. Mike Lessing,

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. James Cartier and Sgt. Mike Lessing,

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. James Cartier and Sgt. Mike Lessing, assigned to the 56th Troop Command, Rigger Section, writes down pre-jump operations on a dry erase board during Leapfest Airborne Competition on July 30... More

A group of British paratroopers watches a U.S. Army

A group of British paratroopers watches a U.S. Army

A group of British paratroopers watches a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook Helicopter, assigned to Bravo Company, 2/104th Aviation, Connecticut National Guard, land on a landing zone during Leapfest Airborne Competition... More

A British Paratrooper performs a Parachute Land and

A British Paratrooper performs a Parachute Land and

A British Paratrooper performs a Parachute Land and Fall (PLF) during Leapfest XXXI in Kingston, RI., July 30, 2014. Leapfest is an Airborne parachute competition sponsored by the Rhode Island National Guard to... More

U.S. Army Chaplain (Maj) Tim Bourquin demonstrates

U.S. Army Chaplain (Maj) Tim Bourquin demonstrates

U.S. Army Chaplain (Maj) Tim Bourquin demonstrates Prejump procedures to international paratroopers during Leapfest XXXI in Kingston, RI., July 30, 2014. Leapfest is an Airborne parachute competition sponsored... More

The British paratrooper team from the 7th Parachute

The British paratrooper team from the 7th Parachute

The British paratrooper team from the 7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery poses for a team picture during Leapfest XXXI, in Kingston, R.I., Aug. 2, 2014. Leapfest is an airborne parachute competition s... More

A group of U.S. Army paratroopers jumps from a CH-47

A group of U.S. Army paratroopers jumps from a CH-47

A group of U.S. Army paratroopers jumps from a CH-47 Chinook Helicopter during Leapfest Airborne Competition Aug. 2, 2014, West Kingston, R.I. Leapfest is an Airborne parachute competition sponsored by the Rhod... More

a group of German Paratroopers walks to board a CH-47

a group of German Paratroopers walks to board a CH-47

a group of German Paratroopers walks to board a CH-47 Chinook Helicopter on the pick up zone during Leapfest Airborne Competition Aug. 4, 2014, West Kingston, R.I. Leapfest is an Airborne parachute competition... More

Airmen from the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility

Airmen from the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility

Airmen from the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility prepare a C-130H Hercules for take-off prior to a humanitarian aid mission Aug. 9, 2014. To date, in coordination with the government of Iraq, U.S. mi... More

Cpl. David Meneses descends toward the ground following

Cpl. David Meneses descends toward the ground following

Cpl. David Meneses descends toward the ground following a 1,250-foot low-level static-line jump from an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft Aug. 26 at Ie Shima Airfield, Okinawa, Japan. The jump simulated jumping ... More

Paratroopers fill the sky at Sicily Drop Zone for the

Paratroopers fill the sky at Sicily Drop Zone for the

Paratroopers fill the sky at Sicily Drop Zone for the 17th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop, hosted by the U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), a U.S. Army Reserve... More

Pfc. Nathan Watson and Pfc. Ignacio Madrid with the

Pfc. Nathan Watson and Pfc. Ignacio Madrid with the

Pfc. Nathan Watson and Pfc. Ignacio Madrid with the 372nd Inland Cargo Transfer Company, 129th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 101st Sustainment Brigade, Task Force Lifeliner, from Fort Campbell, Ky., wat... More

A parachute rigger with the 82nd Sustainment Brigade’s

A parachute rigger with the 82nd Sustainment Brigade’s

A parachute rigger with the 82nd Sustainment Brigade’s 11th Quartermaster Company watches a JPADS (Joint Precision Airdrop System) during a training exercise at Fort Bragg N.C., March 20. The 82nd Sustainment B... More

Riggers with Pack Platoon, 11th Quartermaster Company,

Riggers with Pack Platoon, 11th Quartermaster Company,

Riggers with Pack Platoon, 11th Quartermaster Company, 189th Combat Support Sustainment Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division Sustainment Brigade, work feverishly to pack parachutes in preparation for a busy traini... More

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