After a successful jump, Army Sgt. Gabriela Jaramillo, a parachute rigger from 5th Quartermaster Company (Theater Aerial Delivery Support), makes her way through the heather to turn in the Belgian parachute she jumped with Sept 18 as part of a combined airborne operation for the 71st anniversary of Operation Market Garden. Paratroopers from seven nations demonstrated interoperability through airborne operations using other nations’ equipment. The jump was part of a series of combined airborne operations and ceremonies to commemorate Market Garden, the largest airborne operation in history


After a successful jump, Army Sgt. Gabriela Jaramillo, a parachute rigger from 5th Quartermaster Company (Theater Aerial Delivery Support), makes her way through the heather to turn in the Belgian parachute she jumped with Sept 18 as part of a combined airborne operation for the 71st anniversary of Operation Market Garden. Paratroopers from seven nations demonstrated interoperability through airborne operations using other nations’ equipment. The jump was part of a series of combined airborne operations and ceremonies to commemorate Market Garden, the largest airborne operation in history, taking place over Sept. 17-20, 1944. Approximately 1,000 paratroopers from the Netherlands, , Germany, Italy, Belgium, Poland and the participated in the anniversary. ( Army photo by 1st Lt. Hannah Morgan, 16th Sustainment Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, United States Army-Europe)


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