Paratroopers assigned to the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Army Alaska, participate in a brigade-level unit run on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 16, 2018, to commemorate National Airborne Day. Aug. 16, 1940, marked the first official Army parachute jump, validating the innovative concept of inserting United States ground combat forces behind a battle line by parachute, and is a recognized annually as a special day to honor the Airborne Forces and the first parachute jump of 48 volunteer members of the Army Parachute Test Pla

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Paratroopers assigned to the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Army Alaska, participate in a brigade-level unit run on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 16, 2018, to commemorate National Airborne Day. Aug. 16, 1940, marked the first official Army parachute jump, validating the innovative concept of inserting United States ground combat forces behind a battle line by parachute, and is a recognized annually as a special day to honor the Airborne Forces and the first parachute jump of 48 volunteer members of the Army Parachute Test Platoon.

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