Army Staff Sgt. Raymond Rodriguez, a Miami native and section leader in Delaware Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, rigs Eagle River High School Air Force Junior ROTC Cadet Megan Hancox before the high school student jumps from a 34-foot jump tower April 19, 2017, at the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Airborne Sustainment Training Area. The jump tower simulates the procedures of exiting an aircraft as well as the opening shock of a parachute.

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