Robby Royster, 435th Security Forces Squadron close precision engagement team leader, prepares to exit a C-130J during Exercise Thracian Spring 17 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, March 20, 2017. Royster is one of very few service members to earn the elite status of master rated parachutist; a badge requiring a minimum 36 months on active jump status, 65 exits out of an aircraft, 25 combat equipment jumps, four night jumps and two night duties.

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