A South African Paratrooper listens to the Marshaling Area Control Officer's brief to start Leapfest 2018 at the University of Rhode Island in West Kingston, , Aug. 5, 2018. Leapfest is the largest, longest-standing, international static line parachute training event and competition hosted by the 56th Troop Command, Rhode Island Army National Guard, to promote high level technical training and esprit de corps within the International Airborne community. Over 300 Paratroopers from nine different countries will participate this year.

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