NATICK, Mass. - Four parachute riggers assigned to the Combat Capabilities Development Command, or DEVCOM, Soldier Center recently competed in Leapfest 2025, the annual International Military ...

EXETER, R.I. – U.S. Army Airborne Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians participated in Leapfest 2025, at Exeter, Rhode Island, Aug. 2, 2025. The 767th EOD Company and 722nd EOD Company from the ...

EXETER – Paratroopers from all over the globe are already in Rhode Island for the world's largest military parachute competition of its kind. "Leapfest," also the largest public event produced by the ...

Skydive Spaceland in Rosharon is hosting this weekend the US Parachute Association’s National Skydiving Championships of Canopy Piloting, where jumpers “swoop” at speeds starting at 75 mph towards ...

Skydiving is more than just “leaving the plane, falling and opening your parachute.” So said George Hargis, of the United States Parachute Association. “There’s all these different disciplines and ...