A paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division was getting ready to jump toward the earth when a sharp-eyed jumpmaster stepped in and saved him from a potentially fatal injury — a split-second ...

Sgt. Maj. Keith Platt (left) shown in a video (right) stopping a paratrooper from suffering a “catastrophic injury” during a Nov. 17, 2025 training jump. Sgt. Maj. Keith Platt was closely watching as ...

KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany - For U.S. paratroopers, the jumpmaster is the first person they see when they step onto the loading ramp of a military aircraft and last person they see before they step out ...

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1st Sgt. Micah Symmonds is a jumpmaster for the Army's 11th Airborne Division in Alaska. Symmonds said he still gets nervous before jumps, but keeps an outward appearance of calm for his paratroopers.