Parachute training.(Letters to the Editor)(Letter to the editor)

From: Ground Warrior | Date: June 22, 2006| Author: Johnson | Copyright information

The article about a young Marine participating in a parachute operation ["Are Marines Trained to Jump?", Volume 7, Issue 1], brought a question to mind for me: Were the performance characteristics of the parachute briefed, as they should have been, during the jump brief by the primary jumpmaster? This whole mishap would have been avoided and the operation conducted safely had the personnel entrusted to lead and supervise the training performed their duties properly. To me, it seems...

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