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JBLM Special Operations Units Train to Become Jumpmasters
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An instructor, or ìblack-hat,î with the U.S. Armyís Jumpmaster School, based at Fort Benning, Ga., checks the parachute of a Soldier from the 4th Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, attending an onsite jumpmaster training course, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., April 13. Onsite training programs like this one are responsible for saving the Department of Defense millions of dollars every year.