Riggers relied on for parachute packing

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - - Spc. Jesus Gomez, Parachute Packer, 4th Quartermaster Detachment (Airborne), 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, connects a deployment bag to the canopy of the parachute, April 4. All connections made for a parachute are by a quarter-inch cotton webbing and secured by tying a surgeon???s knot locking knot. (U.S. Air Force photo/Johnathon Green)

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