U.S. Marines forced to hire civilian contractor for their jumps

The 2nd Marine Division in North Carolina has been forced to hire a skydiving company this month so that Marines from 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion can get jump time before deployment.

US Navy 060330-M-4657S-001 Force Reconnaissance Marines assigned to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC) freefall over Djibouti, during parachute training
By U.S. Navy photo [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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