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

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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

Marine Forces Command said the move was necessary as the USMC’s KC-130Js are busy elsewhere on deployment duties.

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One thought on “U.S. Marines forced to hire civilian contractor for their jumps”

  1. Here in Florida, (won’t disclose location for protection of the troops) we have a private skydive company who routinely works with the military in training spec ops for jumps.

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