{"id":22494,"date":"2023-08-10T12:03:32","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T12:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=22494"},"modified":"2023-08-11T06:41:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T06:41:34","slug":"paratroopers-seek-jump-perfection-at-leapfest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=22494","title":{"rendered":"Paratroopers Seek Jump Perfection at Leapfest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p>\n    Paratroopers from the U.S. and around the globe\u00a0joined together to test\u00a0their skills and precision in the skies above Rhode Island during Leapfest 2023, the largest static line parachute training event and competition in the world.\n<\/p>\n<p>The international event is\u00a0hosted by the 56th Troop Command, Rhode Island Army National Guard to promote high-level technical training and esprit de corps within the global\u00a0airborne community. Both individuals and teams can compete.<\/p>\n<section class=\"gen-brandedhr\">\n<\/section>\n<h2>Parachute Preps<\/h2>\n<p>Paratroopers begin with a safety briefing before getting their chutes and having their equipment checked\u00a0by an Army jumpmaster. Once the inspection is complete, it&#8217;s time to load up for the jump.<\/p>\n<section class=\"gen-brandedhr\">\n<\/section>\n<h2>Leap\u00a0Into Action<\/h2>\n<p>Jumpers exit from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter at an altitude of 1500 feet using a\u00a0static line, steerable, parabolic parachute.<\/p>\n<section class=\"gen-brandedhr\">\n<\/section>\n<h2>X Marks the Spot<\/h2>\n<p>The goal is to land as close as possible to a marked, designated area within the landing zone\u00a0\u2014 if they miss\u00a0\u2014 judges time the participants as they run to\u00a0the sweet spot.<\/p>\n<p><!--popup--><\/p>\n<section class=\"gen-brandedhr\">\n<\/section>\n<p>Solo paratroopers\u00a0must complete two\u00a0jumps and teams must complete eight\u00a0jumps. The individual or team with the lowest combined time is the Leapfest winner!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paratroopers from the U.S. and around the globe\u00a0joined together to test\u00a0their skills and precision in the skies above Rhode Island during Leapfest 2023, the largest static line parachute training event and competition in the world. The international event is\u00a0hosted by the 56th Troop Command, Rhode Island Army National Guard to promote high-level technical training and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":22496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22494"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22497,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22494\/revisions\/22497"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}