The Ocean State Guardian - Winter 2010
The Ocean State Guardian - Winter 2010
The Ocean State Guardian - Winter 2010
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Pilots from the Connecticut, New York and Pennsylvania<br />
National Guard fl ew the four-member teams in<br />
CH-47 Chinooks to an altitude of 1,500 feet where each<br />
jumper then exited the aircraft and descended toward the<br />
drop zone.<br />
<strong>The</strong> goal was to land as close to or on a large<br />
orange “X” on the drop zone behind the West Kingston<br />
Elementary School. Once on the ground jumpers are<br />
timed until they touch the “X.” Teams are scored on<br />
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their cumulative time after three jumps. <strong>The</strong> Leapfest<br />
champions are the team with the lowest cumulative time.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is also an individual category for the jumper with<br />
the lowest individual time.<br />
“Having been the commander of the 56th Troop<br />
Command during the execution of an event so<br />
steeped in the traditions of the American paratrooper<br />
has truly been a humbling experience and has given<br />
me an overwhelming sense of absolute pride,” said
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