10/01/2026
In case you missed it. The Jumpmaster and Master Parachutist assigned to this "stick" is a female. What did she have to do to receive this designation?
Total parachute jumps 65 jumps, including the categories below.
Combat-equipment jumps 25 jumps with the prescribed combat equipment. These are equipment-loaded jumps; they do not have to be combat jumps.
Night jumps 4 jumps during darkness, including 1 as jumpmaster of a stick.
Mass tactical jumps 5 jumps culminating in an airborne assault problem with a unit equivalent to a battalion or larger, or with a separate company/battery or an organic staff of regimental size or larger. The Soldier must fill a position appropriate to their rank or grade during the exercise.
Jumpmaster training Graduate from an approved Jumpmaster Course.
Time on jump status. At least 36 cumulative months on jump status with an airborne unit or another organization authorized parachutists. The months do not have to be consecutive.
The jump categories can overlap: for example, a qualifying night mass-tactical jump with combat equipment can count toward all three categories and counts as one of the 65 total jumps.
The badge is the parachutist badge with a star surrounded by a wreath. It is distinct from Jumpmaster qualification: completing Jumpmaster School meets one requirement, but does not by itself qualify a Soldier for the Master Parachutist Badge.
FOX News weekend talking head "No Tab Pete" would restrict her from this title. Baffling as Hegseth is what we call, a "Leg." Which means he is not Paratrooper qualified.
Female soldiers deserve to aspire to any MOS and assignment in the Army. When I went through JumpMaster training and qualified as a Master Parachute badge, less than 1% of those who tried actually qualified. In my class there were 4 women. Each smarter, stronger, and showed more grit than all of us.
Airborne! Death from Above!
