Parachute riggers: It's pass or fail

Army Spcs. Jeffrey Albano and Marcos Perez, Headquarters and Headquarters Company 173rd Brigade Support Battalion parachute riggers, installs a cutter on a heavy equipment parachute July 25 at Aviano Air Base, Italy. The unit supports seven battalions including 1st Battalion 503rd Airborne Infantry, 2nd Battalion Airborne Infantry, 1st Battalion 91st Airborne Cavalry, 4th Battalion 319th Airborne Field Artillery, 173rd Special Troops Battalion, 173rd BSB and Headquarters and Headquarters Company Brigade. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Julius Delos Reyes)

Parachute riggers: It's pass or fail

Army Spc. Jeffrey Albano, Headquarters and Headquarters Company 173rd Brigade Support Battalion parachute rigger, folds a heavy equipment parachute July 25 at Aviano Air Base, Italy. The unit supports seven battalions including 1st Battalion 503rd Airborne Infantry, 2nd Battalion Airborne Infantry, 1st Battalion 91st Airborne Cavalry, 4th Battalion319th Airborne Field Artillery, 173rd Special Troops Battalion, 173rd BSB and Headquarters and Headquarters Company Brigade. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Julius Delos Reyes)

Parachute riggers: It's pass or fail

Army Spc. Jeffrey Albano, Headquarters and Headquarters Company 173rd Brigade Support Battalion parachute rigger, installs a line separator on a heavy equipment parachute before folding the gores July 25 at Aviano Air Base, Italy. The unit supports seven battalions including 1st Battalion 503rd Airborne Infantry, 2nd Battalion Airborne Infantry, 1st Battalion 91st Airborne Cavalry, 4th Battalion 319th Airborne Field Artillery, 173rd Special Troops Battalion, 173rd BSB and Headquarters and Headquarters Company Brigade. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Julius Delos Reyes)

Parachute riggers: It's pass or fail

Army Spc. Rene Ntumniui, Headquarters and Headquarters Company 173rd Brigade Support Battalion parachute rigger, traces the suspension lines of a heavy equipment parachute July 25 at Aviano Air Base, Italy. The unit supports seven battalions including 1st Battalion 503rd Airborne Infantry, 2nd Battalion Airborne Infantry, 1st Battalion 91st Airborne Cavalry, 4th Battalion319th Airborne Field Artillery, 173rd Special Troops Battalion, 173rd BSB and Headquarters and Headquarters Company Brigade. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Julius Delos Reyes)

Parachute riggers: It's pass or fail

Army Spc. Jaime Esparza, Headquarters and Headquarters Company 173rd Brigade Support Battalion parachute rigger, installs a cutter in the cutter bracket of a heavy equipment parachute July 25 at Aviano Air Base, Italy. The HHC 173rd BSB is the only U.S. Army unit in Europe that supports airdrop missions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Julius Delos Reyes)

Parachute riggers: It's pass or fail

Army Spc. Jaime Esparza, Headquarters and Headquarters Company 173rd Brigade Support Battalion parachute rigger, pulls the centerline out of a folded heavy equipment parachute July 25 at Aviano Air Base, Italy. The HHC 173rd BSB is the only U.S. Army unit in Europe that supports airdrop missions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Julius Delos Reyes)