Green Berets with 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) conduct a military free fall operation in the Republic of Lithuania, Sept. 2 - 6, 2024. Military free fall is a method of delivering military personnel, military equipment, and other military supplies from a transport aircraft at a high altitude via free-fall parachute insertion. (U.S. Army video by Staff Sgt. Evan Cooper)
Walk into the Preservation of the Force and Family (POTFF) gym at Patch Barracks on any given weekday and the atmosphere is loud: weights clanging, stationary bikes whiring, and service members grunting as they hone themselves physically. These men and women never know when they will have to call upon their bodies to perform heroic feats. While physical strength is paramount to the force, it is only a piece of the puzzle. Often overlooked,...