In the wake of the COVID-19 epidemic in Northern Italy, U.S. Army parachute riggers assigned to the 601st Quartermaster Company, 173rd Brigade Support Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade sew face mask prototypes made from fabric found in the standard Army parachute system in Aviano Air Base, Italy, April 28, 2020. The prototypes are meant to prepare the paratroopers for the mass production of the masks when proper materials arrive.