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SOCEUR Presents: How To Jump Out Of An Airplane

Navy Public Affairs Support Element East - (Reserve)

June 18, 2020 | 0:40

What's mean, green and falling from 10,000 feet at 150 miles per hour? A U.S. Army Special Forces soldier conducting a High-Altitude, Low-Opening (HALO) freefall parachute jump. Special Forces operators regularly train in this high-adrenaline insertion method, often in tandem with their European counterparts, like the Latvian Special Operations Unit.