Pfc. David Woodfuff gets a final safety check of his parachute rigging from Sgt. Sterling Hess at Pope Air Force Base, N.C.
U.S. Army Pfc. David Woodfuff (right) gets a final safety check of his parachute rigging from Sgt. Sterling Hess at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., on Nov. 7, 2000. Woodfuff and other soldiers of the 82nd Airborne are taking part in an aerial assault exercise called Large Package Week. The quarterly training exercise sharpens the airdrop capability of aircrews from the Air Mobility Command and the 82nd Airborne. The parachutists will jump over the Sicily Drop Zone at Fort Bragg, N.C.