A combat medic assigned to 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82d Airborne Division, provides drop zone coverage during a test jump for the Stinger Missile Jump Pack (SMJP) at Sicily Drop zone, Fort Bragg, N.C., August 13th, 2018. The SMJP is the largest addit...

A paratrooper assigned to 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82d Airborne Division, lowers his combat equipment during a test jump for the Stinger Missile Jump Pack (SMJP) at Sicily Drop zone, Fort Bragg, N.C., August 13th, 2018. The SMJP is the largest additi...

Sgt. Matthew Supan, a team leader in Alpha Company 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82d Airborne Division, lowers his combat equipment during a test jump for the Stinger Missile Jump Pack (SMJP) at Sicily Dro...

A paratrooper assigned to 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82d Airborne Division, lowers his combat equipment during a test jump for the Stinger Missile Jump Pack (SMJP) at Sicily Drop zone, Fort Bragg, N.C., August 13th, 2018. The SMJP is the largest additi...

At 5 feet 7 inches and 35 pounds, the Stinger Missile Jump Pack (SMJP) is the largest additional item of equipment that a paratrooper can jump. The 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, has placed an increased emphasis over the last month to train our paratroopers to jump the SMJP in order to increase the short-range air defense artillery capacity within the brigade. Only the most elite paratroopers with twelve or more jumps, and who are at least 5 foot 8 inches, are chosen to jump in with this weapon system.