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Sgt. 1st Class Nelson Mangual, U.S. Army Quartermaster School Aerial Delivery and Field Services Department parachute rigger instructor, discusses the methods of parachute repair with a delegation from the Royal Army of Oman’s Parachute Regiment during their recent visit to Fort Lee on Sept. 18. Tours and discussions create opportunities to exchange knowledge, compare approaches, and learn from each other’s experiences. This collaboration supports mutual readiness, helps identify solutions to shared challenges, and encourages innovation across partner nations’ military forces. (U.S. Army photo by Ryan Sharp)
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U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command Deputy Chief of Staff James Becker shows the command history to Royal Army of Oman’s Parachute Regiment officers during their recent visit to Fort Lee on Sept. 18. Tours and discussions create opportunities to exchange knowledge, compare approaches, and learn from each other’s experiences. This collaboration supports mutual readiness, helps identify solutions to shared challenges, and encourages innovation across partner nations’ military forces. (U.S. Army photos by Dani Johnson)
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Col. Daniel Horn, U.S. Army Logistics School commandant, provides an overview of the school’s mission and training to a delegation from the Royal Army of Oman’s Parachute Regiment during their recent visit to Fort Lee on Sept. 18. Tours and discussions create opportunities to exchange knowledge, compare approaches, and learn from each other’s experiences. This collaboration supports mutual readiness, helps identify solutions to shared challenges, and encourages innovation across partner nations’ military forces. (U.S. Army photos by Ryan Sharp)
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Capt. Anthony Africano, U.S. Army Logistics School instructor, demonstrates one of the virtual learning tools for a delegation from the Royal Army of Oman’s Parachute Regiment during their recent visit to Fort Lee on Sept. 18. Tours and discussions create opportunities to exchange knowledge, compare approaches, and learn from each other’s experiences. This collaboration supports mutual readiness, helps identify solutions to shared challenges, and encourages innovation across partner nations’ military forces. (U.S. Army photos by Ryan Sharp)
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Sgt. 1st Class Christina Torres, U.S. Army Quartermaster School Aerial Delivery and Field Services Department parachute rigger instructor, discusses the timer used in areal delivery operations with a delegation from the Royal Army of Oman’s Parachute Regiment during their recent visit to Fort Lee on Sept. 18. These engagements allow partners to better understand U.S. Army operations, doctrine, and values—ultimately improving coordination and interoperability during joint missions, humanitarian operations, or multinational training exercises. (U.S. Army photo by Ryan Sharp)
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FORT LEE, Va. – The Royal Army of Oman Parachute Regiment visited U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command Sept. 18 to discuss ammunition handling and parachute rigging.
“The Royal Army of Oman Parachute Regiment has acquired progressively newer models of TOW (tube‑launched, optically‑tracked, wire‑guided) and Javelin missile systems over the last two decades and is seeking to gain insight and lessons learned from the Sustainment Center of Excellence as part of a holistic approach to modernizing training for the Royal Army of Oman Parachute Regiment,” said Maj. Albert Oh, chief of Army, Navy and Special Operations Programs, United States Embassy – Muscat, Oman.
The first stop of the tour was a CASCOM overview brief with Chief Warrant Officer Nicholas Laferte, CASCOM command chief warrant officer, which addressed how CASCOM/SCoE manages DOTMLPF-P (Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership and Education, Personnel, Facilities, and Policy) integration through the proponency and training organizations.
“The Sustainment Center of Excellence is the U.S. Army’s premier training facility for logisticians operating at every echelon,” said Oh. “By providing hands-on briefs and demonstrations to our international partners, we highlight our sharpest NCOs, warrant officers, officers, and civilians who have been entrusted to build the Army of 2030.
“As part of a holistic approach to modernizing training for the Royal Army of Oman Parachute Regiment,” said Oh.
The Logistics School Commandant, Col. Dan Horn, hosted the Omanis to discuss officer training and professional military education integration. The U.S. Army Logistics School welcomed the first Omani Army officer to attend the Logistics Captains Career Course in May 1994. Next year, seven Omani military members are scheduled to attend courses at LGS.
The final stop of the visit was the U.S. Army Quartermaster School Aerial Delivery and Field Services Department to discuss parachute rigger training.
“These international visits are so important because we build strength and relationships by sharing our practices,” said Master Sgt. Jerica Devaul, ADFSD. “It just makes it better and more cohesive for us to work together as allies.”
The Royal Army of Oman Parachute Regiment was founded in 1976, following the end of the Dhofar Rebellion. They share close historical ties with the British Army Parachute Regiment, who fought alongside Oman to quell the uprising from the south.
Oman and the U.S. first established diplomatic ties in 1833, with the signing of a bilateral Treaty of Amity and Commerce. Oman became the first nation on the Arabian Peninsula to officially recognize the U.S., and in 1840, sent the first Arab diplomat to be officially accredited to the United States.
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