Log in to WRAL.com with one click using your favorite social network:
OR
Log in using your WRAL.com account:



Wrong email/password combination.

Forgot password?

Register with WRAL.com using your favorite social network:
OR
Register for a WRAL.com account using our web form.

Login Options

6:21 a.m. • 2-12-12

Weather Forecast for Raleigh

  • Today: Clear.
    • Hi: 41° F
  • Mon: Partly Cloudy.
    • Hi: 50° F
  • Tue: Rain.
    • Hi: 53° F

Other Locations

> 7 Day Forecast

Doppler Image

Marketplace Links

Social Links

Main Menu

Female Fort Bragg Soldiers "Jump" To Commemorate Women's History Month


e-mail print friendly

Jumping out of planes used to be off-limits to women soldiers, but today's army is different.

To commemorate Women's History Month, 110 Fort Bragg soldiers took a jump Wednesday to celebrate their gender.

"Women's History Month has been great," says Fort Bragg soldier Cynthia Santana. "[This is] one of the best moments, and I'm happy to be a part of it. Thank God that I made it safely."

There are 20,000 18th Airborne Corps soldiers on jump status. Fifteen-hundred of them are women.

"Some units only have one or two females, so it gets them out with a mix of people to see all different ranks, all different levels," says Kimberly Colloton, Jump Master.

The women jumpers say their effort shows how female soldiers are an integral part of today's army.

"It's changing for the better," says Fort Bragg soldier Debbie James. "It's just a way for all of us to get together and say look how far it's come since 1970."

It was only appropriate that Mother Nature provided perfect weather conditions.

"This is awesome," says Fort Bragg soldier Anna Eubanks. "You couldn't ask for better weather."

After Wednesday's jump, the women reported no injuries. The only other all womens' jump was two decades ago.

  • Reporter: John McDonnell
  • Photographer: David Renner
  • Web Editor: Kamal Wallace

RELATED TOPICS: Fort Bragg

e-mail print friendly

0 Comments


WRAL.com welcomes your comments on this story. All comments are moderated prior to publication based on our posting guidelines. Please review them prior to posting and if your message is not approved.

View Comments 0 COMMENTS

This story is closed for comments. Comments on WRAL.com news stories are accepted and moderated between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Monday through Friday.

View Comments 0 COMMENTS
Report It

Multimedia

Click Here