If you were Airborne, you were part of the best. The Elite. No matter when or with which Airborne Unit you served, you volunteered for and survived jump school, earned your wings and became, forever, a part of that worldwide fraternity, to which all troopers belong.
William P. Yarborough, one of the pioneers of the U.S. Airborne said "...Those who choose to become military parachutists must sometime during the process, prove to themselves that they possess certain inner strengths that set them apart from many of their fellow human beings.
"It is probably the self-confidence and self-respect which successful paratroop training reveals and nurtures that has made the airborne soldiers of all nations so formidable on the field of battle."
It is our intention, and reason for existence, to continue to foster that special esprit de corps, which only paratroopers know.