Parachute Rigger Badge The first Parachute Rigger badge was designed in 1948 by MAJ Thomas R. Cross and drawn by SFC Ewing of the 11th Parachute Maintenance Company, 11th Airborne Division at Camp Schimmelpfennig, Sendai, Japan, and was first used operationally during Exercise Swarmer in 1950. Prior to the official ado
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