A U.S. military paratrooper descends to the ground under the canopy of a U.S. parachute during a multi nation jump with French and U.S. military, March 2, 2010. Members of the 435th Contingency Response Group and the 5th Quartermaster Company joined with their French military counterparts for a week of training at the Ãcole des troupes aéroportées (ETAP), or School of Airborne Troops, a military school dedicated to training the military paratroopers of the French army, located in the town of Pau, in the département of Pyrénées-Atlantiques , France. The ETAP is responsible for training paratroopers, and for international cooperation and promotion of paratroop culture. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Jocelyn Rich)
