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Strength in training: Annual Army Ranger water jump brings lake communities together
Army Ranger water jump
For the eighth year in a row the 5th Ranger Training Battalion completed their water jump training drill at War Hill Park. 140 Rangers suited up and parachuted out of UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters hovering 1,500 feet over Lake Lanier May 9. - photo by FCN regional staff
It has become a local tradition each May for spectators to line the beach at War Hill Park to watch the 5th Ranger Training Battalion (RTB) soar overhead in helicopters and parachute into the lake below.