jumpmaster

Also found in: Dictionary, Acronyms, Wikipedia.

jumpmaster

The person designated to supervise a parachutist's exit from the aircraft. He or she is an airborne-qualified individual who is in command of the stick of parachutists from the time they enter the aircraft until they exit. See also stick (ii).

References in periodicals archive ?

The majority of the Jumpmaster Course focuses on the jumpmaster personnel inspection.

Sgt. 1st Class: John (Mike) Fairfax

Chad Jones and the jumpmaster to debark and assess the jumper's condition.

Bravo Zulu

As a jumpmaster, Cadet Bush has bad plenty of experience in the air and knows that ground training greatly prepares his fellow cadets for the nerve rattling experience of freefalling.

Freefallin': U.S. Air Force Academy cadets leap into the "purest form of flight"

PR1(AW/FPJ) Justin Hodges listens intently as jumpmaster PR1(FPJ)Thomas Henderson goes over last minute instructions for his exit.

In the zone

The Grip Insert provides added protection against possible inadvertent activation of the reserve parachute during inflight door check procedures by an airborne jumpmaster, following a number of jumpmaster extraction incidents over the past two years.

2002 Greatest Inventions Program: Army Materiel Command (AMC) Recognizes Soldier Systems Center for Innovation, Creativity

With both Watsu and skydiving, you must suspend all your anxieties and place your complete trust in your coach--whether jumpmaster or masseuse.

Hot springs eternal

championships last month in Los Angeles, made history by landing the first quad-salchow in Olympic history, but the jumpmaster from Illinois who now trains in El Segundo appeared stiff and mechanical at times, and he received four modest 5.

MEN'S SHORT PROGRAM: NEAR-PERFECT YAGUDIN LEADS PLUSHENKO A LONG SHOT AFTER SHORT PROGRAM; GOEBEL THIRD

A nervous chill twitched through my body as the jumpmaster called my name.

Business Travel: How to relieve executive stress; If work is stressing you out, then New Zealand offers the perfect escape from the office -but you need to have a head for heights, as Dylan Dronfield discovers

The various joint training events lined up include demolition and sniper training, advance marksmanship, survival training, basic rifle marksmanship, jumpmaster training, humanitarian missions and rotary and fixed wing operations, among others,'' Reyes said.

U.S., Philippine troops to conduct joint exercise

Publicly accessible apps include Recognition of Combat Vehicles (ROC-V), Jumpmaster Study Guide, Ranger Handbook, and MCoE Arab Cultural Awareness Application.

Digital learning content for C-IED

CPT Ryan is a graduate of Ranger School and Jumpmaster School.

Captain Kevin M. Ryan 2013 recipient Lieutenant General Sidney T. Weinstein Award for excellence in military intelligence

He is a graduate of the Field Artillery Officer Basic and Captain's Career Courses, the Combined Arms and Services Staff School, the Army Command and General Staff College, the Army Ranger School, the Army Airborne School, the Air Assault School, and the Jumpmaster and Rappel Master Courses.