US Navy Parachute Rigger Embroidered Patch – 5″ Wax backed with merrowed edge – Naval Air Station Pensacola – NAVY PR – USMC

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US Navy Parachute Rigger Embroidered Patch – 5″ Wax backed with merrowed edge – Naval Air Station Pensacola – NAVY PR – USMC

Aircrew survival equipment men are survival equipment specialists and certified parachute riggers who oversee valuable life saving equipment, parachutes, and other special gear used by U.S. Naval and Marine Corps special operations forces, Naval Air Department, and the United States Navy Parachute Team known as the “Leap Frogs”. They perform a wide range of duties, which include inspecting, maintaining, and repairing parachutes, search and rescue equipment, along with survival kits, medical kits, flight clothing, protective wear, night vision equipment, aircrew oxygen systems, liquid oxygen converters, anti-exposure suits, and g-suits. PRs operate and maintain carbon dioxide transfer and recharge equipment, operate and repair sewing machines as well as train aircrew and other personnel in parachute rigging and the use of safety and survival equipment.