As proven in World War Two, paratroopers are force-multipliers for the commander in the field. Paratroopers can be inserted behind enemy lines to take and hold important strategic links and positions before the enemy can destroy them. It takes a special breed of soldier to be willing to jump out of an aircraft with 100lbs of equipment on their backs and drop into possible battle. We go Trenton, Ontario, to follow a group of young soldiers from the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry who want to earn their paratrooper wings. The training is intense and the pressure acute – any mistakes could cost them their lives. This episode also features a segment about the Army’s elite parachutist known as the Sky Hawks who compete in a national skydiving competition and who made an appearance at the SARS/Rolling Stone concert in Toronto.
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