Paratrooper in Alaska jump suffers serious injuries

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The Associated Press

Paratroopers assigned to the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, conduct an airborne proficiency operation on Malemute drop zone at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 13, 2018, during Exercise Arctic Aurora. On Thursday, Aug. 16, a paratrooper was seriously injured in an exercise at the base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Justin Connaher)

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A paratrooper at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, suffered severe injuries during a drop exercise, an Army spokesman said.

Anchorage television station KTVA reports the injury occurred Thursday at the base’s Malemute Drop Zone.

The soldier was from the base’s 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, said Lt. Col. Martyn Crighton.

The injured soldier was flown to Providence Alaska Medical Center with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

Crighton says an investigation is in progress.