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BREAKING: Annual Ranger Jump event on Lake Lanier canceled. Here’s what we know
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Flanked by yellow smoke from a directional flare, a parachute-clad soldier prepares to land in Lake Lanier during the 5th Ranger Training Battalion’s annual water jump at Dawson County’s War Hill Park. File photo.
A community-wide event where people watch U.S. Army soldiers parachute from helicopters into Lake Lanier has been canceled for 2026.