BREAKING: Annual Ranger Jump event on Lake Lanier canceled. Here’s what we know - Dawson County News

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BREAKING: Annual Ranger Jump event on Lake Lanier canceled. Here’s what we know

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.

Ranger Jump preview 04212025 — 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.