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PHOTOS: Soldiers from this Ranger Training Battalion leap into Lake Lanier for annual water jump
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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 May 4 water jump at Dawson County’s War Hill Park. - photo by Julia Hansen
The annual water jump at Dawson County’s lakeside War Hill Park isn’t just a tradition for the U.S. Army’s Ranger Training Battalion as a whole. It’s something that many soldiers eagerly anticipate each year, too.