(Fayetteville Observer)
Rachael Riley Feb 16, 2019 12:47 PM
Since joining the military in 2005, Master Sgt. Michael Mabry has jumped out of military aircraft more than a hundred times.
Yet a jump in January is what the 45-year-old describes as the highlight of his military career. That’s when he saw his son, 18-year-old Pvt. William Mabry, participate in his sixth jump and his first under the 82nd Airborne Division.
“It’s really an honor to be able to serve in the same division as my son as paratroopers,” Michael Mabry said. “There’s a long lineage of heritage and honor within the 82nd of the American paratrooper, and to be able to pass that on is quite special.”
Michael Mabry was living in his hometown of Chattanooga, Tennessee, working as a martial arts instructor when the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on American soil happened.
His son was barely a year old.
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