parachute rigger
Americannoun
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Shortly thereafter, Ben Dunbar, a former Biltmore Estate chef and a military veteran who worked as a parachute rigger right out of high school, joined the team.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 11, 2020
The next day in Seattle, the parachute rigger realized his mistake.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 1996
Thus there have recently been a myriad of female firsts on various bases: the first female parachute rigger, the first turbine-engine maintenance woman, the first female drill sergeant.
From Time Magazine Archive
A parachute rigger fresh out of the Navy, he signed on with Hughes at 21, in 1946.
From Time Magazine Archive
He went on to train as a parachute rigger and was sent to Panama.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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