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The Rigger Ball is Thursday, 22 Sep 22
​Get your tickets ASAP!

16 Jul 22 - This year 528th Sustainment Brigade (SO) (A) is hosting the 2022 Rigger Rodeo and Rigger Ball. The Rodeo will begin on Monday, 19 Sep 22. The Ball is scheduled for Thursday, 22 Sep 22. Click here to view/print the flyer. Ticket sales are thru our website and should be available NLT 18 Sep 22. To purchase tickets for yourself or someone else, visit our Supply Room page. You can also make a donation thru the Red Hat Chapter to help sponsor an E-4 and below Rigger and potentially their spouse. Even if you can't attend, please consider making a donation!

Rigger Social is Wednesday, 21 Sep 22 @ 1800hrs.

10 Sep 22 - The Rigger Social will be held at the old 3rd SFG(A) Rigger Shed at the corners of Canopy Lane and Yadkin Rd (entrance off Canopy Lane). Entry is $10 with draft beef and finger food included. There will be a cash bar and a food truck on site too. Call your friends and have them meet you so you can catch up on the latest! There will also be a raffle with lots "swag" to be given away. Come one, come all. Click here for the flyer.

The 2021 RHC Newsletter is now available!

12 Feb 21 - The RHC 2021 is hot off the presses and available HERE.  We have gone to a electronic format and ask that you please forward it to all of our Rigger friends and family.  If you would like to receive future electronic newsletters and other information about the RHC, please consider updating your personal information at the link below or by clicking HERE.

Red Hat Chapter Monthly Meetings

The Red Hat Chapter holds monthly meetings for Parachute Riggers (friends and family are always welcome) in an effort to promote camaraderie, instill esprit de corps, maintain tradition, and recognize excellence within the Rigger Community. Our monthly meetings are held at Elizabeth's Pizza at 2468 Hope Mills Rd, Fayetteville, NC (link to map) at 1200hrs on the third Saturday of each month. Come and join us!

​Upcoming Events

20 Aug 22 - ​Chapter Meeting - Has been cancelled due to COVID-19 protocols.
17 Sep 22 - ​Chapter Meeting - Stop by and visit with some old friends or make new ones.  See what the Red Hat Chapter is about.
21 Sep 22 - Rigger Social @ 1800hrs at the old 3rd SFG(A) Rigger shed off Canopy lane and Yadkin Rd. Click here for the flyer.
22 Sep 22 - the 2022 Rigger Ball will be taking place in Fayetteville, NC. If you can purchase a ticket in our supply room, they are still for sale. Click here for the flyer.
15 Oct 22 - Chapter Meeting - Please contact us and have one of your outstanding Soldiers recognized for Soldier of the Month, Packer of the Month, or anything else deemed worthy.

RHC Member Information Update

The RHC leadership is requesting that all current RHC members please update information on our Info Update Page.  This info should be updated annually or whenever there is a change.  Information is used to disseminate information like RHC Newsletters (look for one in a couple of months) and other information the leadership sees fit.  Click here to update your info.

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8 Jul 21 - We received a copy of Clipped Wings, from Anthony - the President of the Australian Air Dispatch Association (Aussie Riggers).  View their newsletter HERE.

30 Jun 22 - Parachute Riggers from the mighty ​82nd Airborne show you how to pack a main parachute. AATW! See the video here.

30 Jan 22 - Every year, about 15,000 students perform five jumps from a live aircraft before graduating from the United States Army’s Airborne School, each depending on a parachute to get them safely to the ground. We came across this video on YouTube, describing how the Parachute Riggers in the 1/507th, Ft. Benning GA, pack over 75,000 parachutes each and every year. View the YouTube video HERE.

12 Dec 21 - We received a copy of Clipped Wings, from Nick - the President of the Australian Air Dispatch Association (Riggers).  View their newsletter HERE.

12 Feb 21 - The RHC 2021 newsletter is hot off the presses and available HERE.  We have gone to a electronic format and ask that you please forward it to all of our Rigger friends and family.  If you would like to receive future electronic newsletters and other information about the RHC, please consider updating your personal information at the link below or by clicking HERE.

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