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What does PR stand for?

Parachute Rigger (USN Rating; obsolete)


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Samples in periodicals archive:
The Steripen is used as an instructional tool at two US Air Force Sere (Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape) schools and is listed in the US Navy Parachute Riggers manual and the Soasi (State-Of-the-Art Survival Item) programme.
Problem: Parachute riggers are cited in too many HMRs, and risk assessments on the ALSS gear often come out coded as a 1E.
Among the veterans was 87-year-old Pat Murray, a woman Marine who was a parachute rigger during World War II.
Women were assigned to shore positions such as clerks, parachute riggers and storekeepers.
We are also pleased to announce that BRS parachute rigger John Koch has received FAA certification as a Parachute Master Rigger.
Being a parachute rigger, I don't have the jet work that the other shops face, but my shop more than makes up for it with our work on aircrew gear.
A parachute rigger with 14 years in the Navy, he says this instilled confidence in the aviators for whom he rigged chutes, as well as confidence in his own abilities.
This Starlifter left McChord, lined up with a refueling plane and went to the south Pacific with an enlarged crew that included three extra pilots, six loadmasters, a parachute rigger and flight surgeon.

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