The Army put fitness trackers on paratroopers in Alaska to fine-tune its training

The Army put fitness trackers on paratroopers in Alaska to fine-tune its training
Rob Verger
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The study includes around 900 paratroopers in the Spartan brigade.
The airborne Army brigade known as the Spartans is based in Anchorage, Alaska. “We jump out of pretty much anything that flies,” says Phil Rank, chief warrant officer with the light infantry brigade. “If it can get in the air, we can get out of it.”
Being a paratrooper in the Army and jumping out of perfectly good airplanes carries with it its own stressors, but the unit’s northern location adds an extra layer. “We don’t have the consistency of light like you do in the lower 48,” Rank observes. “We go through extreme periods of daylight, and extreme periods of darkness.”

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