Paratroopers descend into Lake Okeechobee for rare water jump opportunity
Soldiers from the 478th Comm detail provide wind conditions communication from a boat in Lake Okeechobee to the C-130 aircraft carrying U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 478th Civil Affairs Battalion, and paratroopers assigned to the British 4th Battalion, as they conduct land and water airborne operations during Lagoon Leap 2025, in Homestead Air Base and a Deliberate Water Jump into Lake Okeechobee Fla., May 14-16th, 2025. (U.S. Army Photo by Mark Rankin)