 First Lieutenant Samuel Morel, Battalion Air Operations Officer for 1st Battalion 503rd of the 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team Airborne, stationed in Vicenza, Italy. Today we conducted basic airborne refresher training using 7th ATC's Airborne Refresher Trainer. Basic airborne refresher training is a requirement for all jumpers without a lapse in currency. We covered how to properly rig combat equipment and air items, how to conduct parachute landing falls, how to properly size, fit and don the parachute equipment, as well as a demonstration and practical exercise in actions in the aircraft, actions in the air, and how to conduct parachute landing falls. In order for paratroopers to maintain their proficiency and understanding of how to properly be involved in an airborne operation, it's a requirement that they conduct basic airborne refresher as needed. Due to COVID-19, we've had to implement several safeguards in order to protect paratroopers' health, specifically wearing masks when in contact with each other, wearing gloves as much as possible to avoid touching common items of equipment so the instructors and students wear gloves throughout the exercise, and then making sure that we have hand sanitizer and social distancing in place to make sure that soldiers are protected.