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Rangers train for parachuting into water

Two Army Rangers in training from Camp Frank D. Merrill float down into Lake Lanier during water landing training.

0509parachute4 — Two Army Rangers in training from Camp Frank D. Merrill float down into Lake Lanier during water landing training.

David Renner

Times regional staff

Updated: May 9, 2014, 3:38 AM

Published: May 9, 2014, 3:41 AM

It’s pretty hard to breathe underwater with a parachute on your head. That’s why Army Rangers practice, Capt. Thomas Shandy said. “The purpose of this (training exercise) is to practice the most dangerous type of landing, which is a water landing,” Shandy said.

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Where a new subdivision is being developed off Lake Lanier

Construction crews prepare new single-family homes and townhomes currently going up Wednesday, April 2, 2025, off Chestatee Rd. near Bolding Mill in Hall County at the new Falcon Landing subdivision. - photo by Scott Rogers

04032025 FALCON 2.jpg — Construction crews prepare new single-family homes and townhomes currently going up Wednesday, April 2, 2025, off Chestatee Rd. near Bolding Mill in Hall County at the new Falcon Landing subdivision. - photo by Scott Rogers

Jeff GillFollow @jeffgtimes

The Times

Updated: Apr 2, 2025, 6:39 PM

Published: Apr 2, 2025, 6:40 PM

A new housing development is springing up off the shores of Lake Lanier.

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