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To be eligible for the Master Parachutist Badge, an individual must have been rated excellent in character and efficiency and have met the following requirements:
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To be eligible for the Senior Parachutist Badge, an individual must have been rated excellent in character and efficiency and have met the following requirements:
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By the end of the course, a student will have completed five jumps in varying jump configurations, from a "no load" jump all the way to a full combat load jump at night. To graduate, a student must complete the three-phase course consisting of a ground phase, a tower phase, and a jump phase. To be eligible for award of the basic Parachutist Badge, an individual must have completed the Basic Airborne Course of the Airborne School of the United States Army Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia. The airborne background trimming that is worn behind the badge of those assigned to airborne units is also a contribution of William P. LTG Yarborough also designed the Senior and Master Parachutist Badges and the addition of stars to portray the number of combat jumps.
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The Parachutist Badge replaced the "Parachutist Patch" which had previously been worn as a large patch on the side of a paratrooper's garrison cap. Yarborough and approved by the Department of War in March of that year. The original Army Parachutist Badge was designed in 1941 by Captain (later Lieutenant General) William P.