By By Mike Zlotnicki, McClatchy Newspapers
JORDAN LAKE, N.C. (MCT) - Four women jumped out of an airplane 3,000 feet over Jordan Lake earlier this month. The jump - performed by members of the Golden Knights, the U.S. Army women's parachute team - kicked off the third annual Warriors on the Water military appreciation bass tournament, where local and national bass fishermen, about 175 strong, hosted military personnel for a day on the water.
A flock of cormorants did a fly-by before the jumpers landed on four different bass boats, hitting circular targets the size of dinner plates on the casting decks.
"Gentlemen, remove your headgear," was the...