Objective To explore the health-related behaviors and the influencing factors in a parachutist troop. Method A random sample of 1 300 army men was subjected by using the cluster sampling method. The self-reported questionnaires on daily life behaviors

personal hygiene behaviors

and the behaviors of keeping away from dangers were surveyed. Results The rate of smoking was 42.0%. The smoking behavior was related to the degree of education and service time. The rate of drinking was 77.0% and related to the area of city or town where the participants lived before. There were 83.3% of them having the behavior of physical exercise

and 11.9% being overweight. But 37.4% of them failed to have the behavior of wearing safety belts during driving

and 67.7%

45.6% and 81.0% of them had a poor knowledge of fire prevention

open field survival and life rescue respectively. Conclusion This group of parachutists has a good behavior of physical exercise

and very low overweight rate. But other health behaviors situations is not so good

and the behaviors of keeping away from dangers is the poorest.