Showing posts with label Airborne. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Airborne. Show all posts

2024/08/26

82nd Airborne Division — #MotivationMonday

“The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on." - Gen. Ulysses S. Grant

2021/05/10

Paratroopers jump into Estonia during ‘complex but awesome’ nighttime drill

Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division dropped into Estonia early Saturday during an exercise meant to test and strengthen their ability to communicate and cooperate with each other and their allies.

2017/04/30

1LT Lee was killed in Iraq

It is with a very heavy heart that we announce the death of 1LT Weston Lee, a platoon leader in Red Falcons, 1-325 Infantry in 2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division.

2017/04/20

Saber Junction 14

SkySoldiers from 4th Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment conduct training exercises during Saber Junction 14 at the JMRC in Hohenfels, Germany.

2017/04/19

Arnhem 1944: The Airborne Battle by Martin Middlebrook

Arnhem was Montgomery's uncharacteristic gamble to shorten the war in Europe.

Villafranca Air Base

#SkySoldiers assigned to the 173rd Brigade Support Battalion and Italian Army Paratroopers prepare to board a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules from the 86th Air Wing at Villafranca Air Base (3rd Wing) in Italy. This was in preparation for airborne operations onto Juliet Drop Zone in Pordenone, Italy.

11e brigade parachutiste

54th Brigade Engineer Battalion - #Airborne

#SkySoldiers from 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion - Airborne and 4th Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, as well as French paratroopers from the 35th Parachute Artillery Regiment, 11th Parachute Brigade, performed an airborne operation as part of Exercise Colibri in Tarbes, France.

2017/04/18

#Airborne #Jump #Training

Last week, #SkySoldiers from 4th Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment jumped from a C-130 Hercules at the 7th Army Training Command Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany.

2017/04/17

The Devil Brigade

The Devil Brigade, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, recently completed a rotation as the Nation's Global Response Force (GRF).

M551 Sheridans LAPES. Airborne Tankers

Chinese 15th Airborne Corps - History

The 15th Airborne Corps, or army, traces its lineage to its establishment in 1949 when the Ninth Column was reorganized and redesignated the 15th Corps.

#SkySoldiers load into a C-130

SkySoldiers load into a C-130 to leave for Saber Junction 16 at Aviano Air Base in Aviano, Italy. Paratroopers were off to Hohenfels, Germany for a combined operation with participating Allied and partner nations.

2017/04/16

#SkySoldiers

#SkySoldiers assigned to 4th Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment conduct a training jump during an airborne operation at the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany.

2017/04/06

6 April 1972: The 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile)'s colors return to Fort Campbell

The 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile)'s colors return to Fort Campbell, Kentucky signaling the completion of its redeployment from Vietnam.

2017/04/03

Century of the All American Division

The year 2017 is our centennial and all year long we're honoring our Century of Service.