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We Go Where You Go! - (03-04-2010)
In a pasture inside Foward Operating Base Falcon of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Di... (4 images)
Big Kenny Tours 2nd Brigade Comb... - (03-04-2010)
Big Kenny, of the country music duo Big and Rich, autographs an 82nd Airborne Division flag for P... (7 images)
Haitians Go Back to Work Weeks A... - (02-27-2010)
Charlotte Germain, a seamstress in Port-au-Prince, poses for a picture while working in her shop,... (8 images)
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of ... - (02-26-2010)
Lt. Col. Keith Pellegrini, commander of 2nd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat ... (12 images)
Fusion Project - (02-26-2010)
Representatives from various non-government humanitarian and disaster relief organizations and me... (2 images)


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News Stories

Fusion Project
Imagine this: An entrepreneur wants to start a new corporation, so he employs 100 people. To each person he gives a separate task. To one individual he gives all the communications equipment, to another he gives all the marketing tools, another all the inventory, to another all the advertising, etc. The owner then sends these individuals out across the globe. Now what would happen if these individuals never spoke to one another? This new business would never get off the ground. To be successful, these separate entities would need to constantly communicate and share resources to be successful.
(03/3/10)

Return to normalcy: Haitians go back to work weeks after disaster
Locals sit by their stands, filled with everything from rice, to cigarettes, to Revlon lipstick. Men carry enormous bags of fruits and vegetables on their heads, zigzagging through the maze that makes up the "orange market." It was dubbed this by the U.S. soldiers in the area because of the massive amount of oranges that lay in piles by the side of the road, waiting to be peeled by Haitian women, stuffed into plastic bags, and sold to locals as they walk the streets.
(02/28/10)

Twenty-four 2nd Brigade Combat Team Paratroopers raise their right hands – again
Twenty-four Paratroopers stood at the position of attention in the courtyard of the United States Embassy in Port-au-Prince, donning their maroon berets for the first time since leaving Fort Bragg over a month ago. They gathered here to swear to further serve the U.S. Army, by raising their right hand for a second – or third – time, and re-enlisting.
(02/25/10)

'Sending them away with God': 2nd Brigade Combat Team chaplain joins Haitians in worship
More than one hundred locals, wearing their Sunday best, sit on wooden pews in a dilapidated building, while gaping holes in the stone walls let in the morning light. The people reach their hands toward the red, white and blue tarps that make up the roof of the structure, their eyes closed, lost in prayer.
(02/21/10)

Italians take the lead in rubble removal mission on the streets of Port-au-Prince
Buildings lean dangerously, looming over soldiers in the street below attempting to remove mounds of debris, the remains of structures that have already crumbled. As a tractor fills its bucket with a new load of fragmented concrete, it snags a downed power line, causing loose bricks to fall from the structure above. This scene is evidence of why the engineering mission here is so important.
(02/17/10)



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Bright Star at Fort Bragg
Package of paratroopers from Kuwait, Pakistan, Germany and Egypt arriving at the multi-national training exercise called Bright Star. Produced by Spc. Tony McCaslin. (10/7/09)

Bright Star Friendship Jump
B-roll of the 82nd Airborne Division, 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment teaming up with Egyptian forces for a friendship jump out of a C-17 with a German jumpmaster. Produced by Spc. Tony McCaslin (10/5/09)

2009 Crossing of the Waal Ceremony
B-roll of combat engineers from the 82nd Airborne Division commemorating the 65th anniversary of the famous crossing of the Waal River during World War II by competing in a relay boat race around McKellar Lake. Produced by Sgt. Caleb Barrieau (09/28/09)

Paratrooper Diaries: PV2 Thomas
Package of Private 2nd Class Brandon Thomas telling his story about the Combined Arms Training that he and his company went through twice with blank rounds and once with live rounds. Produced by Spc. Tony McCaslin. (09/23/09)

2-325 Live Fire STX
B-roll of the 82nd Airborne Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team's 2nd Battalion 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment performing combined arms training, twice with blank rounds and once with live rounds. Scenes include Soldiers in the woods, in a mock urban area and firing rounds at targets. Produced by Spc. Tony McCaslin. (09/22/09)



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Pfc. Carbone
Talks to a WOBM-AM reporter in Bayville, N.J., about the improvement he has seen in the lifestyles of the Iraqis in the sector where he is working, his plans when he returns home and sends greetings to his family.



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