82nd Abn. Div. Paratroopers fire into combat readiness exercise

Photo By Sgt. 1st Class Elvis Umanzor | Spc. Roy Wetter, a Paratrooper with Company C, 2nd Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, checks the functions of a laser target locator during the 1st Sgt. Funk 82nd Eight Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise on Fort Bragg, N.C., May 1, 2017, to test the unit’s combat readiness. The exercise included a short notice alert to assemble and perform equipment checks, carry a litter and water can to a range, fire at targets during a stress shoot and perform maintenance inspections. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Elvis Umanzor)  

FORT BRAGG, NC, UNITED STATES

05.01.2017

Story by Staff Sgt. Elvis Umanzor 

49th Public Affairs Detachment   

Paratroopers with Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, participated in the 1st Sgt. Funk 82nd Eight Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise on Fort Bragg, N.C., May 1, 2017. The combat readiness exercise evaluated the unit’s ability to react to an alert, assemble, and conduct soldier readiness tasks at a moment’s notice. Some tasks included a team litter and water can carry to a training site where troopers engaged targets during a stress shoot, and concluded with a maintenance layout and inspection.

• Date Taken: 05.01.2017
• Date Posted: 05.04.2017 11:48
• Story ID: 232563
• Location: FORT BRAGG, NC, US