Story by Staff Sgt. Adam Keith | 82nd Airborne Division Sustainment Brigade | 05.26.2015
Standing on Fort Bragg’s Sicily Drop Zone, Col. Mark Collins took the lead and removed his Army patrol cap and replaced it with a maroon beret. Behind him, a formation of 82nd Sustainment Brigade Soldiers followed suit. Their shoulder sleeve insignias were replaced earlier that day, removed and switched for the iconic “double A” and airborne tab of the 82nd Airborne Division, May 21, 2015....
Story by Staff Sgt. Jason Hull | 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division | 05.22.2015
Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division put a new twist on their grand finale for All American Week, by combining the Review Ceremony with a joint forcible entry demonstration at Sicily Drop Zone, on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, May 21, 2015....
Story by Staff Sgt. Jason Hull | 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division | 05.22.2015
“Make no mistake about it: All American Week is the focus,” said Maj. J. M. Phillips, an infantry officer assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, and one of the planners for All American Week 2015. “We’re celebrating everything in the 82nd Abn. Div. that is ‘Past, Present, and Future,’ and that is a big deal.”...
Story by Sgt. Eliverto Larios | 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division | 05.21.2015
There was a knock on the door. Only a few friends knew she was home for the weekend. Just a few months earlier someone had come by selling magazine subscriptions for a high school project, but today the knock was different....
Story by Sgt. Eliverto Larios | 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division | 05.21.2015
It was barely sunrise but the humidity felt like it had already reached its peak. A loud bang and a thick cloud of smoke from the howitzers filled the air. As the sun rose over the eastern skyline, it shone upon an endless wave of 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers. Although they had just started their trek, the humid air had already covered some of their faces with beads of sweat. It was......
