Story by Sgt. Michelle Blesam | 49th Public Affairs Detachment | 05.24.2018
FORT BRAGG, N.C. – “Hard Rock Five Two, this is Two Four One. Send nine-line when ready.” The radio transmission for close air support resonates over the grassy field as Paratroopers in the sky above prepared for the green light to jump. As the fighter jets depart, the narrator directs all attention to the northeastern horizon....
Story by Airman 1st Class Megan Beatty | Joint Base Charleston | 05.25.2017
The 437th Airlift Wing executed a Large Formation Exercise with 21 C-17 Globemaster III aircraft to complete a joint forcible entry airdrop with the 82nd Airborne Division at Pope Army Air Field, North Carolina, May 25....
Story by Staff Sgt. Elvis Umanzor | 49th Public Affairs Detachment | 05.22.2017
Paratroopers throughout the 82nd Airborne Division represented their battalions in a soccer tournament during All American Week 100 at Towle Stadium, Fort Bragg, N.C., May 22, 2017....
Story by Staff Sgt. Adam Keith | 82nd Airborne Division Sustainment Brigade | 05.25.2016
FORT BRAGG, N.C. – Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division went head-to-head during the All American Week 2016 Combatives Tournament finals at the Ritz-Epps Physical Fitness Center on Fort Bragg, N.C., May 25....
Story by Staff Sgt. Adam Keith | 82nd Airborne Division Sustainment Brigade | 05.24.2016
Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division went head-to-head during the All American Week 2016 Combatives Tournament at the Ritz-Epps Physical Fitness Center on Fort Bragg, N.C., May 24....
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Alexander Burnett | 82nd Airborne Division | 05.24.2016
FORT BRAGG, N.C. - All American Week is steeped in tradition for past and present Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division. In the four days leading up to Memorial Day weekend, Fort Bragg is home to visiting veterans, regimental rivalries and a celebration of all things Airborne. However, this year the Division is starting a new tradition in the form of a Combat Fitness Test....
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Alexander Burnett | 82nd Airborne Division | 05.23.2016
The 82nd Airborne Division kicked off All American Week 2016 with a four-mile Division Run at Fort Bragg, N.C., May 23.
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......
