Video package illustrating Paratroopers deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve and assigned to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, conducting their advise and assist mission to the Iraqi security forces partners fighting for the military defeat of ISIS in Iraq. Col. Pat Work, commander of 2nd BCT, 82nd Abn. Div., provides an update to Paratroopers, families, and friends of the brigade. The 2nd BCT, 82nd Abn. Div. enables their ISF partners through the advise and assist mission, contributing planning, intelligence collection and analysis, force protection, and precision fires to achieve the military defeat of ISIS. CJTF-OIR is the global Coalition to defeat ISIS in Iraq and Syria. (U.S....
Msg. Cooke, father, and Cpl. Cooke, son, conducted an airborne operation together. The airborne operation was the 100th jump for Msg. Cooke and the first jump in the 82nd Abn. Div. for Cpl. Cooke.
Spc. Tracobie Jordan hesitated only a moment for a deep breath before flinging his aching body into the mud and wet sand. The engineer began to use his arms to pull and his legs to push through the gritty muck, attempting to balance rapid movement with keeping as low to the ground as possible. The sludge splashed around him as he worked, creeping forward beneath the low-strung wire. It leapt onto his face, mingling with the sweat and grime...
