The 82nd’s soldiers gained fame in major battles of the World Wars, and have become the nation’s go-to troops for rapid deployments. The 82nd Airborne Division’s identity and culture are built around one thing: parachuting into combat. But the division was formed in 1917, a quarter-of-a-century before there was such …
WASHINGTON (AP) — It was another week at war in Afghanistan, another string of American casualties, and another collective shrug by a nation weary of a faraway conflict whose hallmark is its grinding inconclusiveness. After nearly 11 years, many by now have grown numb to the sting of losing soldiers …
Army Specialist Harley Young, a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, greets a child while on patrol June 27 in Ghazni Province. via Growing Up Too Fast | Battleland | TIME.com.
A U.S. paratrooper from the 82nd Airborne’s 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment – the storied “Devils in Baggy Pants” (so-called in a German officer’s diary entry at Anzio) — jumps across an irrigation ditch on the edge of a village in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province last week. After-action report says he made …
A paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team uses a Handheld Interagency Identity Detection Equipment — HIIDE — to scan the iris of a villager May 29 in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. The system stores unique information — kind of like fingerprints — that the U.S. military uses …
A paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team provides security to fellow paratroopers and Afghan National Security Forces following a May 17 firefight in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. The fields surrounding nearby Combat Outpost Giro remain a haven for insurgents. via “Got Ya Covered…” | Battleland | TIME.com.
An Afghan soldier directs fellow troops May 17 during a firefight near Combat Outpost Giro in Ghanzi province, Afghanistan, while a U.S. paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division fires on insurgent positions. The 82nd’s 1st Brigade Combat Team has been in Ghazni since March to help protect Highway 1, a …
A paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team heads into an Afghan village at dawn in Ghazni province. That’s an IED jammer, among other gear, sprouting from his back. via Humpin’ It…And Jammin’ It… | Battleland | TIME.com.