325th Airborne Infantry Regiment

Command Sgt. Maj. Jack Love (left), then a first sergeant of A Company, 2nd Battalion 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, breaches a courtyard door during an operation in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom III, i More

Spc. Zachry King (right), of Jacksonville, Fla., a team leader with with B Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, tries not to interrupt an ol More

Omaha, Neb., native Pfc. Brett Nissen of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, pulls security beneath a post decorated with colorful banner More

Bridgewater, Iowa, native Staff Sgt. Aaron McCurdy of B Troop, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, attracts a following of local kids while out on a More

Marquette, Neb. native Sgt. Tyson Regier, of B Troop, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd BCT, 82nd Airborne Division, poses with members of the Iraqi National Police prior to a joint patrol in More

Pfc. Daniel Adam Cash, a Jacksonville, Fla., native, Spc. Brent Rowland, of Tennessee, and Sgt. Samuel Johnston, a Sacramento, Calif., native, all with Company B, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment More

Sgt. 1st Class Steven Llacuna, front; who hails from Orlando; Fla.; and Sgt. Jordan Bond; conduct a foot patrol through a section of Baghdad's Ur neighborhood Feb. 24. Llacuna serves as a platoon sergeant with More

From left, 1st Lt. Jonathan St. John, a platoon leader from Aniston, Ala., Spc. Nathaniel Bankston, a S.A.W. gunner from Orlando, Fla., and Sgt. Paul Williams, a team leader from Baltimore, Md., enter a compoun More

A Paratrooper with 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, works his way up a rope obstacle while competing in the Team Assault obstacle course during t More

A paratrooper with D Company, 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team loads a round into a .50 caliber machine gun while a gunner waits to fire during 1/325th AIR's machine gun More

A WWII veteran of the former 325th Glider Infantry Regiment salutes a candle in memoriam of fallen soldiers at the final 325th GIR reunion in Charlotte, N.C., Sept. 25. Five 2BCT Paratroopers attended the event More

Command Sgt. Maj. Brian Meyers peers at the assembling paratroopers before his change of responsibility ceremony, Sept. 24. Meyers proudly relinquished his position as the 2nd Brigade Combat Team's senior enlis More

Sgt. Stephan Segars, and infantryman with Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, calls in a 9 line medical evacuation request during the patrol lane of the Expert Infa More

A Paratrooper with B. Company, 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, keeps a lookout for the enemy during an air assault training mission, Nov. 18. So More

Spc. Levi Hockersmith, 29, an infantryman with 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, is awared the Purple Heart by Col. Timothy McAteer, commander, 2BCT, during a ceremony he More

Sgt. Matthew Caron, an infantryman with Headquarters Co., 3rd Infantry Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, holds a 9mm round magazine in his hand as his truc More

Brig. Gen. Hamid Malik Jarad, Iraqi police commander of the Abu Risha Brigade, had lunch with Lt. Col. Chuck Masaracchia, commander of 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brig More

Cory Ballentine, a forward observer with B Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, pulls security outside of an Iraqi police station in Haqlaniyah in Iraq's Anba More

Cory Ballentine, a forward observer with B Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, pulls security outside of an Iraqi police station in Haqlaniyah in Iraq's Anba More

Pfc. Karl Baer, a medic with the 194th Military Police Company and Phoenix native, treats the "injuries" of a fellow soldier inside an armored vehicle, following a simulated attack on a convoy at Camp Ramadi, I More

Brig. Gen. Hamid Malik Jarad (seated), commander of the Iraqi police Abu Risha Brigade, invited Lt. Col. Chuck Masaracchia, commander of the 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assis More

Capt. Scott Hinz, commander of the 2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division's C Company, 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, explains the aircraft's direction of flight to a 1st Iraqi Army Division lieu More

Sgt. Karoll Echeverri, a petroleum fuel specialist with the 2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division’s E Company, 407th Brigade Support Battalion, shows Iraqi soldiers how to check fuel to ensure it is safe for use More

Camp Fallujah has an important place in the history of U.S. military operations in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom, and now Operation New Dawn. What was once a hotbed of extremist violence, murder, and dail More

Lit by the flames of a small fire, Lt. Jon Voss (right), platoon leader, B Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, speaks to local Iraqi men during a patrol in the city of Baghdad, Oct. 23. Wi More

Col. Sa'di Aftan al Dulaimi, deputy logistics officer for the Anbar Operations Command, signs the necessary documents returning the Anbar Operations Command to the government of Iraq from B Company, 1st Battali More

Pfc. Yuriy Lashchuk, born in Krivoy-Rog, Ukraine, raised his right hand and repeated the Oath of Allegiance to become an American citizen, during a naturalization ceremony at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Nov. 9. An in More

Lt. Ken Pitts, a platoon leader assigned to D Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, dismounts his armored vehicle along a highway in Baghdad on Nov. 18. More

Col. Tim McAteer (right) commander of 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, inducts U.S. Congressman Chris Gibson into the distinguished member of the 325th Airborne Regiment at the 2nd Battalion, 32 More

A Jumpmaster with 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, inspects a paratrooper's parachute harness prior to airborne operations on Fort Bragg, N.C., A More

Pfc. Michael Galloway, an infantryman assigned to A Company, 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, fires his M4 carbine through a doorway during the S More

Candidates for the Expert Infantryman's Badge with 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division test their skills at land navigation as part of the qualificat More

Candidates for the Expert Infantryman's Badge with 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division test their skills at land navigation as part of the qualificat More

Staff Sgt. Edward Price, left, encourages his wife, Jennifer, while she does pushups as part of G.I. Jane Day on May 23. The event gave the wives of paratroopers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infant More

Pfc. Mike D. Parmelee, a paratrooper assigned to C Company, 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, stands for a photo after being interviewed about saving a woman from a burnin More

Pfc. Jhonathan Zapata, an infantryman assigned to C Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, became a U.S. citizen during a naturalization cerem More

Brig. Gen. Charles Flynn (right), special assistant to the commanding general, United States Army Forces Command, passes the Brigade colors to Col. Patrick J. Hynes, during a change of command ceremony July 12. More

Paratroopers assigned to C Company, 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, conducted a platoon-size raid on a training site on Fort Bragg, N.C., Aug. 3 More

A paratrooper takes a knee and pulls security in a doorway of a mock village on Aug. 23 during the Brigade’s week-long field training exercise. Soldiers assigned to C Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infa More

Sgt. Jesus Fernandez, a forward observer assigned to 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, walks along a trail during the land navigation portion of t More

Capt. Kevin Bernhardt demonstrates a primary jumpmaster’s actions inside an aircraft in a mockup of a C-130 Hercules aircraft during a Joint Operational Access Demonstration, Jan. 11. Senior leaders of foreign More

The 82nd Airborne Division All-American Chorus sings "God Bless the USA" during the Carolina Hurricanes' 11th Annual Military Appreciation Day hockey game at PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C., March 16. The Hurricanes More

Paratroopers of the 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, conduct the Army Physical Fitness Test during Expert Infantryman Badge testing at Pike Field More

Members of the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, “White Falcons,” attended the David E. Hickman Plaza Naming and Dedication Ceremony in Greensboro More

U.S. Army paratroopers with the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, provide over-watch and fire support during training at Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 9 More

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter lowers an M119A3 howitzer to the ground during 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment’s two-gun raid on Fort Bragg, N.C., March 19. The Black Falcons demonstrated thei More

Lt. Col. Kenneth J. Burgess, commander of the 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, discusses ongoing operations with paratroopers of the British Army More

Paratroopers of the British army’s 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment maneuver between buildings as part of a noncombatant evacuation operation during a field training exercise on Fort Bragg, N.C., Aug. 9. Th More

Anthony Crain, a new equipment instructor with the Program Executive Office Soldier, demonstrates the assembly of the plate carrier system to paratroopers with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Divisio More

A paratrooper assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, performs push-ups during the Army Physical Fitness Test for Expert Infantry Badge More

A paratrooper assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division plots points on his map during the land navigation event for Expert Infantry Badge testing on Fort Bragg, N.C., Nov. 17, 2014. The 2nd Battalion, 325th Airbo More

Staff Sgt. Mark O. Miller, an infantryman assigned to 2nd Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, demonstrates proper function of the AT4 antitank weapon d More

Capt. Jonathan Pechon, the commanding officer of C Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, conducts pre-combat checks and pre-combat inspections of his equipment during More

Capt. Derrick Hunter, the commander of C Company, 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, threads a needle during the Brigade’s metacognitive physical t More

A paratrooper from the 82nd Airborne Division smiles after receiving the Expert Infantryman Badge on Fort Bragg, N.C., Nov. 21, 2014. The 2nd Brigade Combat Team hosted EIB testing this week for candidates to p More

A paratrooper assigned to the 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, drives a Light Tactical All Terrain Vehicle through a familiarization course on Fort Bragg, N.C., Ja More

Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division conduct an airfield seizure during Operation Steel Box 2 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, Feb. 23, 2015. The operation validated the Brigade’s chemical and biological More

A paratrooper from the 127th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, provides security during an airfield seizure during Operation Steel Box 2 at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., Feb More

A paratrooper assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, runs for cover during a simulated mined wire obstacle breach during the Infantry Platoon Battle Course on Fort Pickett, Va., Feb. 2 More

Pvt. Brandon C. Casella, a combat engineer assigned to the 37th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, provides engineer support for the 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infan More

Staff Sgt. Theodore Guinn, a paratrooper assigned to 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, maneuvers through the obstacle course at the division’s Pre More

Paratroopers assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division and the British 16 Air Assault Brigade conduct mock door drills at Green Ramp on Pope Army Airfield, N.C., March 17, 2015. The jump c More

A paratrooper assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division explains the functions of the MK 19 40mm machine gun to paratroopers from the Briti More

Paratroopers from the British 16 Air Assault Brigade watch as a jumpmaster assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division demonstrates the proper folding of an aviator kit bag on Pope Army Airfield, N.C., March 24, 201 More

Spc. Ricardo Velazquez, a paratrooper assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, makes adjustments to his M224 60 mm mortar during Combined More

Paratroopers of the British 16 Air Assault Brigade conduct a large-scale attack on an enemy stronghold as the culminating event for Combined Joint Operational Access Exercise 15-01 on Fort Bragg, N.C., April 18 More

Pvt. Andrew Lester, a paratrooper assigned to the British 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, conducts an assault on an enemy stronghold as the culminating event for Combined Joint Operational Access Exercis More

Senior Airman Kamryn Dungy, an Airman stationed at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, delivers a punch to the body of Lance Cpl. Tyler Johnson, a paratrooper assigned to 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment, during a p More

Pvt. Tom Barry, in blue, a paratrooper assigned to 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment, battles Cpl. James Kanal, a paratrooper assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, during the International Paratrooper Braw More

Col. Joseph Ryan, commander of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, participates in aircraft mock door rehearsals at Pope Army Airfield, N.C., in preparation for Joint Forcible Entry-Vulnerabili More

Long range surveillance selection candidates participate in the push-up event of a qualifying Ranger Physical Fitness Test, June 22 at Fort Bragg, N.C. The RPFT consisted of push-up and sit-up testing using the More

Pfc. Nick Day, an infantryman assigned to C Company, 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, grimaces during the chin-up event of a qualifying Ranger Ph More

Capt. Virgil Barnard, 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, briefs Secretary of Defense Ash Carter on the capabilities of the Polaris MRZR-4 Light Tac More

Spc. Jose Alos and Pvt. Brandon Orr, both infantrymen assigned to the 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, provide security from a window during a bl More

Paratroopers assigned to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division perform mock door rehearsals at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., in preparation for a joint forcible entry operation for Operation Dragon More

Ultra-lightweight combat vehicles bearing paratroopers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, prepare for a tactical movement across th More

Capt. Casey Bell, an observer-controller-trainer and operations officer, watches as paratroopers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, More

Paratroopers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, conduct a tactical logistics convoy across the desert at the National Training Cent More

Spc. Robert McCaughey, an infantryman assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, awaits the start of a combined arms live fire exercise nea More

Paratroopers assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, breach a mined wire obstacle during a combined arms live fire exercise near White S More

Pfc. Charlie W. Hibbs III, an infantryman assigned to 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, fires an M240L machine gun during the Battalion's machine More

U.S. Army Paratroopers, from various units at Fort Bragg, participate in static line airborne operations during the Saturday Proficiency Jump Program (SPJP) at Sicily Drop Zone, Fort Bragg, N.C., Feb. 20, 2016. More

U.S. Army Paratroopers of the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, clear a building during a blank iteration of a platoon live-fire exercise on Fort More

U.S. Army Paratroopers of the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division and the 3rd Royal Canadian Regiment practice rappeling during the train up for the More

U.S. Army Spc. Ivan Cruz, a culinary specialist, assigned to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, cooks dinner out of a Force Provider kitchen near Keramlais, Iraq, Jan. 28, More

Paratroopers of the 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, hold a ceremony to don 82nd Abn. Div. "combat patches" in Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 30, 2017.

Paratroopers of the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, wait to meet U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander of Combined Joint Task Force-Ope More

Children wait at a processing station for internally displaced people prior to being transported to refugee camps near Mosul, Iraq, Mar. 02, 2017. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Alex Manne)

U.S. Army Cpl. Cody Bee, assigned to 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, instructs a Spanish army trainer during M320-A1 grenade launcher proficiency training a More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. David Jones, an infantryman assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, instructs Paratroopers on urban combat tactics More

An 82nd Airborne Division Artillery armorer prepares an M4 carbine for issue to Paratroopers destined for Colombia on January 23, 2020 at Fort Bragg, N.C. The Paratroopers are going to Colombia to take part in More

Colombian Army Maj. Gen. Pablo Alfonso Bonilla Vásquez briefs U.S. and Colombian Paratroopers during a U.S. Southern Command Dynamic Force Exercise on January 24, 2020 in Tolemaida, Colombia.

Leaders from the Colombian Army prepare Colombian Jump Wings for presentation to Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division during a Wing Exchange Ceremony in Tolemaida, Colombia, January 27, 2020.

Soldier's assigned to 2nd Battalion, 325th airborne infantry regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd airborne division get instuctions about there air assault training in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, March 12, More

Leaders from across the 82nd Airborne Division conduct combat focused physical fitness training during the All American Commander's Conference at Fort Bragg, N.C., September 2, 2020. The Commander's Conference More

Spc. Jackson Walton, left, a mortarman assigned to A Company, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, and Spc. Timothy Priester, an infantryman assigned to D Company, 1st Bat More

Command Sgt. Maj. Jack Love (center), then a first sergeant of A Company, 2nd Battalion 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, speaks to two of his paratroopers following an operation in support of Operation Iraqi F More

Nashville, Mich., native Spc. Chase Walden, a team leader with 1st Platoon, Company Alpha, 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, pulls security inside a guard tower of the Joint Security Station (JSS More

Omaha, Neb., native Pfc. Brett Nissen of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, pulls security beneath a post decorated with colorful banner More

New York City native Staff Sgt. Dave Gurba of B Troop, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, answers questions about the U.S. from a couple of neighbo More