FORT BENNING, Ga. – Fort Benning, birthplace of America’s Airborne, hosts an annual gathering of former paratroopers April 4 through 6, with events that included a parachute jump from a World War II transport p More
A U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules prepares to drop U.S. Army Soldiers over the historic La Fiere drop zone near Sainte Mere Eglise, Normandy, France, June 7, 2015, to commemorate the 71st Anniversary of D- More
The men of the 555th Parachute Infantry Regiment march in the New York City Victory Parade on January 12, 1946. Maj. Gen. Jim Gavin ensured the “Triple Nickles” not only marched in the parade, but wore the ins More
Looking back to a moment at Fort Bragg, NC thirty years ago when PFC John Hall holds his daughter Savannah. Hall is now the public affairs officer for the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Vicenza, Italy and his daugh More
U.S. Soldiers attend a memorial ceremony for Pfc. Charles DeGlopper, a paratrooper who died on D-Day during World War II on June 5, 2015, Normandy, France. More than 380 service members from Europe and affiliat More
Command Sgt. Maj. Frank C. Luedtke, Jr., the 82nd Airborne Division’s Fires sergeant major, gives unit patches to local children May 31 in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France.This year marks the 74th anniversary of Oper More
Soldiers assigned to the historic 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment pose for a picture after a ceremony. The worst misdrop on D-Day happened to the Soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regime More
U.S. Army veteran Sgt. 1st Class Richard Yates, center right, of the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, talks to U.S. Army paratrooper Brig. Gen. Brian Winski the 82nd Airborne Division More
Dutch re-enactors playing 82nd Airborne Division Paratroopers load into a boat on the Waal River in Nijmegen, The Netherlands as part of a Waal River Crossing re-enactment on September 20, 2019. This re-enactme More
Allied service members and locals of Normandy gather at Omaha Beach National Guard monument to pay respect to veterans who served during World War II June 5, 2015, Normandy, France. More than 380 service member More
The 1st Armored Division Band, Fort Bliss, Texas, played the Army Song, the MP Regimental March as well as the National Anthem at the Change of Command and Change of Responsibility for 93D Military Police Batta More
On June 3, 2015, the town of Carentan, France, hosted service members of the Joint Task Force D-Day 71. The day included a tour of the town hall and historic sites such as the Angoville Au Plain church where tw More
Paratroopers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division pose for a photo with a Dutch child prior to a ceremony at the John Thompson Bridge in More
A sandtable of the events of D-Day overlooks Omaha Beach. Service Members of Joint Task Force D-Day 71 visited historic D-Day sites June 2, 2015, as part of the events to commemorate the 71st anniversary, one o More
U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Darryl Roberson, 3rd Air Force commander, delivers a speech during a World War II commemoration June 4, 2015, in Picauville, France. Picauville hosted the memorial commemoration to hono More
World War II re-enactors make final preparation to drive their Sherman tank to a ceremony June 4, 2015, to commemorate the U.S. Army’s efforts to liberate Montebourg, France, after the D-Day landings. More tha More
TORUN, Poland – Spc. Stephen Hill, medic with 557th Area Support Medical Company, briefs Polish medical providers from 1st Army Field Hospital, 10th Military Hospital on items of his medic pack at LSA Viper on More
Allied leaders salute the memorial of fallen U.S. service members at the Picauville 9th Air Force monument June 4, 2015, Normandy, France. More than 380 servicemembers from Europe and affiliated D-Day historica More
"In a few hours I'm going to take the best company of men in the world into France. We'll give the bastards hell. Strangely, I'm not particularly scared. But in my heart is a terrific longing to hold you in my More
George Shenkle, World War II veteran and former U.S. Army Soldier with the Easy Company, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, watches as a U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules from the 37t More
Maj. Gen. James Mingus and Brigadier Nathan Sempala-Ntege, the 82nd Airborne Division commanding general and deputy commanding general interoperability, respectively, walk across the Oversteek Bridge during the More
French military re-enactors dressed as U.S. Army Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) prepare to post the colors during a ceremony at the Currahee Memorial in the Normandy region June 3, 2015 More
German army soldiers render honors during the playing of the U.S. national anthem while at the La Cambe German War Cemetery in the Normandy region of France June 5, 2015. U.S. Army paratroopers from the 173rd A More
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Drew Leman, the 82nd Airborne Division's Jumpmaster of the Year, conducts an on-camera interview May 31 with the D-Day 74 Media Operations Center team in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France. This ye More
U.S. Army veterans Cpl. George Shenkle, center right, of the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division and Sgt. Isaac Phillips, center left, of the 4th Infantry Division, salute the flag June 4, More
Maj. Gen. James Mingus, the 82nd Airborne Division commanding general greets a WWII veteran at the Market Garden 75th Anniversary Commemoration Ceremony in Groesbeek, The Netherlands, September 17, 2019. The ce More
Antoine and Alice Fernandez, dressed in vintage World War II U.S. Army uniforms, attend a WWII commemoration ceremony in Sainte Laurent sur Mer, France, June 6, 2015. A formation of U.S. Army Soldiers from the More
U.S. Army Sgt. Darren Leslie, 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment (1-2 STR) picks up debris from an Iraqi car wreck Nov. 29, 2007 in Baghdad, Iraq.
A U.S. Army Soldier from 2nd Battalion, 325th Infantry, 82nd Airborne Division, keeps an eye out while on patrol on Dec. 24, 2007, Baghdad, Iraq.
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 3rd Platoon, C Company, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, link up with Iraqi army soldiers during a patrol of Rusafa in Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 25.
U.S. 1st Lt. Evans, platoon leader, 2nd Platoon, C Company, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, communicates to Soldiers inside while they search for a suspected terrorist during a patrol in Rusaf More
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Heaton, 2nd Platoon, C Company, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, patrol near the Tigris River, Rusafa, Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 26.
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 2nd Platoon, C Company, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, patrol Rusafa, Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 26.
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 3rd Platoon, C Company, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, speak with Iraqi army soldiers at a checkpoint in Rusafa, Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 27.
U.S. Army Sgt. Edward Watson, 3rd Platoon, C Company, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, secures a section of a market during a short halt on a patrol in Rusafa, Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 27.
Iraqi fire fighters from Al Sorja Fire Station hose down smoldering offices at the Central Bank of Iraq, as U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 3rd Platoon, C Company, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regimen More
Ma. Gen. Jefferey Schloessler and Command Sgt. Maj. Vincent Camacho of the 101st Airborne Division uncase the division colors during the Transfer of Authority ceremony at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan on, April More
Sgt. Christopher Corriveau (right), Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, is awarded the Distinguished Service More
U.S. Army Sgt. Donna Quinn of the 95th Military Police Battalion gives instructions to her Soldiers securing an area to be used for a temporary medical clinic during a Cooperative Medical Engagement in Muhallah More
Santa quietly watches over the U.S. Army Soldiers of 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division,as they eat Christmas dinner at the dining facility at the Forward Operating Base Loyalty, Beladiyat, eastern More
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti-Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne transport humanitarian aid from the Port-au-Prince airport, Jan. 22, 2010. After a 7.0-magnitude earthquake destroyed much of Haiti's capital, many agencies More
This is for whom we fight! Dedicated to all the men who bravely served at Bala Murghab. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Kevin Wallace/RELEASED)
The 82nd Airborne Chorus sings at the opening ceremonies at the Urban Invitational baseball game, presented by the U.S. Army, at the MLB Urban Youth Academy on Feb. 26.
A participant runs a 10-mile road race during this year's All American Week.
A platoon leader with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team briefs his engineers on a breaching mission using a dirt mockup of the battlefield July 21, 2011, at Fort Bragg, N.C. In spite of the More
U.S. Army Spc. Joseph K. Murphy, left, a cannon crewmember from Marshall, Ill., fires a M777A2 howitzer named "Capital Punishment" as another soldier covers his ears at Combat Outpost Honaker-Miracle in eastern More
Cleaning the dust off the mirrors of an armored vehicle, Spc. Lens Faustin, a logistical specialist from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, with the 407th Brigade Support Battalion of the 82nd Airborne Division’s 2nd Advis More
Members of the 82nd Airborne Division Chorus sing the national anthem in front of the Airborne and Special Operations Museum in downtown Fayetteville, N.C., during a celebration of National Airborne Day.
Paratroopers from the 18th Fires Brigade (Airborne) prepare for a jump, Sept. 9, on Pope Army Airfield, N.C. Once all paratroopers have donned their equipment they will be inspected by a jumpmaster to insure th More
U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti, ISAF Joint Command commander, speaks to the incoming and outgoing leadership of RC-South during a transfer of authority ceremony Oct. 1 at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanis More
Spc. David Sims, the bass player for Static Line, the 82nd Airborne Division rock band, performs AC/DC’s hit “You Shook Me All Night Long” for a dinner crowd at Forward Operating Base Lagman Oct. 8.
Maj. Gen. James L. Huggins, 82nd Airborne Division and Regional Command South commander, and congressmen Tim Walz, Scott DesJarlais, Dan Benishek, Jeff Denham, and Phil Roe pose with soldiers and sailors before More
Navy Adm. James A. Winnefeld, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was greeted by Army Maj. Gen. James L. Huggins, 82nd Airborne Division and Regional Command South commanding general, and Air Force Brig More
Sgt. Floyd A. Trujillo, Headquarters Headquarters Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, personal security detail, walks ahead of Sgt. Maj. of the Army Ray Chandler, securing the area during a visit to Forward Oper More
Sgt. Maj. of the Army Ray Chandler, and Command Sgt. Maj. Bryant C. Lambert, Regional Command South and 82nd Airborne Division command sergeant major, prepare to fly out to forward operating bases throughout Re More
Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen, ISAF commander, is greeted by Army Maj. Gen. Jim Huggins, 82nd Airborne Division and Regional Command South commander, as he arrives on Kandahar Airfield, Oct. 24.
The U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Rock Band performs for personnel during evening chow at the Forward Operating Base Delaram II Dining Facility, Nov. 16. The band continues to travel throughout Southern Afghanistan More
U.S. Army Spc. Kimberly Nicholls, from Durham, N.C., a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crew chief, serving with 1st Flight, B Company, 2nd Battalion (Assault), 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division More
U.S. Army Spc. Kimberly Nicholls, from Durham, N.C., a UH 60 M Black Hawk crew chief assigned to 1st Flight, Bravo Company, 2-82 TF Corsair, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, Fort Bragg, N.C., loads a M240 Bravo More
Hon. John McHugh, Secretary of the Army, being escorted by Maj. Gen. Jim Huggins, 82nd Airborne Division and Regional Command (South) commanding general, shakes hands with Navy Capt. Bruce Meneley, Task Force M More
U.S. Army Sgt. Kelton Glorfield from Boise, Idaho, assigned to 3rd Platoon, The "All American" Dustoff, 82nd Airborne Combat Aviation Brigade, Fort Bragg, N.C., conducts pre-flight maintenance checks on a UH-60 More
Sgt. 1st Class Lewis of the USAR Shooting Team coaches on the firing line during an Enhanced Battle Rifle class conducted for the 82nd Airborne.
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Erick A. Mayorga Garcia watches a video message from President Barack Obama congratulating the newly naturalized service members who were granted their citizenship during a naturali More
Maj. Gen. William Rapp, deputy commanding general-support, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, speaks during the opening ceremony for the Warrior Recovery Center at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. The new state of the art More
Sgt. Maj. of the Army Ray Chandler and International Security Assistance Force Command Sgt. Maj. Thomas Capel aboard a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter depart from Combat Outpost Bari Alai north-east of Jalalabad, A More
U.S. Army soldiers from the 82nd Airborne, 18th Fires Brigade, Fort Bragg, N.C., prepare to parachute out of a C-17 Globemaster III from Altus AFB, April 11, 2012, during a Joint Airborne Air Transportability T More
U.S. Army Deputy Surgeon General Maj. Gen. Richard Stone pinned Staff Sgt. Daniel Watts, currently deployed with 4th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, with the combat medical badge April 18. Watts is currently d More
A local Afghan elder talks with U.S. soldiers serving with A Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne, while conducting a patrol in the Giro district, Gh More
U.S. Army Capt. Tyler Vest, commanding officer of A Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, (left), drinks a cup of chai tea with local Afghan More
U.S. soldiers serving with A Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne, patrol a village in the Giro district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan, May 8, 2012. More
Sgt. Gregory Jordan, a field artilleryman with Battery B, 1st Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division performs preventive maintenance checks and servi More
U.S. soldiers serving with A Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne, patrol a village in the Giro district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan, May 8, 2012.
A U.S. Air Force B-1 Bomber provides over-watch near Forward Operating Base Arian, Ghazni province, Afghanistan, May 9, 2012.
Afghan kids make faces during 381st Military Police patrol, Parwan province, Afghanistan, May 19.
U.S. Air Force Maj. Dan O'Neil, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician, Regional Command Capital, connects wires to an inert training rocket during a training exercise with counterparts of the Afghan Nationa More
Photographs of the fallen paratroopers of 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division rest at the base of the "One Panther" Global War on Terrorism memorial More
Staff Sgt. Clint Pinson, billeting non-commissioned officer in charge of the NATO Accommodation Barracks on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, checks the day's schedule and work orders in his officer here May 29, More
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Marleah Miller takes photos in a C-17 Globemaster III during the Joint Operations Access Exercise at Fort Bragg, N.C., on June 5, 2012. A Joint Operations Access Exercise is a two-w More
U.S. Army and Air Force personnel attend a Joint Operations Access Exercise briefing at Fort Bragg, N.C., June 6, 2012. A Joint Operations Access Exercise is a two-week exercise to prepare Air Force and Army m More
Paratroopers of 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division listen to the pre-jump brief during sustained airborne training at Fort Bragg's Pope Army Airfield in preparation for the Joint Operations Access More
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Dennis Martinez, 198th Airlift Squadron, performs load master duties on his C-130 Hercules during the Joint Operations Access Exercise at Fort Bragg, N.C., June 7, 2012. A Joint More
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Gallagher, 517th Airlift Squadron, prepares a paratroop door of C-17 Globemaster III for Army Airborne operations during Joint Operations Access Exercise at Fort Bragg, N.C., on More
Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, 38th Chief of Staff of the Army, cuts the Army’s birthday cake in the heart of Times Square, New York, with Msgt Beverly Banda, U.S. Army Band, “Pershing’s Own” 1st Lt. Alexander Woody, More
U.S. Army soldiers serving with Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, prepare for take off at Forward Operating Base Ab Band, More
Capt. Joseph Driskell, commander of Company A, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, conducts roll call prior to leading a route-clearance operation along Ghazni province’s Highway 1, July 23, 2012. More
The city of Kabul, Afghanistan, reflects in the visor of a UH-60 Black Hawk door gunner as he scans his sector, Aug. 23. The helicopter crew, from the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, was t More
Members of the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division prepare to perform a non-tactical mass paratrooper drop from a C-130 Hercules during the Little Rock Air Show, Sept. 8, 2012, Little Rock, Ark. The paratrooper de More
Maj. Gen. James L. Huggins, outgoing commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division (right), reviews the troops with his replacement, Maj. Gen. John W. Nicholson, Jr., during a change-of-command ceremony Oct. More
U.S. Army medical personnel of Charlie Company, 407th Brigade Support Platoon, Fort Bragg, N.C., prepare to transport injured U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Vanessa Reed, combat videographer, 4th Combat Camera Squad More
U.S. Army medical personnel of Charley company, 407th Brigade Support Platoon, Fort Bragg, N.C., prepare to transport injured U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Vanessa Reed, combat videographer, 4th Combat Camera squ More
An Apache helicopter proceeds forward after being shot down during a simulated joint service field exercise, Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., Oct. 18, 2012. Service members at JRTC 13-01 are edu More
Medics rapidly assess and apply a splint to a notional casualty Oct. 20, 2012, during a Joint Readiness Training Center exercise on Fort Polk, La. Paratroopers assigned to 407th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd B More
On Nov. 29, 2012, the Brigade Support Battalion participates in a week long field training exercise. Medics prepare litter for patient to medical evacuation platform on black hawk.
Comedian George Lopez autographs a t-shirt for Sgt. Jonathan Siskoff, field artillery surveyor/meteorological crew member, with 1st Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, Jan. 12. Lopez and the Tro More
Brett Cumming, pit crew coach for the Earnhardt Ganassi McDonalds 1 Car, speaks to U.S. Soldiers about the teamwork required to be a member of a NASCAR Pit Crew at Fort Bragg, N.C., Jan. 17, 2013. Cumming and h More
U.S. Air Force C-130J Hercules drops U.S. Army soldiers over the Luzon Drop Zone, Camp Mackall, N.C., Feb. 24, 2013. Joint Operational Access Exercise 13-02 is a combined exercise which enables U.S. and Canadia More
A U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules drops large packages as part of an exercise over the Sicily Drop Zone, outside of Fort Bragg, N.C., Feb. 25, 2013. The Joint Operational Exercise (JOAX) 13-02 is a combined joint More
U.S. Army Sgt. James Nuenefeld, 108th Artillery Defense Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, sleeps in a Royal Canadian CC-130J Hercules during a Joint Operational Access Exercise at Fort Bragg, N.C., Feb. 27, 2013 More
A U.S. Army soldier with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 325 Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Combat Team, moves in on a target during a night fire mission at a Live Fire Village near Fort Bragg, N.C., Feb. 27, More