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82nd Airborne Division – "America's Guard of Honor", "All-Americans"; original members of the division in 1917 came from every state in the Union. [2] In addition, the 82nd Airborne has been called " Alcoholics Anonymous " or "Almost Airborne" in reference to the "AA" on its shoulder patch by members of other divisions.
The 82nd Airborne Division is an airborne infantry division of the United States Army specializing in parachute assault operations into hostile areas [1] with a U.S. Department of Defense mandate to be "on-call to fight any time, anywhere" at "the knife's edge of technology and readiness."
Here the 82nd Airborne Division earned the name, "America's Guard of Honor," as a fitting end to hostilities in which the 504th had chased the German Army some 14,000 miles (23,000 km) across the European Theater. [1] Following their occupation duty with the 82nd Airborne Division in Berlin, the Devils reported to Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
101st Airborne Division - Rendezvous with Destiny [2] 71st Airborne Brigade - Go Texans Go [2] 173rd Airborne Brigade - Sky Soldiers [2] 82nd Airborne Division Artillery - Mass the Fire [2] 101st Airborne Division Artillery - De Nubibus (From the Clouds) [2] Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division - Wings of the Airborne [9]
Soon after, its black paratroopers began to be reassigned as individuals throughout the 82nd Airborne Division, making it the first division in the U.S. Army to become fully integrated. In June 1957, the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment was reorganized and redesignated as the 505th Infantry Regiment and relieved from assignment to the 82nd.
The home of the 82nd Airborne and Special Operations Forces, commonly known as the place where a president of the United States places his 911 call, got the name change late Monday evening from ...
The 1st Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment ("1-319 AFAR") is the airborne field artillery battalion assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division. Nicknamed "Loyalty", 1–319 AFAR has deployed to conduct combat operations in the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Kuwait, Afghanistan and three separate deployments to ...
It was a happy surprise when the 82nd Airborne All-American Chorus marched on to the America’s Got Talent stage with its tough military façade and then did a 180-degree turn and displayed its ...