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A Fort Liberty paratrooper died from injuries sustained in training last week, the 82nd Airborne Division announced Monday. Pfc. Matthew Perez was assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team ...
Fort Bragg officials said a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division died during training operations on Monday. Fort Bragg paratrooper dies during training accident: Officials [Video] Skip to ...
On 21 November 2017 (Ukraine's Paratroopers' Day) President Petro Poroshenko stated that 469 Ukrainian paratroopers had been killed in the (ongoing) Russo-Ukrainian War. [13] On 21 November 2018 he adjusted this to 487 killed. [14] Air Assault soldiers in 2018.
The brigade's core consists of veterans from the 25th Airborne Brigade and the 80th Air Assault Brigade which were trained on the new equipment in the United Kingdom. Forbes has speculated that the 82nd Air Assault Brigade will form part of the spearhead for the anticipated 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive. [4]
Units in Fort Bragg’s 82nd Airborne Division and 18th Airborne Corps are on a heightened alert status because Russia might invade Ukraine.
He died at age 76 after a battle with cancer and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery plot 35–2373–4, in Arlington County, Virginia. At the time of his death he was the last living Medal of Honor recipient from the 82nd Airborne Division from World War II. [8]
On 15 August 1942, the 82nd Infantry Division, now commanded by Major General Ridgway, became the first airborne division in the history of the U.S. Army, and was redesignated as the 82nd Airborne Division. The 82nd was selected after deliberations by the U.S. Army General Staff because of a number of factors; it was not a Regular Army or ...
The 82nd Airborne Division said farewell to Maj. Gen. Christopher LaNeve, while welcoming back Brig. Gen. Patrick Work back.