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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 ... airborne in name only.
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.
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 ...
The 505th Infantry Regiment (505th IR), formerly and colloquially the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (505th PIR) and the 505th Airborne Infantry Regiment (505th AIR), is an airborne infantry regiment of the United States Army, one of four infantry regiments of the 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army, with a long and distinguished history.
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 ...
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]
The roots of the 82nd Airborne Division All-American Band and Chorus date to 1942. Its mission includes providing music for occasions at Fort Bragg and “Telling the Army Story” in the community.