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."

Mission Statement: On order, the 82nd Airborne Division rapidly deploys within 18 hours of notification, strategically deploys, conducts forcible entry parachute assaults and secures key ...

Feb 15, 2025 · The 82nd Airborne Division is an active airborne infantry division of the United States Army specializing in joint forcible entry operations. Based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, the 82nd...

Aug 24, 2021 · The Army’s 82nd Airborne Division is an elite division that can rapidly deploy in just 18 hours’ notice. The soldiers of the 82nd are able to conduct forcible entry parachute assaults, as well as other key military operations.

The 82d Airborne Division is an active-duty, modular airborne infantry division of the United States Army. The Division is stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, one of the largest military training areas in the world.

The 82nd Airborne Division is recognized as one of the 36 liberating units of the US Army during World War II. On May 2, 1945, troops of the 82nd Airborne and the 8th Infantry Division overran Wöbbelin, a subcamp of the Neuengamme concentration camp.

Feb 4, 2022 · The 82nd Airborne Division has had a storied 80 year lineage of one of the United States’ only Airborne Divisions capable of deploying anywhere in the world within 18 hours or less. Today it...

In July 1943, the 82nd AB participated in the first airborne assault in military history of the United States, during the invasion of Sicily (Operation Husky). Back in Tunisia, the 82nd AB began preparing for its second combat operation that started …

The 82nd Airborne was sent back to England on July 13, 1944, after participating in 33 days of combat, losing 5245 men, killed, wounded or missing. One can read in the division report: 33 days of combats without release. Each mission was accomplished. No …

The 82d Airborne Division is an active duty airborne infantry division of the United States Army, specializing in parachute assault operations into denied areas. It is also the Presidential bodyguard division. Based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, the 82nd Airborne Division is …