Worth a Thousand Words: 82nd Airborne

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U.S. Army Pfc. Sean Murphy, Charlie Company, 1st Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, jumps over Sicily Drop Zone at Ft. Bragg, Fayetteville, N.C., Feb. 12, 2011 for Large Package Week, during Joint Operational Access Exercise 11-01. Large Package Week/JOAX is an exercise that utilizes several Air Force C-130 and C-17 aircraft to strategically airdrop troops and cargo onto a specified location in preparation for real world contingency response. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Samuel W. Goodman)(Released)

Worth a Thousand Words: Paratrooper

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A Paratrooper from 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, returns fire on the opposing force during the Joint Operation Access Exercise Feb. 15. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Bethany L. Little

Worth a Thousand Words: JOAX

Filed under Worth A Thousand Words by on February 23, 2011 at 7:38 am {no comments}

U.S. Army paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division prepare to load a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft during the Joint Operational Access Exercise at Pope Air Force Base, N.C.. JOAX is a two-week exercise that includes large package week and joint operational access. It includes the 82nd Airborne Division, U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules and C-17 cargo aircraft and various other Air Force support assets such as security forces, contingency response group, and tactical air control party members.  The exercise prepares Airmen and Soldiers to respond to world-wide crises and contingencies. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Greg C. Biondo

Airborne Training Operations Begin in Iraq with Goal of U.S. – Iraqi Jump

Filed under DoD News by on February 17, 2010 at 11:36 am {no comments}

By Spc. Michael J. MacLeod and Spc. Kayleigh J. Cannon
1/82 AAB, USD-C

Col. Mark R. Stammer, commander of 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division (Advise and Assist), hands off his universal static line as he moves to parachute from a C-130 aircraft at Al Asad Airbase, Iraq, Feb. 12. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Michael J. MacLeod, 1/82 AAB, USD-C)

Col. Mark R. Stammer, commander of 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division (Advise and Assist), hands off his universal static line as he moves to parachute from a C-130 aircraft at Al Asad Airbase, Iraq, Feb. 12. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Michael J. MacLeod, 1/82 AAB, USD-C)

AL ASAD AIRBASE, Iraq – U.S. Army paratroopers took a first step toward a combined U.S. – Iraqi airborne training exercise when 183 paratroopers jumped onto Iraqi soil here Feb. 12 as part of their sustained airborne training.

Paratroopers with 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division (Advise and Assist), began “currency jumps” to refresh their airborne skills following weeks of ground-based refresher courses in a bid to partner with Iraqi security forces during combined airborne training exercises.

“This is a really important day for the paratroopers of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment,” said Col. Mark R. Stammer, commander of 1/82 AAB, referring to the legacy regiment of his brigade. “More importantly, it’s an important first step in a training evolution for the Iraqi armed forces.

“We’re training today to refresh ourselves on airborne safety procedures so that after the elections, we can train with our Iraqi army partners and conduct a combined airborne training operation with them here,” he said.

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Photo: Helping Hands

Filed under DoD News, Operation Unified Response-Haiti by on January 21, 2010 at 4:07 pm {one comment}

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A small boy holds the hand of a soldier from the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment as they walk through a survivor camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 21. The soldiers are visiting the camps to locate and help people who are injured but cannot make it to the medical station set up at the temporary forward operating base nearby. DoD photo by Fred W. Baker III

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