The Airborne Prayer, held by Maj. Cody Chellman, public affairs officer of 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division. (Task & Purpose/Haley Britzky) Practice, however, is the best preparation.

SAINTE MERE EGLISE, France - This town loves paratroopers - in particular, American paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne and the 101st Airborne Divisions. It was those two divisions that liberated ...

"And that's his uniform that he toured the U.S. in." ... Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division walk towards the jump door during a training jump last month at Fort Bragg, N.C.

The 82nd Airborne Division plans to hold an “All American Presents from Paratroopers” jump this year in the spirit of the Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop.

But one thing was for sure: He did jump with the 82nd. ... a unit yearbook photo shows him wearing a Purple Heart on his Army Service Uniform, in addition to an 82nd Airborne combat badge, ...

LIBREVILLE, Gabon -- One hundred nine French, Gabonese and U.S. paratroopers with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, completed two multinational jumps into Pointe Denis landing ...

Army's website about the paratroopers and the inspiration for the uniform reads: "Highly trained and highly disciplined, the soldiers of the 82nd Airborne were asked to spearhead the invasions of ...

Toys donated by Paratroopers in the 82nd Airborne Division are prepared to be packaged and shipped out as part of Presents from Paratroopers on Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 1st, 2020. (U.S. Army Photo ...

Jump team from Band of Brothers, Firebrand Flag and the 101st/82nd airborne awaiting their jump inside “Placid Lassie”. Actors from Band of Brothers television series holding a commemorative ...

Taking part in the New Year jump were paratroopers from the Army’s 11th and 82nd Airborne Divisions, Japan’s 1st Airborne Brigade, the U.K.’s 16th Air Assault Brigade and the Australian ...