FORT BRAGG, N.C. - For the third year in a row, the winner of the 82nd Airborne Division Jumpmaster of the Year competition, held 16-25 April, comes from the Falcon Brigade. Sgt. 1st Class Kyle ...
FORT MITCHELL, Al.. (WTVM) - More than 400 men and women graduated a few days ago on Fort Moore from the U-S Army Basic Airborne Course. That includes a new soldier who had wings pinned on him by his ...
FORT BRAGG — The 82nd Airborne Division’s top soldiers aren’t the type to “sit on the bench,” the division's command sergeant major said. As part of the 82nd's All American Days, the division's ...
It’s not completely unheard of for military paratroopers to land, well, not where they expected, whether it be in some nearby trees or on someone’s kitchen floor. And a recent video making the rounds ...
On Sept. 12, 2024, Army Spc. Matthew Perez made his way to the ramp of a C-17 and prepared to take part in a parachute jump at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Johnson, Louisiana. Perez, ...
An 82nd Airborne paratrooper who died during a weekend training operation at Fort Bragg was using a new style of parachute, military officials said Tuesday. Staff Sgt. Jamal Clay, 25, of Elida, Ohio, ...
After a monthlong competition, one Black Hat stood out from the pack. Staff Sgt. Rommel Hurtado, a jumpmaster instructor at the U.S. Army Airborne School, was officially recognized as the 2009 Black ...
An Army investigation into the death of Sgt. Shaina Schmigel found that a jumpmaster did not properly inspect the paratrooper's line before the jump that killed her last year, according to an Army ...
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 by ...
Master Sgt. Michael Ty Kettenhofen was the tie that held those around him together, his brother said. Whether it was his four siblings, his parents, his friends or his Army brothers in the elite ...