Paratroopers from 3rd Brigade Combat Team (3BCT) of the 82nd Airborne Division conduct a Deployment Readiness Exercise (DRE) at Joint Base Charleston, SC. 3BCT Paratroopers began buddy rigging into ...

FORT BRAGG — It’s been nearly 20 years since Stan and Shirley White’s son, Staff Sgt. Robert “Bob” White, 34, was killed Sept. 26, 2005, in Afghanistan after his mounted patrol came under enemy fire.

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, ...

Members of the 82nd Airborne Division jump from a C-17 Globemaster III during a mass tactical parachute jump onto Sicily Drop Zone at Fort Bragg, N.C., July 12, 2016. During the battalion mass ...

Paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division jump a CH-47 Chinook helicopter on Sicily Drop Zone on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, August 8, 2025. The jump was conducted as an opportunity for 82nd ...

The 82nd Airborne Division held a memorial ceremony to honor fallen paratroopers. The ceremony recognized paratroopers killed in combat and training accidents. Five names were added to the division's ...