The 82nd Airborne Division is an airborne infantry division of the United States Army specializing in parachute assault operations into hostile areas...
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The 82nd Airborne Division Artillery (DIVARTY) is the divisional artillery command for the 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army, stationed...
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Forces ordered the activation of two airborne divisions by 15 August 1942. The 82nd Division, an Organized Reserve division ordered into active military service...
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became the XVIII Airborne Corps on 25 August 1944 at Ogbourne St. George, England, assuming command of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions, as part of the...
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a further four months when the division provided replacements for the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions. The division also encountered delays in mounting...
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of commanders of the 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army. The 82nd Airborne Division is one of the oldest divisions in the U.S. Army, having...
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82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions, then 3,937 glider infantrymen, were dropped in Normandy via two parachute and six glider missions. The divisions were...
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Battalion XVIII Airborne Corps 82nd Airborne Division, 82nd Airborne Division Sustainment Brigade 82nd Airborne Division, 82nd Airborne Division Sustainment...
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of the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division and the British 1st Airborne Division. The Commanding General (CG) of the U.S. 11th Airborne Division, Major General...
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support to and is part of 82nd Airborne Division. Formed out of the Division Support Command of the 82nd Airborne Division, the brigade has a long history...
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Pamerola AB, worked along with the 7th Infantry Division and were on the ground several days when the 82nd Airborne elements arrived. The deployment evolved...
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The 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division is an active Airborne Brigade of the United States Army. Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National...
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War II, including the 9th Infantry Division, 2nd Armored Division, 82nd Airborne Division, 100th Infantry Division, and various field artillery groups...
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complete airborne divisions executed Operation Market, the airborne phase. These were the British 1st Airborne Division, the U.S. 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions...
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Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division. The regiment serves as the 82nd Airborne's light infantry parachute insertion fighting...
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(CG) of the 82nd Airborne Division, leading it in action in Sicily, Italy and Normandy, before taking command of the newly formed XVIII Airborne Corps in...
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Gen. Omar Bradley U.S. VII Corps: Maj. Gen. J. Lawton Collins 82nd Airborne Division: Major General Matthew Ridgway 325th Glider Infantry Regiment: ...
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1983. The Army borrowed at least a dozen LAV-25s for use by the 82nd Airborne Division, 3 squadron-73rd Armor for a scout platoon during the Gulf War....
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commanding general of XVIII Airborne Corps since March 11, 2022. He most recently served as commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Liberty, North...
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conducted by the 101st and the 82nd Airborne Divisions. "I do not believe in the airborne division. I believe that airborne troops should be reorganized...
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The 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum is a museum located at Ardennes and Gela Streets on Fort Liberty (formerly Fort Bragg) Army base. Established...
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504th Infantry Regiment (United States) (category Airborne units and formations of the United States Army)
Infantry Regiment (504th PIR), is an airborne forces regiment of the United States Army, part of the 82nd Airborne Division, with a long and distinguished history...
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James M. Gavin (section Constructing an airborne army)
lieutenant general, who was the third Commanding General (CG) of the 82nd Airborne Division during World War II. During the war, he was often referred to as...
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82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions and a number of independent airborne units, all British airborne forces including the 1st and 6th Airborne Division...
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The 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division is an inactive Airborne Brigade of the United States Army. The brigade was active from 1968-1969, and...
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505th Infantry Regiment (United States) (category Airborne units and formations of the United States Army)
505th Airborne Infantry Regiment (505th AIR), is an airborne infantry regiment of the United States Army, one of four infantry regiments of the 82nd Airborne...
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Regiment (Airborne) 1st Battalion, 1st BCT, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Liberty, North Carolina 2nd Battalion, 1st BCT, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Liberty...
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at Les Forges, and linked up with the 82nd Airborne Division. The paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division jumped between 0048 and 0140 British Double...
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deployed to Iraq again as commander of 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division. He later served as executive assistant to the Director of the Joint...
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501st Infantry Regiment (United States) (category Airborne units and formations of the United States Army)
(Airborne), 11th Airborne Division, located at Fort Richardson, Alaska. Its 2nd Battalion is assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division...
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