The Pic of the Day: Awesome Thanksgiving Dinner for our Sky Soldiers
Leaders with the U.S. Army’s 173rd Airborne Brigade serve food to the Vicenza Military Community as part of a series of Thanksgiving events held in Vicenza, Italy
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SOFREP TV: 82nd Ministry Team Doing St. Michael’s Jump 2022
The 82nd Ministry Team hosted the Division’s annual St. Michael’s Jump at Salerno Drop Zone, Fort Bragg, NC on October, 13, 2022.
The Pic of the Day: Ready, Aim, Fire!
U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade fire a FIM-92 Stinger during an air defense live-fire exercise alongside soldiers with the Croatian Air Defense Regiment
The Unpleasant Experience of Meeting the Airborne Test Platoon
Eager to show the Airborne Test Platoon veterans that airborne training was still tough, the “Black Hats” smoked us like cheap cigars.
Like to Ski? Try it With 40-Pound Ruck and M4
A U.S. Army Paratrooper negotiates a downhill section of a ski course as part of an Arctic training exercise in Alaska.
The Pic of the Day: Paratroopers Conduct Heavy Drop and Fire Mission
Paratroopers conduct a heavy drop and fire mission during Exercise Panther Storm on the Salerno Drop Zone at Fort Bragg, N.C., Nov. 5, 2020.
The Pic of the Day: Airborne!
A U.S. Army Paratrooper descends onto Juliet Drop Zone, after exiting a U.S. Air Force 86th Air Wing C-130 Hercules.
The Pic of the Day: Hey God, it’s me, please make it open
A U.S. Soldier assigned to 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) free falls as his parachute opens after jumping out of a C-130 Hercules aircraft over a drop zone in Germany during a static-line exercise.
Something is wrong with the military’s most important airport
Pope Airfield in Fort Bragg, NC has been a pivotal piece of America’s effort to wage war since WWII. The airfield serves as an extremely vital tactical jump-off point for the 82nd Airborne and units of the Army Special Operations Command and Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC): Delta Force uses it in case of a […]
Captain Albert Berry: The World’s First Aircraft Parachutist
Today we are well used to seeing parachutists both civilian and military leap from aircraft and land with better precision and safety than ever before. It has become a staple of military forces to project power anywhere on the globe by inserting a force through the air by parachute. But did you know that the […]
The Pic of the Day: Now that’s some old school badassery
Maj. Light Shin, 173rd Airborne Brigade chaplain, talks with retired U.S. Army Master Sgt. Richard Adams, a former 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment paratrooper who was involved in the retaking of Corregidor Island in 1945, during a ceremony to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of U.S. service members regaining control of the island at the U.S. Embassy […]
Report: China’s Special Forces may be young, but they’re getting better
Throughout the modern War on Terror, the United States has increasingly relied on its special operations troops to conduct a wide variety of combat operations. And as China has worked to modernize its People’s Liberation Army into a force that can stand toe to toe with the West, it’s taken notice of how effective this […]
