/tags/82nd-airborne 82nd Airborne en-US Copyright Fri, 22 Dec 2023 18:09:58 GMT /military/2023-12-22/highlighting-legacy-army-first-all-black-world-war-ii-paratrooper-unit Over 80 years ago, Walter Morris created the 555th Airborne Platoon, also known as the “Triple Nickles.” There is an exhibit about them at a museum on Fort Liberty - formerly known as Fort Bragg. There’s another exhibit at a Fayetteville Museum that will soon serve as one of 50 markers on the North Carolina Civil Rights Trail. Fri, 22 Dec 2023 18:09:58 GMT /military/2023-12-22/highlighting-legacy-army-first-all-black-world-war-ii-paratrooper-unit Sharryse Piggott /military/2022-10-07/new-airborne-innovation-lab-to-tackle-soldiers-day-to-day-problems The idea is to take on micro-level problems that major military research facilities might not prioritize, says Lieutenant Colonel Kyle Kirby who will head the new lab. Fri, 07 Oct 2022 19:37:13 GMT /military/2022-10-07/new-airborne-innovation-lab-to-tackle-soldiers-day-to-day-problems Jay Price /military/2022-03-09/pentagon-fort-bragg-soldiers-europe-russia-ukraine-tensions Another group of Fort Bragg soldiers is heading to Europe because of tensions surrounding the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Wed, 09 Mar 2022 15:35:53 GMT /military/2022-03-09/pentagon-fort-bragg-soldiers-europe-russia-ukraine-tensions Jay Price /military/2022-02-15/82nd-airborne-deploy-poland-fort-bragg-tensions-rise-ukraine Hundreds of Fort Bragg troops are deploying to eastern Europe this week. They're part of a force of about 4,700 soldiers from the base who have been sent to Poland amid fears that Russia may invade Ukraine. Tue, 15 Feb 2022 15:39:37 GMT /military/2022-02-15/82nd-airborne-deploy-poland-fort-bragg-tensions-rise-ukraine Jay Price /military/2021-09-01/wanted-serve-his-country-widow-mourns-last-troops-die-afghanistan-war-bragg More than 2,400 U.S. service members were killed in the Afghanistan war. The Pentagon said Army Staff Sgt. Ryan C. Knauss — who died from injuries suffered in the Kabul Airport bombing — was likely the final one. Wed, 01 Sep 2021 11:26:07 GMT /military/2021-09-01/wanted-serve-his-country-widow-mourns-last-troops-die-afghanistan-war-bragg Jay Price /military/2021-01-29/unc-system-partners-with-army-to-boost-stem-education The University of North Carolina System has signed a new collaborative agreement with the Army’s 18th Airborne Corps, which is based at Fort Bragg.It will… Fri, 29 Jan 2021 17:30:39 GMT /military/2021-01-29/unc-system-partners-with-army-to-boost-stem-education Jay Price /show/the-state-of-things/2020-01-08/why-north-carolina-is-sending-so-many-troops-to-the-middle-east Iranian airstrikes on two U.S. military bases in Iraq yesterday marked a response to the assassination of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani. In the past… Wed, 08 Jan 2020 17:19:20 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-01-08/why-north-carolina-is-sending-so-many-troops-to-the-middle-east Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio, Jay Price /military/2020-01-08/why-north-carolina-is-sending-so-many-troops-to-the-middle-east Iranian airstrikes on two U.S. military bases in Iraq yesterday marked a response to the assassination of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani. In the past… Wed, 08 Jan 2020 17:19:20 GMT /military/2020-01-08/why-north-carolina-is-sending-so-many-troops-to-the-middle-east Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio, Jay Price /military/2020-01-03/us-deploying-3k-more-fort-bragg-troops-to-mideast-as-reinforcements The United States is sending nearly 3,000 more Army troops to the Mideast in the volatile aftermath of the killing of an Iranian general in a strike… Fri, 03 Jan 2020 18:47:47 GMT /military/2020-01-03/us-deploying-3k-more-fort-bragg-troops-to-mideast-as-reinforcements Associated Press /military/2018-12-28/ft-bragg-stories-time-to-bow-out This year, after more than a decade of service as a linguist and a paratrooper, Jay Huwieler made the decision to leave the military. “It was a… Fri, 28 Dec 2018 22:29:24 GMT /military/2018-12-28/ft-bragg-stories-time-to-bow-out Elizabeth Friend