International Security Assistance Force Command Sergeant Major, U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Hall went on patrol and visited with Soldiers from the 1-508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division in and around Kandahar City on June 28, 2010 during his battlefield circulation.

(Photo by U.S. Army SFC Matthew Chlosta, ISAF PAO)

New Jersey Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Samuel Spencer III is embraced by his family on June 6 at the Lawrenceville Armory after returning from a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan with the 508th Military Police Company. The 508th provided security, force protection and advised the Afghan national police force in the Kabul region during their deployment. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Wayne Woolley/Released)

Members of the 508th Military Police Company, New Jersey Army National Guard., on board a charter bus to Washington, D.C. (Army Photo by Sgt. Mark Williams UPAR 508th MP Co.)

International Security Assistance Force Command Sergeant Major, U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Hall went on patrol and visited with Soldiers from the 1-508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division in and around Kandahar City on June 28, 2010 during his battlefield circulation.

(Photo by U.S. Army SFC Matthew Chlosta, ISAF PAO)

Inductees and guests rise to recite the NCO Creed during Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, XVIII Airborne Corps’ NCO induction ceremony at Pope Theater, Pope Army Airfield, Jan. 21. Forty-eight sergeants from four companies were inducted, including 13 who are attached from 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division. (Sgt. Taryn Hagerman 40th Public Affairs Detachment)

Families and friends welcome home Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Company, New Jersey National Guard, at the Lawrenceville Armory June 6, 2013. The 508th returned from a nearly year-long deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez/Released)

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, fire the M3 Carl Gustav 84mm recoilless rifle during platoon live fire exercises at Tapa Central Training Area, Estonia, May 11, 2021, as part of Swift Response 21. Swift Response 21 is a linked exercise of DEFENDER-Europe 21, which involves special operations activities, air assaults, and live fire exercises in Estonia, Bulgaria, and Romania, demonstrating airborne interoperability among NATO allies and partners. DEFENDER-Europe 21 is a large-scale U.S. Army-led exercise designed to build readiness and interoperability between the U.S., NATO allies and partner militaries. This year, more than 28,000 multinational forces from 26 nations will conduct nearly simultaneous operations across more than 30 training areas in more than a dozen countries from the Baltics to the strategically important Balkans and Black Sea Region. Follow the latest news and information about DEFENDER-Europe 21, visit www.EuropeAfrica.army.mil/DefenderEurope. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Gresso).

Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Company and the Military Advisor Team III receive a heroes farewell at a Salute to Troops Ceremony at the National Guard Armory in Teaneck, July 15. The New Jersey National Guard Soldiers will be deploying for a year-long assignment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez)

Sgt. Maj. Steven Noonan, the 3rd Brigade Combat Team’s Operations Sergeant Major, became the 82nd Airborne Division’s newest Centurion after completing his 100th static-line parachute operation early Sept. 21, 2018 jumping onto Fort Bragg’s Sicily Drop Zone. Noonan has served in the 504th, 505th and 508th Parachute Infantry Regiments during his career and completed the nighttime combat jump with other members of the brigade to rehearse Assault Command Post operations.

Families and friends welcome home Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Company, New Jersey National Guard, at the Lawrenceville Armory June 6, 2013. The 508th returned from a nearly year-long deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez/Released)

Families and friends welcome home Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Company, New Jersey National Guard, at the Lawrenceville Armory June 6, 2013. The 508th returned from a nearly year-long deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez/Released)

U.S. Army Soldiers with the New Jersey National Guard's 508th Military Police Company take part in the updated combat pistol qualification course (CPQC) on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., June 10, 2021. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Matt Hecht)

Families and friends welcome home Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Company, New Jersey National Guard, at the Lawrenceville Armory June 6, 2013. The 508th returned from a nearly year-long deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez/Released)

Families and friends welcome home Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Company, New Jersey National Guard, at the Lawrenceville Armory June 6, 2013. The 508th returned from a nearly year-long deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez/Released)

Families and friends welcome home Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Company, New Jersey National Guard, at the Lawrenceville Armory June 6, 2013. The 508th returned from a nearly year-long deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez/Released)

Families and friends welcome home Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Company, New Jersey National Guard, at the Lawrenceville Armory June 6, 2013. The 508th returned from a nearly year-long deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez/Released)

A paratrooper from 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, watches as a CH-47 Chinook assigned to the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade lifts one of their Humvees as a part of sling load and air assault operations, Fort Bragg, N.C., Aug. 5. The units worked together to transport paratroopers and equipment as part of an objective seizure. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Freeman/ 82nd CAB PAO)

Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Company and the Military Advisor Team III receive a heroes farewell at a Salute to Troops Ceremony at the National Guard Armory in Teaneck, July 15. The New Jersey National Guard Soldiers will be deploying for a year-long assignment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez)

Families and friends welcome home Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Company, New Jersey National Guard, at the Lawrenceville Armory June 6, 2013. The 508th returned from a nearly year-long deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez/Released)

Families and friends welcome home Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Company, New Jersey National Guard, at the Lawrenceville Armory June 6, 2013. The 508th returned from a nearly year-long deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez/Released)

Max Dixon decorates a pillow case for a deployed 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team,

82nd Airborne Division paratrooper at the battalion

headquarters, Feb. 8

Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Company and the Military Advisor Team III receive a heroes farewell at a Salute to Troops Ceremony at the National Guard Armory in Teaneck, July 15. The New Jersey National Guard Soldiers will be deploying for a year-long assignment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez)

A Paratrooper assigned to 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division aquires a target during a situational training exercise at Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 1, 2016. Paratroopers are preparing for live fire exercises and other training events scheduled for later this week.

International Security Assistance Force Command Sergeant Major, U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Hall went on patrol and visited with Soldiers from the 1-508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division in and around Kandahar City on June 28, 2010 during his battlefield circulation.

(Photo by U.S. Army SFC Matthew Chlosta, ISAF PAO)

A crowd of soldiers and veterans paid tribute posthumously to Maj. Gen. Charles J. Timmes during a wreath laying ceremony June 4. The then lieutenant colonel commanded the 2nd Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division on D-Day. Col. Thomas C. Timmes, U.S. Army Center for Environmental Health Research commander and grandson of Maj. Gen. Charles Timmes, recounted his grandfather's accomplishments that day during his promotion ceremony to colonel June 6. (Photo by Sgt. Daniel Cole, U.S. Army Europe Public Affairs)

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Story written by: Heather McDowell Duong, USAMRMC Public Affairs Office

Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Company and the Military Advisor Team III receive a heroes farewell at a Salute to Troops Ceremony at the National Guard Armory in Teaneck, July 15. The New Jersey National Guard Soldiers will be deploying for a year-long assignment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez)

This patch was used by the United States Army's 508th Airborne Regimental Combat Team from 1951-1957.

Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Company and the Military Advisor Team III receive a heroes farewell at a Salute to Troops Ceremony at the National Guard Armory in Teaneck, July 15. The New Jersey National Guard Soldiers will be deploying for a year-long assignment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez)

Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Company and the Military Advisor Team III receive a heroes farewell at a Salute to Troops Ceremony at the National Guard Armory in Teaneck, July 15. The New Jersey National Guard Soldiers will be deploying for a year-long assignment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez)

Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Company and the Military Advisor Team III receive a heroes farewell at a Salute to Troops Ceremony at the National Guard Armory in Teaneck, July 15. The New Jersey National Guard Soldiers will be deploying for a year-long assignment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez)

Families and friends welcome home Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Company, New Jersey National Guard, at the Lawrenceville Armory June 6, 2013. The 508th returned from a nearly year-long deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez/Released)

International Security Assistance Force Command Sergeant Major, U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Hall went on patrol and visited with Soldiers from the 1-508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division in and around Kandahar City on June 28, 2010 during his battlefield circulation.

(Photo by U.S. Army SFC Matthew Chlosta, ISAF PAO)

Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Company and the Military Advisor Team III receive a heroes farewell at a Salute to Troops Ceremony at the National Guard Armory in Teaneck, July 15. The New Jersey National Guard Soldiers will be deploying for a year-long assignment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez)

Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Company and the Military Advisor Team III receive a heroes farewell at a Salute to Troops Ceremony at the National Guard Armory in Teaneck, July 15. The New Jersey National Guard Soldiers will be deploying for a year-long assignment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez)

Families and friends welcome home Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Company, New Jersey National Guard, at the Lawrenceville Armory June 6, 2013. The 508th returned from a nearly year-long deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez/Released)

International Security Assistance Force Command Sergeant Major, U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Hall went on patrol and visited with Soldiers from the 1-508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division in and around Kandahar City on June 28, 2010 during his battlefield circulation.

(Photo by U.S. Army SFC Matthew Chlosta, ISAF PAO)

Colleville sur Mer | France | 04 Jun 2009: On the 6th June 1944 allied forces landed in Nazi-occupied France. 65 years after the D-Day landings in Normandy veterans have come to Normandy to celebrate and commemorate.

here: veteran William Tritt, 86, a native of Carlisle, Penn., wearing his original uniform from World WarII, holding the folded flag. Tritt was a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 508th Infantry Regiment when he landed four miles northwest of Sainte Mere Eglise on D-Day.

Colleville sur Mer | Frankreich | 04.06.2009: Zur Feier des 65. Jahrestages der Landung der Alliierten in der Normandie sind zahlreiche Veteranen in die Normandie gekommen um der Landung zu gedenken.

hier: Der US Veteran William Tritt (86), in seiner Originaluniform aus dem zweiten Weltkrieg, hält die gefaltete US Flagge. Tritt sprang mit dem 508. Infanterie Regiment der 82. Airborne Division am D-Day übr der Normandie ab. Zum 65. Jahretag kehrte er zum ersten mal nach Frankreich zurück.

Sascha Rheker

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Paratroopers from 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, watch as a CH-47 Chinook assigned to the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade lifts one of their Humvees as a part of sling load and air assault operations, Fort Bragg, N.C., Aug. 5. The units worked together to transport Paratroopers and equipment as part of an objective seizure. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Freeman/ 82nd CAB PAO)

International Security Assistance Force Command Sergeant Major, U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Hall went on patrol and visited with Soldiers from the 1-508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division in and around Kandahar City on June 28, 2010 during his battlefield circulation.

(Photo by U.S. Army SFC Matthew Chlosta, ISAF PAO)

Three paratroopers assigned to Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, sling load a M1151 Humvee onto a CH-47 Chinook assigned to the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade. The Humvee allowed Delta Company the freedom of maneuver in and around the battlefield. (U.S. Army Photo by Capt. Adan Cazarez)