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A Soldier with the 116th Infantry Regiment, Virginia National Guard, mans a security post near the Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 12, 2021. National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from several states have traveled to Washington to provide support to federal and district authorities leading up to the 59th Presidential Inauguration. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Matt Hecht)
508th Military Police Detention Battalion Change of Command Ceremony with outgoing commander LTC Christopher Hodl, and incoming commander LTC E.J. Kesselring, June 24th, 2021 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (US Army Photo by Sid Lee, Enterprise Multimedia Center, JBLM).
FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- Pfc. Melanie L. Hawthorne, a line medic assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 508th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, calls in a nine-line medevac during testing for the Expert Field Medical Badge June 25, here. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Juan F. Jimenez)
U.S. Army Pfc. Amir Thompson, 1st Battalion, 169th Infantry Regiment, New York National Guard, mans a security post near the Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 12, 2021. National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from several states have traveled to Washington to provide support to federal and district authorities leading up to the 59th Presidential Inauguration. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Matt Hecht)
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.
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Spc. Payton Jones
U.S. Army
Company B, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Operation Enduring Freedom
March 1, 2012
An Aerial view of Onslow Beach, N.C, from a UH-60 Blackhawk during a 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Aiborne Division air assault mission at Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 7, 206. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Anthony Hewitt/Released)
U.S. Soldiers with the New Jersey National Guard take the oath of office to serve with Capitol Police in the Visitor Center in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 13, 2021. National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from several states have traveled to Washington to provide support to federal and district authorities leading up to the 59th Presidential Inauguration. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Matt Hecht)
Christopher Myrtil, a Soldier assigned to the 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, hits the bag, June 8, at A.B.C. Boxing Academy. He attends the gym to better himself physically and mentally. (Photo by Tina Ray/Paraglide)
Paratroopers assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division fire their weapons through the din and smoke of a combined arms live fire exercise at Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 17, 2015. The CALFX was the culmination of months of training the company has undertaken to prepare itself for its upcoming support to 1st BCT, 82nd Abn. Div. during a Joint Readiness Training Center rotation at Fort Polk, La. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Anthony Hewitt/Released)
081009-A-2388D-29 Sgt. 1st Class James Brasher is awarded a Silver Star by Maj. Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti Oct. 9 at the 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum on Fort Bragg. Brasher was given the award for his courageous leadership in battle as the platoon sergeant of 2nd Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Dec. 8, 2007, during Operation Mar Karardad at Musa Qal'eh in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Brasher was shot in the right arm during the engagement. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Stephen Decatur)
Republic F-105B "Thunderchief" 57-5803 (HI)
History:
Constructed as a F-105B.
Circa 1957: Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 57-5803.
1959: Manufactured by Republic Aircraft, Farmingdale NY and delivered to the USAF on 10 Sep.
1959: September - Retained by manufacturer
1960: To Wright Air Development Division (ARDC) Wright-Patterson AFB OH (converted to JF-105B)
1961: To Mobile Air Materiel Area AL (to F-105B)
1962: To 4th Tactical Fighter Wing (TAC), Seymour Johnson AFB NC
1964: To Mobile Air Materiel Area AL
1965: To 4520th Combat Crew Training Wing (TAC), Nellis AFB NV
1967: To 23rd Tactical Fighter Wing (TAC), McConnell AFB KS
1970: To 177th Tactical Fighter Wing (ANG) Atlantic City AP NJ
1972: To 945th Military Airlift Group (AFRES), Hill AFB
1973: To 508th Tactical Fighter Group (AFRES), Hill AFB UT
1980: To 466th Tactical Fighter Squadron (AFRES), Hill AFB UT
1980: Dropped from inventory by transfer to museum or school.
1981: Placed on display with March Field Air Museum, March AFB (former), Riverside, CA.
081009-A-2388D-24 Sgt. 1st Class James Brasher is awarded a Silver Star by Maj. Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti Oct. 9 at the 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum on Fort Bragg. Brasher was given the award for his courageous leadership in battle as the platoon sergeant of 2nd Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Dec. 8, 2007, during Operation Mar Karardad at Musa Qal'eh in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Brasher was shot in the right arm during the engagement. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Stephen Decatur)
131021_HD862_021 FAYETTEVILLE N.C. – PFC. Troy Bankerd, Paratrooper in the 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division along with fellow Paratroopers, practice shooting targets with the M9 during the weapons training portion of High Risk Personnel training, Sun, Oct. 21. The platoon was selected from the XVIII Airborne Corps to serve as a personal security detail for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan. (U.S Army Photo by Spc. Dani Salvatore)
U.S. Army 1st lt. Mordechai Sorkin, from Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, greets a local boy during a cordon and search in Barla, Afghanistan, Sept. 6, 2007. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Michael L. Casteel) (Released)
Part of the 82nd Airborne Division of the US Army, the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, known as the 'Red Devils', camped in the grounds of Wollaton Hall in the days leading up to the D-Day Invasion.
A crew chief assigned to 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, ‘All American Dustoff’, lowers a jungle penetrator to the ground for a live extraction by a HH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a rescue medevac hoist training event at Monroe pick-up zone on Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 1.
Staff Sgt. Jordan Bear
U.S. Army
Company B, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Operation Enduring Freedom
March 1, 2012
080122-A-4362C-063 Spc. Timothy Worley, Company C, 508th Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, explains the usage of an automation subsystem to Lt. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sorenson, Army Chief of Information, during his visit to FOB Salerno, Afghanistan, Jan. 22. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Matthew Clifton)
Staff Sgt. William Teal, a Paratrooper assigned to 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division mentors his Soldiers after a situational training exercise at Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 1, 2016. Paratroopers are preparing for live fire exercises and other training events scheduled later this week.
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)
Spc. Ying Kit Tsui, 3rd plt., Co.A, 1/508th PIR, 82nd Airborne Division speaks to a local Afghan with the help of a translator in the Sagin Valley near Gereshk, Afghanistan May 7. (photo by Army Sgt. Tony J. Spain)
A Paratrooper assigned to the Scout Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division observes targets during a sniper qualification range at Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 5, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Anthony Hewitt/Released)
Paratroopers assigned to 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, prepares a simulated casualty for extraction by litter on an HH-60 Black Hawk helicopter assigned to 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, ‘All American Dustoff’ at Monroe pick-up zone on Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 1.
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)
New Jersey National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from 1st Battalion, 114th Infantry Regiment, 508th Military Police Company, 108th Wing, and 177th Fighter Wing arrive near the Capitol to set up security positions in Washington, D.C., Jan. 12, 2021. National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from several states have traveled to Washington to provide support to federal and district authorities leading up to the 59th Presidential Inauguration. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Matt Hecht)
#IsmailBahceci was studying communication at Marmara University when he was detained and disappeared on 24.12.1994, Istanbul.
He was also a student leader and he was writing poems, drawing comics.
#SaturdayMothers will dedicate 508th week to #IsmailBahceci. Raise your voice for #EnforcedDisappearances tomorrow.
#IsmailBahceci 24 Aralık 1994'te gözaltında kaybedildiğinde Marmara Üniversitesi Basın Yayın Yüksek Okulu öğrencisiydi.
Şiirler yazıp karikatürler çizen #IsmailBahceci aynı zamanda bir öğrenci lideriydi.
#CumartesiAnneleri 508. haftada #IsmailBahceci için buluşacak. Yarın 12'de Galatasaray'da gözaltında kayıplar için seslerine ses katalım.
“We’ve had our freedom for
240 years. Who do we owe
it to? We owe it to millions
and millions of Americans
that gave it all for our freedom
and even today, we owe it to
them.” — Kenneth “Rock” Merritt
Retired command sergeant major, 508th PIR
508th MP wide receiver Justin Jordan runs after catching a pass from quarterback David Sadlemyer during the flag football championship game at Cowan Stadium Dec. 7, 2011 at JBLM. The 508 MP's beat the Air Force Squad 31- 25 in triple overtime to claim the championship. Jim Bryant/NW Guardian
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Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Battalion held a casing ceremony at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan after serving in Afghanistan on a 12 month deployment. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. 1st Class David Wheeler, USFOR-A Public Affairs)
One of the last three veterans of the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment who parachuted on June 5 and 6, 1944 and fought in Normandy, stands in front of the Paratroopers of Task Force Normandy at St. Mere-Eglise on June 5, 2011. Task Force Normandy is made up of Paratroopers from the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command as well as paratroopers from the U.K., France, and Germany who have combined to celebrate the 67th Anniversary of the D-Day operations. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Felix R. Fimbres)
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)
U.S. Army Spc. Michael Rocha, 508th Military Police Company, New Jersey National Guard, mans a security post near the Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 12, 2021. National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from several states have traveled to Washington to provide support to federal and district authorities leading up to the 59th Presidential Inauguration. (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)
Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Battalion held a casing ceremony at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan after serving in Afghanistan on a 12 month deployment. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. 1st Class David Wheeler, USFOR-A Public Affairs)
Soldiers with Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, attend the reenlistment of U.S. Army Sgt. Aaron Ivory Teutsch, native of Bloomington, Ill., at the top of Baba Shaba Ghar Mountain, Afghanistan, Jan 11, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christine Jones/Released)
Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Battalion held a casing ceremony at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan after serving in Afghanistan on a 12 month deployment. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. 1st Class David Wheeler, USFOR-A Public Affairs)
Marion Gray - 29th Infantry Divsion/116th Regiment/A Company (Wounded twice on D-Day as a combat medic on Omaha Beach)
Don Jakeway - 82nd Airborne Division / 508th PIR (Jumped behing Utah Beach on D-Day, Jumped into Holland for Operation Market Garden and was severly wounded in the Battle of the Bulge.)
071010-A-XXXC-004 - Spc. Alexander S. Grusak, an infantryman from Company A, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, practices how to launch the Raven Unmanned Aerial Vehicle from a moving vehicle. Grusak was assisted by Cpl. Erick J. Rodas, a light-wheel vehicle mechanic, who is also the Raven Master Trainer for the 173rd Airborne Brigade. photo by 2nd Lt. Monika Comeaux/173rd Brigade Support Battalion
071018 UNPUBLISHED, horizontal, launch, UAV, eye in the sky
Army Sgt. Charles E. Wyckoff Jr.
Died June 06, 2007 serving during Operation Enduring Freedom
28, of Chula Vista, Calif., died June 6 in Nalan, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained from enemy small-arms fire. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
militarytimes.com/valor/army-sgt-charles-e-wyckoff-jr/282...
www.arlingtoncemetery.net/cewyckoffjr.htm
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A paratrooper assigned to the 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division provides security during a live-fire exercise alongside British paratroopers from 2 PARA. 16 Air Assault Brigade on November 16, 2018 in Kenya Africa as part of Operation Askari Storm. Askari Storm is an international partner training operation occurring in Kenya, Africa between elements of the U.S.’ 82nd Airborne Division and the British 16 Air Assault Brigade designed to improve the readiness and interoperability of the participating forces as they conduct live-fire scenarios and exchange best tactical and maneuver practices.
CH-47 Chinook assigned to the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, ascend 2 M1151 Humvee’s assigned to the 1-508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division. The Humvee’s will help the ground forces secure the objective during an air assault, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, August 4. (U.S. Army Photo by Capt. Adan Cazarez)
A paratrooper assigned to 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, pulls security during close quarters combat training during an air assault mission, Sept. 26.
Pfc. Ethan Robinson and Sgt. Jason Keeny, Paratroopers assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 508th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, break down their mortar equipment and prepare to move to the next objective during a Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise (CALFEX) on Fort Bragg, N.C., Aug. 4, 2016. The BCT conducted the CALFEX in preparation for battalion-level live fire exercises later this year. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Michael Burkhart)