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Paratroopers, assigned to Bravo Company, 307th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division conduct route clearance operations during a training exercise at Fort Bragg, N.C., January 27, 2017.
Soldiers from 50th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, 35th Signal Brigade, load a casualty into a UH-60 Black Hawk assigned to 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, March 18. The two units came together to not only give the signal Soldiers an idea of what medical evacuation looks like, but gave Soldiers from All-American DUSTOFF a chance to refine their flight medic skills. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Freeman/ 82nd CAB PAO)
Sgt. Holly Moore, 550th Military Working Dog Detachment, 16th Military Police Brigade, sits with her military working dog partner, Kobus, in his final minutes.
Pfc. Charlie W. Hibbs III, an infantryman assigned to 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, fires an M2 machine gun during the Battalion's machine gun leaders course held on Fort Bragg, N.C., Jan. 27, 2016. The White Falcons hosted the machine gun leaders course to familiarize Paratroopers with the maintenance and employment of the machine gun systems and to gain experience as part of a crew served weapons team tasked to deliver effective supporting fires. (82nd Airborne Division photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Hull)
Paratroopers prepare to jump from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during an airborne operation as part of the Pathfinder Mobile Training Team course at Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 17, 2014.
Spc. Devrin Egipciaco and Spc. Kyle Peterson, both assigned to the Company C of the 2nd Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment conduct mechanical breaching training, Aug. 12, at Fort Bragg. During training, Soldiers sharpened their skillset of gaining access to interior and exterior walls.
Col. Stephen G. Smith, left, the outgoing commander of the 18th Field Artillery Brigade, shakes hands with the incoming commander, Col. John L. Rafferty Jr., during the 18th FA Bde. change of command ceremony, June 11, at Fort Bragg.
Sgt. Tania Calderon and Sgt. Jesse Hertzog, instructors at the 82nd Airborne Division Combatives and Advanced Tactics School, demonstrate a self-defense technique for Paratroopers assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Abn. Div. during a self-defense class for female Paratroopers at Fort Bragg, N.C., Jan. 20, 2015.
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joe Berglund, an aircraft loadmaster from the 43rd Operations Support Squadron, conducts preflight checks on a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from the 437th Airlift Wing, Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, during an Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise on Jan. 27, 2015, on Green Ramp, Pope Army Airfield, North Carolina. Air Mobility Command's participation illustrates the critical partnership between Mobility Air Forces and the U.S. Army by exercising Joint Forcible Entry: the capability of rapidly introducing forces into hostile environments to conduct operations – whether combat or humanitarian support. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marvin Krause)
Senior Airman Joseph Stansfield, loadmaster, 95th Airlift Squadron, takes part in a Bosslift on a C-130, March 13, to show supervisors and employers of Reserve Airmen
from the 440th Airlift Wing some of the things they do on a daily basis
All About That Ace defeats Team Aloali'i in the Open League Post Volleyball Tournament at Hoskings Physical Fitness Center. Team Aloali'i defeated All About That Ace forcing a second game in the championship were they lost.
Eliza Richards, 4, sits in a military vehicle during the Spring Fling at the Nijmegen Community Center, Friday.
The Exchange's Airborne PX hosted a Make a Wish party for Alexia Lawson, a 5 year old who has Tricuspid Atresia, March 5. Alexia is the daughter of staff Sgt. Joshua Lawson and Patricia Lawson, and wanted a Frozen themed party. Her wish, granted through sponsorship and the Make A Wish Foundation, was to go to Disney World.
1st Sgt. William Ramos, of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, watches over the safety of 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment servicemembers, on the range at Fort Bragg, Tuesday. Soldiers routinely conduct marksmanship and qualification training to remain mission-ready.
Fort Bragg firefighters work with members of the Spring Lake Fire Department to put out fires as part of a biannual controlled burn at Fort Bragg, Dec. 14.
Mothers and daughters in matching outfits made their way to tables decorated with tea cups, tiaras and flowers for the 13th annual Mother Daughter Tea and Fashion Show. SSG Tashiasha Lockhart fixes her daughter's gloves.
Spc. Emmanuel Nogueras, 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, gathers his parachute during Joint Operational Access Exercise at Luzon Drop Zone, Feb. 24, 2013. JOAX enables U.S. and Canadian mobility aircrews to train with paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division on projecting combat power in a denied environment.
Photo by Lewis Perkins/Paraglide
Master Sgt. (ret.) Jennifer Loredo and her Family unveil a plaque marking the naming of the Staff Sgt. Edwardo Loredo Child Development Center during a ceremony held at the new facility on Pope Field, Friday. The dedication honored the sacrifice of Loredo, who was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, and was killed by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan on June 24, 2010. The Fort Bragg Child, Youth and School Services dedicated the hourly-care facility to the memory of the paratrooper, whose Family were patrons of the installation’s child development centers.
Charli Daniels, left, jumps to block a hit from Amanda Tertychny during an Open Volleyball game at Ritz-Epps Physical Fitness Center, March 29. Hot Mess, in green, defeated Hustlers.
Smoke Bomb Hill Chapel, a World War II-era chapel will be decommissioned and demolished later this year, along with Hope and Peace chapels. The chapels will be decommissioned to make way for future construction projects of chapels that can better serve the Fort Bragg community.
The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation is pleased to announce that 1st Lt. Elizabeth Trobaugh, XVIII Airborne Corps, has been awarded a 2014 Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship.
Administered for the U.S. Department of State by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, the Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowships develop a source of men and women whose academic backgrounds fulfill the skill needs of the State Department and who are dedicated to representing America’s interests abroad.
Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellows receive financial support towards a two-year, full-time master’s degree program in a field related to international affairs and diplomacy such as public policy, international affairs, public administration, and other related academic fields. Fellows participate in one domestic and one overseas internship.
Upon the completion of their master’s degree, they commit to five years of service as a foreign service officer.
Trobaugh graduated from Mills College in 2010 with a B.A. in International Relations and plans to attend Columbia University for her master’s degree.
Sgt. Cody Smith, an explosive ordnance disposal team leader with the 722nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, drops the puck to start the game between the Carolina Hurricanes and St. Louis Blues, during Military appreciation day at PNC arena Feb 28 2016
Participants walk in the 2015 Green Beret Jingle Jog at Fayetteville Technical Community College, Dec. 5, 2015. This year’s race moves to downtown Fayetteville and will include a DJ, awards for best outfit and a visit with the Carolina Panthers cheerleaders.
Spc. Joseph Moncada, right, a paratrooper with Company C, 127th Engineer Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, poses with his neighbors, Sgt. Alpesh Patel, his wife Tonya and their child, March 19. Moncada has been credited by emergency services personnel with saving their child’s life.
Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division Sustainment Brigade put their mental and physical agility to the test along with fellow Paratroopers and Soldiers from Fort Bragg as they tackle the obstacle course before going to air assault school January 4, 2017. Air Assault teaches Paratroopers and Soldiers how to use rotary wing assets to accomplish the mission. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Daniel Schroeder, 82nd Airborne Division Sustainment Brigade, Released)
Sgt. Michael Gallagher, with 82nd Airborne Division, and his family watch Paratroopers across Fort Bragg, N.C., perform a static line jump at Sicily Drop Zone during the Saturday Proficiency Jump Program (SPJP) on Feb. 20, 2016 at Fort Bragg, N.C.. The SPJP builds proficiency, experience, and confidence of individual Paratroopers, ensuring the XVIII Airborne Corps remains ready for contingency response missions. (US Army Photo by Sgt. Tierney P. Curry)(Released)
The Boston Bruins Hal Gill was given the opportunity to put on the parachutes that Fort Bragg Airborne troops jump with every day during a USO sponsored visit to the Fort Bragg Parachute Packing Facility June 7 2016.
Sgt. Maj. of the Army Daniel A. Dailey speaks with the students and instructors of Fort Bragg Noncommissioned Officer Academy. Dailey said he sees the cornerstone of the Army Profession as being trust. He then presented the leaders of tomorrow with two key questions: who do they trust, and do the members of their squad trust them?
Soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment conduct heavy drop operations at Sicily Drop Zone, Jan. 20. The training enables Soldiers to
enhance artillery proficiency and execute airborne maneuvers.
Members of Battery B, 1st Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division prepare a Howitzer during a training exercise at Fort Bragg, Wednesday. For more photos, visit www.paraglideonline.net
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Paratroopers assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division disassemble a foreign AK-47 rifle, Jan. 22, during a class at the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School at Fort Bragg. Special Forces Soldiers with the U.S. Army’s Special Operations Center of Excellence taught the paratroopers about AK-47 rifles in preparation for the deployment of paratroopers to Iraq to advise and assist Iraqi Security Forces.
Master Sgt. Troy Misiak, 18th Weather Squadron, performs a jumpmaster pre-inspection of an Airman jumping on
the 70th anniversary of D-Day. More than 300 Army and Air Force paratroopers took part in an airborne operation
Friday onto Normandy Drop Zone in recognition of the Allied invasion of Europe.
Command Sgt. Maj. Mitchell L. Rucker, incoming command sergeant major for the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, renders a salute to Col. Joseph Ryan, 2nd BCT commander, after assuming responsibility of the brigade combat team during a ceremony held at Fort Bragg, June 18. Upon completing initial entry training, Rucker was assigned as an infantryman to the 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment and returned nearly 23 years later to assume the role of the senior noncommissioned officer of the BCT. Retired Command Sgt. Maj. Steven R. England, the regiment’s honorary command sergeant major was also in attendance. England was the unit’s senior enlisted paratrooper early in Rucker’s first term of service.
Sgt Benjamin Stoots, right, and SPC Nathan Cox of the 27th Engineer Battalion,161st Engineer Support Company drive posts for a erosition barrier at Simmons Army Airfield Aug. 9.
Jasmine Martinez, an Army spouse, pins the Expert Field Medical Badge on her husband, Jeremy,
during the graduation ceremony, Nov. 10, at Fort Bragg. Jeremy is an 82nd Airborne Division
Soldier who earned the badge for demonstrating capabilities as an elite medic. He’s holding their
daughter, Sophia, 1.
Paratroopers of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, conduct a joint forcible entry operation during the brigade’s Mungadai event, on Fort Bragg, N.C., April 5, 2016. The 2nd BCT hosted the event to familiarize its officers and senior noncommissioned officers with the legacy of airborne forces, sharpen their warrior tasks and battle drills, and strengthen unit esprit de corps through a series of tasks designed to challenge the participants mentally and physically. (82nd Airborne Division photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Hull/Released)
Sgt. 1st Class Hector J. Borges, a paratrooper assigned to Battery C, 3rd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division points out a component of an M777 howitzer to Carmine Sabato Nov. 13, at Fort Bragg.
Garrison Change of Command from Col. Jeffrey Sanborn to Col. Brett Funck and the retirment ceremony for Col. Jeffrey Sanborn occured on Friday at the Main Post Parade Field. The ceremony was hosted by Davis Tindoll, Installation Management Command Atlantic Region.
A crate of grenades sit ready to be used by Soldiers during training at Fort Bragg, Aug. 21(Photo by Lewis Perkins/Paraglide)
Command Sgt. Maj. Stephen Maldonado,
44th Medical Brigade, presents
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Training Division, J7 Joint Staff South
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Month closing ceremony, May 31.