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82d Airborne Division

82nd Division
82nd Infantry Division
82nd Airborne Division
Patch of the 82nd Airborne Division (Scorpion W2).svg
The Shoulder sleeve insignia of the 82nd Airborne Division.
Active 1917–1919
1921–present
Country  United States of America
Branch  United States Army
Type Airborne infantry
Role Command and control organization containing two to four maneuver brigades
Size Division
Part of XVIII Airborne Corps
Garrison/HQ Fort Bragg, North Carolina, U.S.
Nickname(s) "All American Division", "82nd Division", "82nd Infantry Division", "America's Guard of Honor", "The 82nd", within the unit and the wider airborne community simply "Division"
Motto(s) "All the way!", "Death from above"
March "The All-American Soldier"
Engagements

World War I

World War II

Cold War

Global War on Terrorism

Website https://www.bragg.army.mil/index.php/units-tenants/82nd-airborne-division
Commanders
Commander MG Erik Kurilla
Deputy Commander – Operations BG Matt McFarlane
Deputy Commander – Support COL Michael Fenzel
Deputy Commander – Interoperability Brigadier (UK) James Learmont
Command Sergeant Major Command Sergeant Major Michael Green
Notable
commanders
Complete list of commanders
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia of the Division's Headquarters Battalion
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Combat service identification badge
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Division Flag
Flag of the United States Army 82nd Airborne Division.svg

World War I

World War II

Cold War

Global War on Terrorism

The 82nd Airborne Division is an airborne infantry division of the United States Army, specializing in parachute assault operations into denied areas. Based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, the 82nd Airborne Division is part of the XVIII Airborne Corps. The 82nd Airborne Division is the U.S. Army's most strategically mobile division. Some sources consider the 82nd Airborne Division the most highly trained light infantry division in the world. Recently the 82nd Airborne has been conducting operations in Iraq. The 82nd Airborne has been assigned to advise and assist Iraqi Security Forces.

The All American division was constituted, originally as the 82nd Division, in the National Army on 5 August 1917, shortly after the American entry into World War I, and was organized on 25 August 1917, at Camp Gordon, Georgia and later served with distinction on the Western Front in the final months of World War I. Since its initial members came from all 48 states, the unit acquired the nickname All-American, which is the basis for its famed "AA" shoulder patch. The division later served in World War II where, in August 1942, it was reconstituted as the first airborne division of the U.S. Army and fought in numerous campaigns during the war, gaining an excellent reputation.

Famous soldiers of the division include Sergeant Alvin C. York, General James M. Gavin, General of the Army Omar Bradley, Senator Strom Thurmond (325th Glider Infantry Regiment in World War II), Senator Jack Reed, R&B singer Lou Rawls, actor William Windom, country music singer Craig Morgan, former Syracuse University football coach Ben Schwartzwalder, fashion critic/choreographer Bruce Darnell, The Honorable Patrick Murphy (Under Secretary of the Army), Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, and General "Henry" Hugh Shelton (Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1997 to 2001). Colonel Chris Gibson, Brigade Commander 325 Airborne Infantry, New York Congressman.


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