Fort Bragg held its 2023 Jumpmaster of the Year competition this week, testing the mettle of jumpmasters across the division by putting them in stressed-induced exercises like hands-on equipment inspections and demonstrations of actions while aboard aircraft.
The winner of the competition will be announced at the Division Review during All American Week at 10 a.m. May 25, according to a news release.
The 82nd Airborne Division will host current and veteran paratroopers, their families, and the public to observe All American Week, which runs Monday through May 25.
The week of activities will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Operation Urgent Fury during the invasion of Grenada in 1983, the release said.
The schedule includes:
- Division Run: 6:30-7:30 a.m. Monday, Long Street.
- Old Timers Breakfast: 9-11 a.m. Monday, 2nd Brigade Combat Team Dining Facility.
- 10 Miler: 6:30-9 a.m. Tuesday, Simmons Army Airfield.
- Division Memorial Ceremony: 11 a.m.-noon Tuesday, 82nd Airborne Museum.
- Junior Paratrooper of the Year ceremony and Family Fun Run: 4:30-8 p.m. Tuesday, Ardennes Street.
- Prayer Breakfast: 7-9 a.m. Tuesday, Iron Mike Conference Center.
- All American Hall of Fame: 11 a.m.-noon Wednesday, 82nd Airborne Division Hall of Heroes, Ardennes Street.
- Division Review: 10 a.m. Thursday, Pike Field.
- 34-Foot Tower: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, U.S. Army Advanced Airborne School.
- Sports competitions: Monday through Thursday at multiple sites.
