Supporters rally to keep 82nd Airborne museum open
The Army in June announced plans to consolidate its current 41 museums down to just 12. Whether Fort Bragg’s 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum is among those to be shuttered is still unclear.
Soldiers are inventing the tech needed to fight today’s wars
The U.S. Department of Defense has for decades-long history turned to private defense contractors for the latest military tech. The Dragon’s Lair competition asks XVIII Airborne Corps soldiers to invent what they need to fight modern wars.
Hegseth closes out All American Week with appearance at Fort Bragg
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth spoke to 82nd Airborne Division soldiers to conclude All American Week. In his speech, Hegseth emphasized his reforms efforts to go “back the basics” of the military.
On the Ground With Fort Liberty’s Storm Relief Teams
For the past two weeks, about 1,400 soldiers from Fort Liberty have slept at a Camping World near Marion. They compose an Infantry Battalion Task Force sent to western N.C. to provide relief after Helene.
All-American Chorus falls short in ‘America’s Got Talent’ finals
The 82nd Airborne Division All American Chorus will find out tonight if it has won the top prize in the “America’s Got Talent” competition show. And what a top prize it is: $1 million. The finals are scheduled from 9 to 11 tonight on NBC nationally and WRAL Channel 5 locally.
Paratroopers will deploy this fall to Europe
The 82nd Airborne Division Headquarters will deploy from Fort Liberty to Eastern Europe this fall, the U.S. Department of the Army announced Friday.
After months of preparation, name change for Fort Bragg becomes official next week
New signs leading onto the nation’s largest military installation will be covered ahead of June 2. That’s the day officials have chosen for the end of Fort Bragg, a storied military post that has long been an economic and cultural driver of Fayetteville and the North Carolina Sandhills and a key cog in America’s national…
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Fort Bragg paratroopers complete training for E3B certification
Paratroopers across the 82nd Airborne Division finished a 12-mile road march and a weapons test to receive their E3B certification on Fort Bragg on April 7. A total of 371 paratroopers and soldiers from multiple units and locations successfully completed E3B training.
82nd Airborne’s Gainey Company uncases colors, paves the way for innovation
Paratroopers of Gainey Company, activated in a provisional status with Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, uncased their guidon during a ceremony Wednesday on Fort Bragg. Gainey Company will operate as a specialty company harnessing innovation and testing, proving, and propagating technology across the division.
Deployed father surprises son with trip home to see him graduate
Leading a small entourage of family into the assembly room, Army Sgt. 1st Class William Dubnansky scurried forward and immediately embraced his son in front of the Gray’s Creek High School …
82nd Airborne Division’s All American Week postponed
The 82nd Airborne Division has announced that its All American Week is being postponed until late September due to the deployment of thousands of post-based troops to Europe to support the nation’s allies and to deter further Russian aggression.