The 82nd Division of origin is August 5, 1917 as conventional infantry force, to be part of the "National Army U.S.", the expeditionary force sent to France. It is on August 25 next at Camp Gordon, Georgia. Its members come from all U.S. states, which earned him the nickname "All American", which later inspired his famous shoulder badge. Among the famous soldiers who have served in its ranks include Major General James Gavin David Bald Eagle, the great grand-nephew of the Sioux war chief, Sitting Bull, Senator Strom Thurmond, and Representatives in Congress Jack Reed and Bryan Lentz.
The current 82nd Airborne Division has become one of the most famous units of the military history of the United States. It is quartered at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and is subject to the XVIII Airborne Corps, which depends on the FORSCOM. Her account at the beginning of 2011 a workforce of about 22,000 men and is commanded by Major General James L. Huggins. Spearhead Corps Rapid Deployment U.S. Army, the division keeps a high degree of permanent alert and is deployable anywhere in the world with a notice up to eighteen hours. Its main mission is the capture of airfields, naval bases or any other facility or complex strategic enemies.
Sheet of the 82nd U.S. Airborne Division.
• Activation Date: 25 August 1917 - Present.
• Country: United States of America.
• Branch: United States Army.
• Type: Airborne Infantry Division.
• Employees: about 22,000 men.
• Subordinate to: XVIII Airborne Corps, FORSCOM.
• Garrison / HQ: Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
• Nickname: All American .
• Motto: "All The Way!".
• Badge distinctive round:
• Commitments:
- World War I (St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, 1917-1918).
- World War II (Sicily, Normandy, Holland, Ardennes, Germany).
- Interventions in the Dominican Republic, Panama and Grenada.
- War Vietnam.
- Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
- Global war against terrorism.
- Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.
• Decorations and citations.
- Presidential Citation from the U.S. Army for the fighting of Sainte-Mere-Eglise.
- Presidential Citation from the U.S. Army for Operation Market Garden .
- Presidential Citation from the U.S. Army, Naples / Foggia (319th Field Artillery Battalion gliding, 307th Engineer Battalion, 80th Field Artillery Battalion, Company H of the AA and the 504th Infantry Regiment Parachute (PIR).
- Citation of Merit from the U.S. Army for Operation Iraqi Freedom (3rd Brigade Combat, OIF-1).
5. Recommendation Letter of Merit from the U.S. Army for engagement in Southeast Asia West.
6. French Croix de Guerre with Palms, for the fighting of Sainte-Mere-Eglise.
7. French Croix de Guerre with Palms, for fighting in the Cotentin.
8. Believe War with French Forage.
9. Feed of the Belgian Army.
10. Summons to the Agenda of the Belgian Army for his actions in the Ardennes.
11. Summons to the Agenda of the Belgian Army for the campaign in Germany.
12. Military Order of William, the highest honor of the Netherlands, for bravery during Operation Market Garden .
13. Presidential Citation from the U.S. Army for the Battle of Samarah, in April 2003 (325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat).
• Current Commander: Major General James L. Huggins.
• Former notable commanders: Matthew B. Ridgeway, James M. Gavin, Omar N. Bradley, Maxwell D. Taylor, Roscoe Robinson, Jr., Clovis E. Byers and Thomas JH "Trap" Trapnell.
• Combat Brigades:
- 1st Brigade Combat [Airborne] Strike Hold .
- 2nd Brigade Combat [Airborne] Falcon .
- 3rd Brigade Combat [Airborne] Panthers.
- 4th Brigade Combat [Airborne] Fury from the Sky .
- Combat Aviation Brigade Too Easy! .
History (1917-2010).
The 82nd Division was originally created August 5, 1917, as a conventional infantry force, to be part of the expeditionary troops sent to Europe. It is on August 25 to Camp Gordon, Ga., and then it is entirely made up of conscripts, from 48 states that exist at that time. When he discovers this, the divisional command christened All American ("All Americans").
Most of the new division is divided into two infantry brigades, each consisting of two regiments. She also has a brigade of artillery, troops divisional support, and a train crew.
• 163rd Brigade: 325th and 326th Infantry Regiments.
• 164th Brigade: 327th and 328th Infantry regiments.
• 157th Field Artillery Brigade. •
contingents of troops divisional support.
• Train crews (logistics).
1 ° World War (1918).
In early April 1918, the 82nd Division sailed from the ports of Boston, Manhattan and Brooklyn to win Liverpool, England, where it is grouped in mid-May. From there, she left Southampton, crossed the Channel and landed in the port of Le Havre in Normandy. It is then integrated in the British on the Somme, where a small number of officers and troops are sent to the front lines to gain experience in combat.
On 16 June 1918, she joined rail Toul, to be incorporated into the French Army. To simplify the supply, Americans are fitted with equipment and French arms. She was briefly assigned to the U.S. 1st Corps, before being subject to the U.S. 4th Corps. It is then move to Woëvre, Lorraine, in front Lagney sector, where it operates in collaboration with the French 154th Infantry Division.
1.1. Saint-Mihiel.
The 82nd Division is the 26th U.S. Division in the Saint-Mihiel June 25, 1918. Although Lagney is considered a defensive sector, is actively engaged in attacks and raids into the German lines, for several weeks before being relieved in turn by the 89th U.S. Division.
In mid-August 1918, she was transferred to the sector Marbache, Meurthe-et-Moselle, where it is the U.S. 2nd Division and came under command of the 1st U.S. Army newly formed and commanded by Lieutenant-General John Pershing. It practicing fighting in the area until 12 September before joining the U.S. offensive of St. Mihiel. 600 000 soldiers involved in the attack (550 000 Americans and 48,000 French).
Below: American infantry column in the Saint-Mihiel (September 1918).
Once the U.S. offensive started well, the 82nd Division is committed to protect the right flank of the 1st U.S. Army and prevent future attacks against Germany. On 13 September 1918, the 163rd Brigade and the 327th Regiment organize patrols and attacks on the north-east Port-sur-Seille to EPLY, Bois's Railroader of the Voivrotte, the head-d'Or and Fréhaut. Simultaneously, the 328th Regiment, in support of the 90th Division attack against the U.S. Bois-le-Petre, advance to the west of the Moselle, enters the town of Norris, captured the heights north of the locality, where he consolidated his position.
September 15, 1918, the 328th Regiment, in charge of covering the right flank of the 90th Division resumed its advance and reached Vandières but must withdraw the next day to return to its initial positions north of Norris.
September 17, 1918, the St. Mihiel front is stabilized, the 90th U.S. Division was relieved by the 82nd U.S. Division, which is in turn relieved the 69th French Infantry Division, before being moved near Marbache / Belleville near Triaucourt (now Autrecourt- on-Aire) and Rarécourt in the area of operation of the 1st U.S. Army. During this movement, the U.S. division suffered heavy casualties (800 killed and wounded) due to enemy artillery. On this occasion, Lieutenant-Colonel Emory J. Pike, wounded, who commands the 319th Battalion, Machine Gun, died of his wounds November 16, 1918, and became the first soldier the 82nd Division to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Posthumously. The 82nd Division
is then placed in reserve until October 3. She is revived and replenished near Varennes en Argonne, before returning to the frontline. During this period, she trains to participate in the forthcoming Allied offensive in the Meuse-Argonne.
1.2. Meuse-Argonne.
the night of 6 to 7 October 1918, the 164th Brigade is the troops of the 28th U.S. Division, guarding the frontline ally in southern Fléville to the Forge, along the eastern bank of the Aire. On 7 October, the 82nd Division, the 163rd Brigade under which remained in reserve, attacked the north-east of the Argonne Forest and advance to Corney, occupying the hills 180 and 223.
On 8 October 1918, the 82nd Division seized Corney, but must withdraw to the south and east. The left flank of the division reached a height in the north-west of Chatel-Chéhéry in the Department of Ardennes. The next day, she continued her attacks and establishes a new front line from South Pylon until Rau de la Louviere.
During the remainder of this month, the 82nd Division inflects its axis of attack and progresses northward astride both banks of the Aire to the area east of San Juvin. On 10 October it is the first U.S. Division north of Fléville establishing a new front line running north-south through summoned. October 11, the right flank of the division captured the heights north of the Rance Rau. Attack and then takes it and Cornay Marcq. October 12, the 42nd U.S. Division is the 82nd Division in the area. The 82nd Division broke through the defenses of the Hindenburg Line and settled on a defense line just north of Route de Saint-Georges Saint-Juvin.
October 18, 1918, it is elements of the 78th U.S. Division in the areas of Marcq and Champigneulle. The next three days, it advances toward the Ravine aux Pierres. October 31, the 82nd Division, except the artillery brigade, is relieved by the 77th and 80th Divisions U.S., then regrouped in the Argonne forest near Champ Mahaut.
November 2, 1918, is concentrated in the area between La and The Chalade Islettes. November 4, it gets lots of exercises Vaucouleurs. On 10 November, she moves back to the land of Bourmont, Haute-Marne, where she remained until the armistice on November 11.
1.3. Between the two world wars.
During his campaign in France 1918, the 82nd Division recorded 8,077 men hors de combat: 995 killed and 7082 wounded. After hostilities ended, she moved into the region Prauthoy, where she remained until February 1919.
She left France and returned to the United States in April and May 1919, to be demobilized and deactivated on May 27 at Camp Mills in upstate New York. It is reactivated June 24, 1921, with its headquarters located in Columbia, South Carolina, in January 1922. During the next twenty years, it exists only as a reserve division, its units are dispersed in Georgia, South Carolina and Florida.
1.4. Commanders of the division (1917-1919).
- Major-General Eben Swift (August-November 1917).
- Brigadier General James Erwin (November - December 1917).
- Brigadier General William P. Burnham (December 1917 - September 1918).
- Major General George B. Duncan (October 1918 - May 1919).
2 ° World War (1943-1945).
2.1. Of Louisiana to Italy.
On 13 February 1942, the 82nd Division was renamed "Division headquarters, 82nd Division. It is returned to active duty March 25 and reorganized at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, under the authority of Major-General Omar N. Bradley. During this training period, it counts among its ranks several officers whose careers will soon become famous: Matthew B. Ridgeway, James Gavin and Maxwell D. Taylor.
August 15, 1942, she became the first airborne division of American military history, and changes its name in the 82nd Airborne Division. The 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), his first operational unit, is established and activated the same day.
In April 1943, its paratroopers leave the United States and are redeployed to North Africa, under the command of Major General Matthew B. Ridgeway, to prepare for the invasion of Italy. The 82nd Airborne Division conducts its first two missions of war in Sicily and Salerno, respectively on 9 July and 13 September 1943.
In Sicily, the 504th and 505th Regiment of Colonel Reuben H. Tucker III and James M. Gavin were dropped east of Ponte Olivo, in the area of Gela, on the night of 9 to 10 July 1943. During the ferry flight to their drop zones, transport aircraft C-47 Skytrain are suddenly targeted by the AAA Allied ships off the coast of Sicily, which disrupts and disperses the air formation, and sows confusion among the paratroopers.
Paratroopers from the 504th Regiment during the conquest of Sicily (July 1943).
During this unfortunate blunder, a score of C-47 are killed by "friendly fire", and 318 Americans were killed, wounded or lost at sea What Gavin does not prevent the consolidation of most of his men and to fulfill almost all of its objectives. Operation Husky is the first real test of an airborne assault by the U.S. Army to the regimental level, more or less succeeds.
At the landing of the U.S. 5th Army in the Bay of Salerno, Italy, September 9, 1943, the 319th and 320th Artillery Battalions are led on foot hovered lumber from ships of the Allied fleet, the first Glider deployments being carried out on D-Day in Normandy, June 6, 1944.
In October 1943, the 504th Regiment Parachute Infantry was the first American unit to enter Naples. In January 1944, he deployed and fought for a short time in the pocket of Anzio. In November, except that regiment, the remainder of the 82nd Airborne Division was transferred to England.
Photo below: 81mm mortar of the 504th Parachute Regiment drum set in Italy (September 1943).
2.2. Normandy.
now broken in, the 82nd Airborne Division is now fully dedicate himself, alongside his younger sister the 101st, preparations for Operation Overlord , the great Allied Expeditionary Force landed in France. In this context, the All American is reorganized. The 504th Regiment will not participate in this operation and formed two new units, the 507th and 508th Regiments, joined the 505th in England.
the night of 5 to 6 June 1944, 6,420 paratroopers of the three regiments of the 82nd Division were dropped on various targets. This operation Boston (1):
- Jumping side Merderet.
- Take Sainte-Mere-Eglise.
- Capture the bridges in La-Proud and Chef-du-Pont.
- Saute bridges and Etienville Beuzeville la Bastille.
- Establish a beachhead on the west Merderet.
- Defending the northwestern flank of the beachhead of Utah Beach.
Because of the strong reaction to the flak, cloud cover and the general disorganization that leads, on the 13,000 American paratroopers of the 82nd and 101st engaged divisions, only about 2500 of them manage to combine both somehow. And at dawn on June 6, very few units at the scene provided. Only the jump of the 505th Regiment of the 82nd, commanded by Colonel William E. Ekman went relatively smoothly. The 325th Infantry Regiment gliding is deployed the next night of June 7
division All American fight again, almost without interruption and without being detected or replenished, for thirty-three days before returning to England to be completely reorganized in early July. After
engagement American paratroopers in Normandy, is made the XVIII Airborne Corps again. Matthew Ridgeway was promoted to lieutenant-colonel and took command. He sold his old post to Brigadier General (Also newly promoted) James M. Gavin. During these terrible thirty-three days, the 82nd Division recorded 5,245 killed, wounded or missing.
On 2 August 1944, the 82nd Airborne Division is integrated into the new 1st Allied Airborne Army. In early September, she is preparing to participate in the Operation Market-Garden .
2.3. Market-Garden.
September 17, 1944, Operation Market Garden is triggered (2) in the Netherlands. This airborne operation, the largest of the Second World War involves three divisions and a brigade of paratroopers, for a total workforce of about 35,000 men. On this occasion, the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment was reassigned to the 82nd Division, while the 507th was moved to see the new 17th Airborne Division.
The objectives of the All American are the two major road bridges over the Maas Dutch (Maas) and one of two arms of the Rhine (Waal), respectively at Grave and Nijmegen. These objectives are successful, although at the cost of heavy losses, especially for taking the Nijmegen bridge, defended by a brigade of the 9th SS-Panzer Division Hohenstofen
Below: the 82nd Airborne Division participated in Market Garden, September 17, 1944, Holland, Grave and Nijmegen.
But despite these successes and sacrifices, the inability of the 30th British Corps to join the paratroopers of the 1st British Airborne Division encircled in Oosterbeek, near Arnhem, leads eventually total failure of the plan in Montgomery . After that, the All American still fighting for six weeks on the Hell's Drive ("Road to Hell") for six weeks until the end of October, before being relieved by the 1st Canadian Army and sent to rest in France in the region Mourmelon.
2.4. Battle of the Bulge.
On the evening of December 16, 1944 at Mourmelon the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions were placed on high alert and shipped by truck to the front of the Belgian Ardennes (3). The journey takes thirty hours. While Eagles of the 101st Screaming are diverted to Bastogne, the All American are proceeding to the Salm and the region of Coo-Werbomont-Stourbridge-The Gleize, where U.S. paratroopers face the Kampfgruppe Peiper and units of the 1st Panzer Division Hitler Jugend SS .
The 82nd Airborne Division remains in this region until the final disposal of the German salient in the Ardennes at the end of January 1945. Then she was sent to England with the 101st Division in order to be restored and replenished.
Photo below: paratroopers of the 82nd Division, advancing under cover of a Sherman tank , during the Battle of the Bulge (December 1944).
2.5. Campaign in Germany and the end of hostilities.
In March 1945, units of the 82nd Division participated in the final airborne operation of World War II, Operation Varsity , and the crossing of the Rhine. It also helps to eliminate the huge pocket in the German Ruhr area, which saw the capitulation of the entire Army Group H Marshal Walther Model (385,000 German prisoners). It ended the war in the region Ludwigsleist, beyond the Elbe, and must under the terms of the Yalta Conference and board retreat on the western bank of river. To Finally, Major-General James Gavin receives the surrender of 150 000 men of the 21th German Army, commanded by General Kurt von Tippelskirch.
After the German surrender at Reims, the All American Division is sent to Berlin to be part of Allied occupation troops. It remained in the city until December 1945. Parallel to this, she prepares to be transferred to the Pacific, occurs when the Japanese surrender on August 14.
losses of the 82nd Airborne Division during the conflict: 1619 killed, 6560 injured and 332 died of their injuries.
2.6. Order of Battle (1943-1945).
- HQ Divisional HQ and troops (HHB).
- 325th Glider Infantry Regiment.
- 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment.
- 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment.
- 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment (January 14, 1944 - March 1, 1945).
- 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment (January 14, 1944 to January 21, 1945, January 23 to May 9, 1945).
- 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment (1st-January 11th, 1945, 23-26 January 1945, February 3-5, 1945, 9-10 February 1945).
- 1st Battalion, 551st Parachute Infantry Regiment (26 December 1944 to 13 January 1945, 21-27 January 1945).
- HHB, Divisional Artillery.
- 319th Field Artillery Battalion gliding (75mm).
- 320th Field Artillery Battalion gliding (75mm).
- 376th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (75mm).
- 456th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (75mm).
- 80th Airborne AA Battalion artillery
- 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion.
- 307th Airborne Medical Company.
- 82nd Parachute Maintenance Company.
- 82nd Detachment Counter-Intelligence Corps.
- HQ, "Special Troops".
- HQ Company, 82nd Airborne Division.
- 782nd Maintenance Company and airborne order.
- Company 407th Quartermaster (QM) Airborne.
- 82nd Airborne Signal Company.
- Military Police Platoon.
- Recce Platoon (reorganized on 1 March 1945).
- Divisional Orchestra (reorganized on 1 March 1945).
- Honor Guard Platoon (postwar) at Palace Kleist, Berlin.
2.7. Commanders of the division (1942-1948).
- Major-General Omar N. Bradley (March-June 1942).
- Major-General Matthew B. Ridgeway (June 1942 - August 1944).
- Major General James M. Gavin (September 1944 - March 1948).
(1) Blogosphere Mara, "Operation Overlord - D-Day: The first day of fighting"
(2) Blogosphere Mara, "17-25 September 1944 - Operation Market Garden : a bridge too far "
(3) Blogosphere Mara," December 16, 1944 to January 25, 1945 - Battle of the Bulge: the showdown "
3 Cold War (1945-1990).
The 82nd Airborne Division returned to the United States. She sailed from Brest on board the British liner RMS Queen Mary to New York January 3, 1946. In 1947, the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion was assigned to the All American and uses the colors of the 3rd Battalion of the 505th Regiment, disbanded.
Unlike the vast majority of other active divisions of the U.S. Army, she is not disabled. It is housed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, November 15, 1948.
She does not participate in the Korean conflict, Presidents Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower preferring to keep it as a strategic reserve force in the United States. During the fifties and sixties, the All American trained intensively in order to fight in any climate, Alaska, Central America, the Far East, the desert of Nevada, Florida, etc..
In 1963, the U.S. Army divisions undergoing a major transformation following a "Table of Organization and Equipment (TOE) as amended, and the system réadoptent modular" brigades, an organization that the U.S. Army had abandoned the late thirties.
The standard infantry brigade includes two infantry battalions, each with a workforce of 650 men, a squadron of armored cavalry [Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition (RSTA)], a field artillery battalion (105mm) a battalion of "Special Troops" [Engineering, Communications, Medical], and a support battalion [logistics]. A brigade of U.S. Army, whatever its type (infantry, armored, artillery or logistics) is generally commanded by a colonel.
3.1. Interventions in the Dominican Republic and South Vietnam.
In April 1965, the 82nd Airborne Division was sent to the Republic to participate in Operation Power Pack and end the civil war that has scarred the country. In 1967 she was deployed in the streets of Detroit, Michigan, to stop the rioting and looting.
In early 1968, she was sent to Southeast Asia. During the Tet Offensive in South Vietnam, the 3rd Brigade moved into the area of Chu Lai and Hue-Phu Bai, in the area of operations in I Corps. She then sent south of Saigon, and fought in the Mekong Delta, in the "Iron Triangle" and along the Cambodian border. This brigade will remain in South Vietnam for twenty-two months before returning to the United States.
3.2. Seventies and eighties.
In 1969-1970, the 82nd Airborne Division deploys paratrooper units in South Korea and South Vietnam. During the events of "Black September" in the Middle East, she is preparing to be deployed in Amman, Jordan, but this operation is canceled.
During the war the Arab-Israeli Yom Kippur in October 1973, the All American Division is again placed on alert and ready to be sent the same region. In May 1978, the scenario is similar, this time for Zaire. In November 1979, is placed on high alert because of the hostage crisis at the embassy in Tehran.
To cope with this kind of political crisis, President Jimmy Carter in 1977 created the new concept of "Rapid Reaction Forces" (Rapid Deployment Forces , RDF). This concept allows the repositioning of a mobile force (maintained in a state of permanent alert) outside the United States, with very short notice (about 36 to 48 hours). The 82nd Airborne Division is uniquely qualified to train the embryo of the future force.
On 25 October 1983, elements of the 82nd Airborne Division (2nd and 3rd Battalions [airport] of the 325th Regiment, 1st Battalion [Airborne] of the 505th Regiment, 1st Battalion [Airborne] of the 508th Regiment) were sent in support 1st and 2nd Ranger Battalion, to participate in Operation Urgent Fury , the release of Western hostages held captive by Marxist guerrillas on the island of Grenada in the Caribbean States. They will remain there until late November to secure the island. This is the first opportunity to test in real conditions the new concept RDF.
In March 1988, an expeditionary force of the 82nd Division, formed with two battalions of the 504th Infantry Regiment and the 3rd Infantry Battalion [Airborne] of the 505th Regiment, leads a mission to parachute and commando insertion in the Operation Golden Pheasant to combat the infiltration of the Sandinistas in Honduras. This deployment is considered a success because the Sandinistas to withdraw from the region and return to Nicaragua.
On 20 December 1989, the All American participate in Operation Just Cause, the American intervention in Panama, and fought hard enough to secure the Torrijos International Airport. What causes the fall of the dictatorial regime of Manuel Noriega. U.S. paratroopers then take part in helicopter assault missions in Panama City, in conjunction with the 75th Ranger Regiment. They finally found their quarters at Fort Bragg January 12, 1990.
3.3. Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
Seven months later, the paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division are again placed on war footing. Six days after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, it is the vanguard of the largest deployment of American forces since the Vietnam War, as part of Operation Desert Shield ("Desert Shield"). The 2nd Brigade was the first American unit to be deployed in Saudi Arabia, the rest of the division following shortly thereafter. The following months, she trained intensively in the wilderness, be prepared to fight the Iraqi army, then considered the most powerful in the Middle East.
On January 16, 1991, Operation Desert Storm ("Desert Storm") begins with a wonderful companion aerial bombardment which lasted six weeks. During this period, the 82nd Division is part of the XVIII Airborne Corps and placed to the left of the allied forces on the outskirts of Abqaq oil installations in Saudi Arabia.
23 February 1991 began the ground offensive. The 82nd Division, in collaboration with the 6th Light Armored Division ("brocket") French, cover the sides of the XVIII Corps during its progress in Iraqi territory, to As Salman. The Allied ground offensive would continue for hundred hours, the All American and the French destroying hundreds of tanks and enemy vehicles and captured tens of thousands of prisoners. After the cease-fire, the division returned to Fort Bragg U.S. at the end of April.
Photo below: French tank AMX-30 Division Daguet on the left flank of the XVIII Airborne Corps, Iraq. March 3, 1991.
3.4. Balkans.
In December 1995, the 82nd Airborne Division is preparing for a possible airdrop mission in support of the 1st Armoured Division Bosnia-Herzegovina, as part of Operation Joint Endeavor . The engineer troops of the Old Ironsides having deployed on the Sava river without encountering hostility from the Serbs, this release is canceled.
In March 1999, the 2nd Infantry Battalion [Airborne] of the 505th Regiment was deployed in Albania, along the Kosovo border in support of Operation Allied Force, the bombing campaign by NATO against Serbia. In September, the 3rd Battalion, 504th Regiment replaces 2 / 505, as part of Operation Joint Guardian . The 3 / 504 Battalion in turn is identified by elements of the 101st Airborne Division in March 2000.
On 1 October 1999, the 1st Infantry Battalion [Airborne] of the 508th Regiment performs the operation Rapid Guardian, a parachute drop at very low altitude (180m) near Pristina.
3.5. Commanders of the division (1948-1991).
- Major-General E. Clovis Byers (March 1948 - July 1949).
- Brigadier General Ridgely Gaither (July-October 1949).
- Major-General B. Williston Palmer (November 1949 - October 1950).
- Major-General Thomas F. Hickey (October 1950 - January 1952).
- Major-General Charles DW Canham (February 1952 - September 1952).
- Major-General Gerald J. Higgins (September 1952 - September 1953).
- Major General Francis W. Farrell (October 1953 - July 1955).
- Major-General Thomas Trapnell (July-September 1956).
- Major-General John W. Bowen (September 1956 - December 1957).
- Major-General Hamilton H. Howze (January 1958 - June 1959).
- Major General Dwight E. Beach (July 1959 - April 1961).
- Major-General Theodore J. Conway (April 1961 - July 1962).
- Major General John L. Throckmorton (July 1962 - January 1964).
- Major General Robert H. York (February 1964 - July 1965).
- Major-General Joe S. Lawrie (August 1965 - April 1967).
- Major General Richard J. Seitz (April 1967 - October 1968).
- Major General John R. Deane, Jr. (October 1968 - July 1970).
- Major-General George S. Blanchard (July 1970 - July 1972).
- Major-General Frederick J. Kroesen (July 1972 - October 1974).
- Major-General Thomas H. Tackenberry (October 1974 - October 1976).
- Major General Roscoe Robinson, Jr. (October 1976 - November 1978).
- Major-General Guy S. Meloy (December 1978 - February 1981).
- Major-General James J. Lindsay (February 1981 - June 1983).
- Major General Edward L. Trobaugh (June 1983 - June 1985).
- Major General Bobby B. Porter (June 1985 - January 1986).
- Major-General John W. Foss (January-October 1986).
- Brigadier-General J. Raphael Hallade (October 1986 - January 1987).
- Major General Carl W. Stiner (January 1987 - October 1988).
- Major-General James H. Johnson (October 1988 - May 1991).
4 ° Global war against terrorism (2001-Present).
4.1. Operation Enduring Freedom: Afghanistan.
After the attacks of September 11, 2001, the 49th Detachment of Public Relations of the 82nd Airborne Division deployed to Afghanistan in October, as part of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF-1). Several elements of the All American pass under the authority of the U.S. Central Command, in support of combat operations U.S. Army.
In June 2002, the 3rd Brigade was deployed in Afghanistan. In January 2003, it is relieved by the 1st Brigade. During this deployment, 70 paratroopers from B Company 3 / 504, in conjunction with A Company, 2nd Ranger Battalion, conduct an airdrop in western countries, an undercover operation remain classified for more than a year.
At the end of September 2004, the 1st Battalion of the 505th Regiment (1 / 505) is deployed in turn as reinforcements for the mission of maintaining order and security during the conduct of the first free elections in Afghanistan. The first
Brigade makes a second trip to Afghanistan in April 2005 for a period of twelve months, as part of OEF-6. The 3rd Brigade Combat replace then until April 2007 (OEF-7).
In January 2007, the Division HQ, 4th Brigade Combat Aviation Brigade and are deployed in Afghanistan within the Combined Joint Task Force 82 (CJTF-82), as part of OEF-8. Deployment Service (Duties) of the 3rd Brigade and the 10th Mountain Division are extended from 120 days to face a Taliban offensive.
In March 2008, the 4th Brigade Combat returns to Fort Bragg after a stay in Afghanistan fifteen months. During this deployment, the 2nd Battalion of the 508th Regiment (2 / 508) worked to establish and consolidate a base for artillery fire support in the province of Ghazni. THE PARALLEL, the 1 / 508 was deployed in Kandahar, a mission in support of the Afghan national security forces.
During the months of August and September 2009, the 4th Brigade began a new rotation. She returned to Fort Bragg in August 2010.
Photo below: sniper of the 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment deployed to cover his squad. Mianashin, Afghanistan, January 2008. The gun is a modified M14ALCS.
4.2. Operation Iraqi Freedom: Iraq.
In March 2003, the 2nd Battalion of the 325th Regiment of the 2nd Brigade was built in the 75th Ranger Regiment to conduct an airborne assault against the Baghdad International Airport, in the western suburbs, within Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIE-1). In view of the development of operations and the advance of Allied ground forces lightning, the mission is canceled. The battalion returned in its original regiment on Talil Airfield, near An Nasariyah.
The 2nd Brigade returned to the United States at the end of February 2004. The 3rd Brigade was deployed to Iraq in the summer of 2003, returning to Fort Bragg in spring 2004. The 1st Brigade was deployed in January 2004. The 2nd Brigade follows in mid-December, then returned to Fort Bragg for Easter 2005.
July 21, 2006, the 1st Battalion of the 325th Regiment, with Battery, 2 / 319 Field Artillery Regiment and 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, moved to Tikrit, until December.
January 4, 2007, the rest of the 2nd Brigade Combat is deployed in Iraq. On June 6, 2007, the 1st Brigade Combat deploys to the south, returning to the United States March 18, 2008.
In August 2009, the 1st Brigade Combat makes a new residence until July 2010.
4.3. Hurricane Katrina and Haiti.
The 3rd Brigade Panthers and the Divisional Artillery Command (DIVARTY) are deployed in flooded streets of New Orleans to conduct search and rescue missions, and security in the wake of the Hurricane Katrina in September 2005. About 5,000 paratroopers commanded by Maj. Gen. William B. Caldwell IV operate from the airport City International.
After the devastating earthquake of January 12, 2010, units of the 82nd Airborne Division are deployed in Haiti on a humanitarian mission, distribute clean water, food, blankets, medicines, etc to the affected population.
4.4. Open Day ".
On May 20, 2006, during the 56th Annual Day "Open House" (JSOH) based at Andrews AFB, Md., 120 paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division conduct a demonstration a drop together.
4.5. Commanders of the division (1991-Present).
- Major-General Henry H. Shelton (May 1991 - May 1993).
- Major General William M. Steele (May 1993 - March 1995).
- Major General George A. Crocker (March 1995 - November 1996).
- Major-General Joseph K. Kellogg, Jr. (November 1996 - July 1998).
- Major-General Dan K. McNeill (August 1998 - June 2000).
- Major-General John Vines (June 2000 - May 2003).
- Major-General Charles Swannack (October 2002 - May 2004).
- Major General William B. Caldwell IV (May 2004 - April 2006).
- Major General David M. Rodriguez (April 2006 - July 2008).
- Major-General Curtis Scaparrotti (July 2008 - August 2010).
- Major General James L. Huggins (August 2010 - Present).
5 Major reorganization, MTOE (January 2006).
In January 2006, the 82nd Airborne Division began a major reorganization, as the "Amended Table of Organization and Equipment (MTOE or MTO & E) 2005. Airborne infantry brigades were redesignated "Brigade Combat".
New units, including the 4th Brigade Combat are activated: the 1st Battalion of the 508th Regiment (1 / 508 INF), the 2nd Battalion of the 508th Regiment (2 / 508 INF), the 4th Regiment, 73rd Cavalry Regiment [Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition] (4 / 73 CAV [RSTA]), the 2nd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment [Airborne] (2 / 321 FA) and the 782nd Brigade Support Battalion (BSB 782 ).
Divisional Artillery (DIVARTY) was dissolved and replaced by the 18th Artillery Brigade (18th Fire Brigade). The 82nd Division Support Command (DISCOM 82) was renamed the 82nd Brigade Logistics Support (Sustainment Brigade).
Current organization of the 82nd Airborne Division.
Like the other active units, each of four combat brigades of the 82nd Airborne Division is organized under the new "Amended table of organization and equipment (MTOE) and has a mixture units: a battalion of "special troops" (logistics, medical, communications, engineering), a reconnaissance squadron "Observation, Monitoring and Target Acquisition (RSTA), two airborne infantry battalions and one artillery battalion with howitzers airborne towed M777 155mm.
Combat Aviation Brigade is made up of his side of helicopters to observation, and attack troop transport: OH-58D Kiowa , AH-64D Apache , CH-47D Chinook and UH-60L Black Hawk .
Photo below: UH-60L Black Hawk , Najaf in Iraq, in May 2005.
• 1st Brigade Combat [Aéroportéee] Strike Hold ). Fort Bragg, NC North.
- Battalion "Special Troops" (HQ & HQ Company, Transmissions, engineering, ...)
- 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR).
- 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR).
- 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment Thunder (M551 Sheridan ).
- 3rd Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment (M777 Howitzer ).
- the 307th Support Battalion [Logistics] brigade.
• 2nd Brigade Combat [Airborne] Falcon. Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
- Battalion "Special Troops" (HQ & HQ Company, Transmissions, engineering, ...)
- 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment (AIR).
- 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment (AIR).
- 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment Thunder (M551 Sheridan ).
- 2nd Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment (M777 Howitzer ).
- the 407th Support Battalion [Logistics] brigade.
• 3rd Brigade Combat [Airborne] Panthers. Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
- Battalion "Special Troops" (HQ & HQ Company, Transmissions, engineering, ...)
- 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR).
- 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR).
- 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment Thunder (M551 Sheridan ).
- 1st Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment (M777 Howitzer ).
- 82nd Support Battalion [Logistics] brigade.
Photo below: M551 Sheridan of the 82nd Airborne Division dropped from a C-130 Hercules after Technical LAPES (Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System).
• 4th Brigade Combat [Airborne] Fury from the Sky. Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
- Battalion "Special Troops" (HQ & HQ Company, Transmissions, engineering, ...)
- 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR).
- 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR).
- 4th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment Thunder (M551 Sheridan ).
- 2nd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment (M777 Howitzer ).
- 782nd Support Battalion [Logistics] brigade.
• 82nd Brigade Combat Aviation Too Easy! . Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC).
- 1st Battalion, 82nd Aviation Regiment [Attack and Reconnaissance] (AH-64D Apache Longbow ).
- 2nd Battalion, 82nd Aviation Regiment [Transportation Assault] (HH-60L / M Night Hawk ).
- 3rd Battalion, 82nd Aviation Regiment [General Support Aviation (GSAB)] (CH-47D Chinook and UH-60A / L Black Hawk ).
- 1st Squadron, 17th Regiment Cavalry [Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition (RSTA)] (OH-58D Kiowa ).
- 122nd Aviation Support Battalion (UH-60A Black Hawk , CH-47D Chinook ).
• 18th Field Artillery Brigade [Airborne]. Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
- HQ & HQ Battalion (HHB).
- 1st Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment (M777 Howitzer ).
- 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment (M777 Howitzer ).
- 3rd Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment (Multiple Rocket Launcher HIMARS).
- D Battery, 26th Field Artillery Regiment [acquisition targets].
- the 188th Support Battalion [Logistics] brigade.
- 206th Signal Company.
Below: 155mm towed howitzer M777 of the 82nd Airborne Division. Afghanistan, 2009.
• 82nd Brigade Support [Logistics] Divisional. Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Battalion "Special Troops"
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC).
- 11th QM Company.
- 21th Chemical Company.
- 18th Society of Human Resources [Administrative].
- 82nd Transmission Company.
- 82nd Financial Management Company.
264th Support Battalion [Combat Logistics]
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC).
- 259th QM Company.
- 364th QM Company.
- 600th QM Company.
- 612th QM Company.
- 659th Maintenance Company.
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The current 82nd Airborne Division has become one of the most famous units of the military history of the United States. It is quartered at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and is subject to the XVIII Airborne Corps, which depends on the FORSCOM. Her account at the beginning of 2011 a workforce of about 22,000 men and is commanded by Major General James L. Huggins. Spearhead Corps Rapid Deployment U.S. Army, the division keeps a high degree of permanent alert and is deployable anywhere in the world with a notice up to eighteen hours. Its main mission is the capture of airfields, naval bases or any other facility or complex strategic enemies.
Sheet of the 82nd U.S. Airborne Division.
• Activation Date: 25 August 1917 - Present.
• Country: United States of America.
• Branch: United States Army.
• Type: Airborne Infantry Division.
• Employees: about 22,000 men.
• Subordinate to: XVIII Airborne Corps, FORSCOM.
• Garrison / HQ: Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
• Nickname: All American .
• Motto: "All The Way!".
• Badge distinctive round:
• Commitments:
- World War I (St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, 1917-1918).
- World War II (Sicily, Normandy, Holland, Ardennes, Germany).
- Interventions in the Dominican Republic, Panama and Grenada.
- War Vietnam.
- Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
- Global war against terrorism.
- Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.
• Decorations and citations.
- Presidential Citation from the U.S. Army for the fighting of Sainte-Mere-Eglise.
- Presidential Citation from the U.S. Army for Operation Market Garden .
- Presidential Citation from the U.S. Army, Naples / Foggia (319th Field Artillery Battalion gliding, 307th Engineer Battalion, 80th Field Artillery Battalion, Company H of the AA and the 504th Infantry Regiment Parachute (PIR).
- Citation of Merit from the U.S. Army for Operation Iraqi Freedom (3rd Brigade Combat, OIF-1).
5. Recommendation Letter of Merit from the U.S. Army for engagement in Southeast Asia West.
6. French Croix de Guerre with Palms, for the fighting of Sainte-Mere-Eglise.
7. French Croix de Guerre with Palms, for fighting in the Cotentin.
8. Believe War with French Forage.
9. Feed of the Belgian Army.
10. Summons to the Agenda of the Belgian Army for his actions in the Ardennes.
11. Summons to the Agenda of the Belgian Army for the campaign in Germany.
12. Military Order of William, the highest honor of the Netherlands, for bravery during Operation Market Garden .
13. Presidential Citation from the U.S. Army for the Battle of Samarah, in April 2003 (325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat).
• Current Commander: Major General James L. Huggins.
• Former notable commanders: Matthew B. Ridgeway, James M. Gavin, Omar N. Bradley, Maxwell D. Taylor, Roscoe Robinson, Jr., Clovis E. Byers and Thomas JH "Trap" Trapnell.
• Combat Brigades:
- 1st Brigade Combat [Airborne] Strike Hold .
- 2nd Brigade Combat [Airborne] Falcon .
- 3rd Brigade Combat [Airborne] Panthers.
- 4th Brigade Combat [Airborne] Fury from the Sky .
- Combat Aviation Brigade Too Easy! .
History (1917-2010).
The 82nd Division was originally created August 5, 1917, as a conventional infantry force, to be part of the expeditionary troops sent to Europe. It is on August 25 to Camp Gordon, Ga., and then it is entirely made up of conscripts, from 48 states that exist at that time. When he discovers this, the divisional command christened All American ("All Americans").
Most of the new division is divided into two infantry brigades, each consisting of two regiments. She also has a brigade of artillery, troops divisional support, and a train crew.
• 163rd Brigade: 325th and 326th Infantry Regiments.
• 164th Brigade: 327th and 328th Infantry regiments.
• 157th Field Artillery Brigade. •
contingents of troops divisional support.
• Train crews (logistics).
1 ° World War (1918).
In early April 1918, the 82nd Division sailed from the ports of Boston, Manhattan and Brooklyn to win Liverpool, England, where it is grouped in mid-May. From there, she left Southampton, crossed the Channel and landed in the port of Le Havre in Normandy. It is then integrated in the British on the Somme, where a small number of officers and troops are sent to the front lines to gain experience in combat.
On 16 June 1918, she joined rail Toul, to be incorporated into the French Army. To simplify the supply, Americans are fitted with equipment and French arms. She was briefly assigned to the U.S. 1st Corps, before being subject to the U.S. 4th Corps. It is then move to Woëvre, Lorraine, in front Lagney sector, where it operates in collaboration with the French 154th Infantry Division.
1.1. Saint-Mihiel.
The 82nd Division is the 26th U.S. Division in the Saint-Mihiel June 25, 1918. Although Lagney is considered a defensive sector, is actively engaged in attacks and raids into the German lines, for several weeks before being relieved in turn by the 89th U.S. Division.
In mid-August 1918, she was transferred to the sector Marbache, Meurthe-et-Moselle, where it is the U.S. 2nd Division and came under command of the 1st U.S. Army newly formed and commanded by Lieutenant-General John Pershing. It practicing fighting in the area until 12 September before joining the U.S. offensive of St. Mihiel. 600 000 soldiers involved in the attack (550 000 Americans and 48,000 French).
Below: American infantry column in the Saint-Mihiel (September 1918).
Once the U.S. offensive started well, the 82nd Division is committed to protect the right flank of the 1st U.S. Army and prevent future attacks against Germany. On 13 September 1918, the 163rd Brigade and the 327th Regiment organize patrols and attacks on the north-east Port-sur-Seille to EPLY, Bois's Railroader of the Voivrotte, the head-d'Or and Fréhaut. Simultaneously, the 328th Regiment, in support of the 90th Division attack against the U.S. Bois-le-Petre, advance to the west of the Moselle, enters the town of Norris, captured the heights north of the locality, where he consolidated his position.
September 15, 1918, the 328th Regiment, in charge of covering the right flank of the 90th Division resumed its advance and reached Vandières but must withdraw the next day to return to its initial positions north of Norris.
September 17, 1918, the St. Mihiel front is stabilized, the 90th U.S. Division was relieved by the 82nd U.S. Division, which is in turn relieved the 69th French Infantry Division, before being moved near Marbache / Belleville near Triaucourt (now Autrecourt- on-Aire) and Rarécourt in the area of operation of the 1st U.S. Army. During this movement, the U.S. division suffered heavy casualties (800 killed and wounded) due to enemy artillery. On this occasion, Lieutenant-Colonel Emory J. Pike, wounded, who commands the 319th Battalion, Machine Gun, died of his wounds November 16, 1918, and became the first soldier the 82nd Division to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Posthumously. The 82nd Division
is then placed in reserve until October 3. She is revived and replenished near Varennes en Argonne, before returning to the frontline. During this period, she trains to participate in the forthcoming Allied offensive in the Meuse-Argonne.
1.2. Meuse-Argonne.
the night of 6 to 7 October 1918, the 164th Brigade is the troops of the 28th U.S. Division, guarding the frontline ally in southern Fléville to the Forge, along the eastern bank of the Aire. On 7 October, the 82nd Division, the 163rd Brigade under which remained in reserve, attacked the north-east of the Argonne Forest and advance to Corney, occupying the hills 180 and 223.
On 8 October 1918, the 82nd Division seized Corney, but must withdraw to the south and east. The left flank of the division reached a height in the north-west of Chatel-Chéhéry in the Department of Ardennes. The next day, she continued her attacks and establishes a new front line from South Pylon until Rau de la Louviere.
During the remainder of this month, the 82nd Division inflects its axis of attack and progresses northward astride both banks of the Aire to the area east of San Juvin. On 10 October it is the first U.S. Division north of Fléville establishing a new front line running north-south through summoned. October 11, the right flank of the division captured the heights north of the Rance Rau. Attack and then takes it and Cornay Marcq. October 12, the 42nd U.S. Division is the 82nd Division in the area. The 82nd Division broke through the defenses of the Hindenburg Line and settled on a defense line just north of Route de Saint-Georges Saint-Juvin.
October 18, 1918, it is elements of the 78th U.S. Division in the areas of Marcq and Champigneulle. The next three days, it advances toward the Ravine aux Pierres. October 31, the 82nd Division, except the artillery brigade, is relieved by the 77th and 80th Divisions U.S., then regrouped in the Argonne forest near Champ Mahaut.
November 2, 1918, is concentrated in the area between La and The Chalade Islettes. November 4, it gets lots of exercises Vaucouleurs. On 10 November, she moves back to the land of Bourmont, Haute-Marne, where she remained until the armistice on November 11.
1.3. Between the two world wars.
During his campaign in France 1918, the 82nd Division recorded 8,077 men hors de combat: 995 killed and 7082 wounded. After hostilities ended, she moved into the region Prauthoy, where she remained until February 1919.
She left France and returned to the United States in April and May 1919, to be demobilized and deactivated on May 27 at Camp Mills in upstate New York. It is reactivated June 24, 1921, with its headquarters located in Columbia, South Carolina, in January 1922. During the next twenty years, it exists only as a reserve division, its units are dispersed in Georgia, South Carolina and Florida.
1.4. Commanders of the division (1917-1919).
- Major-General Eben Swift (August-November 1917).
- Brigadier General James Erwin (November - December 1917).
- Brigadier General William P. Burnham (December 1917 - September 1918).
- Major General George B. Duncan (October 1918 - May 1919).
2 ° World War (1943-1945).
2.1. Of Louisiana to Italy.
On 13 February 1942, the 82nd Division was renamed "Division headquarters, 82nd Division. It is returned to active duty March 25 and reorganized at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, under the authority of Major-General Omar N. Bradley. During this training period, it counts among its ranks several officers whose careers will soon become famous: Matthew B. Ridgeway, James Gavin and Maxwell D. Taylor.
August 15, 1942, she became the first airborne division of American military history, and changes its name in the 82nd Airborne Division. The 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), his first operational unit, is established and activated the same day.
In April 1943, its paratroopers leave the United States and are redeployed to North Africa, under the command of Major General Matthew B. Ridgeway, to prepare for the invasion of Italy. The 82nd Airborne Division conducts its first two missions of war in Sicily and Salerno, respectively on 9 July and 13 September 1943.
In Sicily, the 504th and 505th Regiment of Colonel Reuben H. Tucker III and James M. Gavin were dropped east of Ponte Olivo, in the area of Gela, on the night of 9 to 10 July 1943. During the ferry flight to their drop zones, transport aircraft C-47 Skytrain are suddenly targeted by the AAA Allied ships off the coast of Sicily, which disrupts and disperses the air formation, and sows confusion among the paratroopers.
Paratroopers from the 504th Regiment during the conquest of Sicily (July 1943).
During this unfortunate blunder, a score of C-47 are killed by "friendly fire", and 318 Americans were killed, wounded or lost at sea What Gavin does not prevent the consolidation of most of his men and to fulfill almost all of its objectives. Operation Husky is the first real test of an airborne assault by the U.S. Army to the regimental level, more or less succeeds.
At the landing of the U.S. 5th Army in the Bay of Salerno, Italy, September 9, 1943, the 319th and 320th Artillery Battalions are led on foot hovered lumber from ships of the Allied fleet, the first Glider deployments being carried out on D-Day in Normandy, June 6, 1944.
In October 1943, the 504th Regiment Parachute Infantry was the first American unit to enter Naples. In January 1944, he deployed and fought for a short time in the pocket of Anzio. In November, except that regiment, the remainder of the 82nd Airborne Division was transferred to England.
Photo below: 81mm mortar of the 504th Parachute Regiment drum set in Italy (September 1943).
2.2. Normandy.
now broken in, the 82nd Airborne Division is now fully dedicate himself, alongside his younger sister the 101st, preparations for Operation Overlord , the great Allied Expeditionary Force landed in France. In this context, the All American is reorganized. The 504th Regiment will not participate in this operation and formed two new units, the 507th and 508th Regiments, joined the 505th in England.
the night of 5 to 6 June 1944, 6,420 paratroopers of the three regiments of the 82nd Division were dropped on various targets. This operation Boston (1):
- Jumping side Merderet.
- Take Sainte-Mere-Eglise.
- Capture the bridges in La-Proud and Chef-du-Pont.
- Saute bridges and Etienville Beuzeville la Bastille.
- Establish a beachhead on the west Merderet.
- Defending the northwestern flank of the beachhead of Utah Beach.
Because of the strong reaction to the flak, cloud cover and the general disorganization that leads, on the 13,000 American paratroopers of the 82nd and 101st engaged divisions, only about 2500 of them manage to combine both somehow. And at dawn on June 6, very few units at the scene provided. Only the jump of the 505th Regiment of the 82nd, commanded by Colonel William E. Ekman went relatively smoothly. The 325th Infantry Regiment gliding is deployed the next night of June 7
division All American fight again, almost without interruption and without being detected or replenished, for thirty-three days before returning to England to be completely reorganized in early July. After
engagement American paratroopers in Normandy, is made the XVIII Airborne Corps again. Matthew Ridgeway was promoted to lieutenant-colonel and took command. He sold his old post to Brigadier General (Also newly promoted) James M. Gavin. During these terrible thirty-three days, the 82nd Division recorded 5,245 killed, wounded or missing.
On 2 August 1944, the 82nd Airborne Division is integrated into the new 1st Allied Airborne Army. In early September, she is preparing to participate in the Operation Market-Garden .
2.3. Market-Garden.
September 17, 1944, Operation Market Garden is triggered (2) in the Netherlands. This airborne operation, the largest of the Second World War involves three divisions and a brigade of paratroopers, for a total workforce of about 35,000 men. On this occasion, the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment was reassigned to the 82nd Division, while the 507th was moved to see the new 17th Airborne Division.
The objectives of the All American are the two major road bridges over the Maas Dutch (Maas) and one of two arms of the Rhine (Waal), respectively at Grave and Nijmegen. These objectives are successful, although at the cost of heavy losses, especially for taking the Nijmegen bridge, defended by a brigade of the 9th SS-Panzer Division Hohenstofen
Below: the 82nd Airborne Division participated in Market Garden, September 17, 1944, Holland, Grave and Nijmegen.
But despite these successes and sacrifices, the inability of the 30th British Corps to join the paratroopers of the 1st British Airborne Division encircled in Oosterbeek, near Arnhem, leads eventually total failure of the plan in Montgomery . After that, the All American still fighting for six weeks on the Hell's Drive ("Road to Hell") for six weeks until the end of October, before being relieved by the 1st Canadian Army and sent to rest in France in the region Mourmelon.
2.4. Battle of the Bulge.
On the evening of December 16, 1944 at Mourmelon the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions were placed on high alert and shipped by truck to the front of the Belgian Ardennes (3). The journey takes thirty hours. While Eagles of the 101st Screaming are diverted to Bastogne, the All American are proceeding to the Salm and the region of Coo-Werbomont-Stourbridge-The Gleize, where U.S. paratroopers face the Kampfgruppe Peiper and units of the 1st Panzer Division Hitler Jugend SS .
The 82nd Airborne Division remains in this region until the final disposal of the German salient in the Ardennes at the end of January 1945. Then she was sent to England with the 101st Division in order to be restored and replenished.
Photo below: paratroopers of the 82nd Division, advancing under cover of a Sherman tank , during the Battle of the Bulge (December 1944).
2.5. Campaign in Germany and the end of hostilities.
In March 1945, units of the 82nd Division participated in the final airborne operation of World War II, Operation Varsity , and the crossing of the Rhine. It also helps to eliminate the huge pocket in the German Ruhr area, which saw the capitulation of the entire Army Group H Marshal Walther Model (385,000 German prisoners). It ended the war in the region Ludwigsleist, beyond the Elbe, and must under the terms of the Yalta Conference and board retreat on the western bank of river. To Finally, Major-General James Gavin receives the surrender of 150 000 men of the 21th German Army, commanded by General Kurt von Tippelskirch.
After the German surrender at Reims, the All American Division is sent to Berlin to be part of Allied occupation troops. It remained in the city until December 1945. Parallel to this, she prepares to be transferred to the Pacific, occurs when the Japanese surrender on August 14.
losses of the 82nd Airborne Division during the conflict: 1619 killed, 6560 injured and 332 died of their injuries.
2.6. Order of Battle (1943-1945).
- HQ Divisional HQ and troops (HHB).
- 325th Glider Infantry Regiment.
- 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment.
- 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment.
- 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment (January 14, 1944 - March 1, 1945).
- 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment (January 14, 1944 to January 21, 1945, January 23 to May 9, 1945).
- 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment (1st-January 11th, 1945, 23-26 January 1945, February 3-5, 1945, 9-10 February 1945).
- 1st Battalion, 551st Parachute Infantry Regiment (26 December 1944 to 13 January 1945, 21-27 January 1945).
- HHB, Divisional Artillery.
- 319th Field Artillery Battalion gliding (75mm).
- 320th Field Artillery Battalion gliding (75mm).
- 376th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (75mm).
- 456th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (75mm).
- 80th Airborne AA Battalion artillery
- 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion.
- 307th Airborne Medical Company.
- 82nd Parachute Maintenance Company.
- 82nd Detachment Counter-Intelligence Corps.
- HQ, "Special Troops".
- HQ Company, 82nd Airborne Division.
- 782nd Maintenance Company and airborne order.
- Company 407th Quartermaster (QM) Airborne.
- 82nd Airborne Signal Company.
- Military Police Platoon.
- Recce Platoon (reorganized on 1 March 1945).
- Divisional Orchestra (reorganized on 1 March 1945).
- Honor Guard Platoon (postwar) at Palace Kleist, Berlin.
2.7. Commanders of the division (1942-1948).
- Major-General Omar N. Bradley (March-June 1942).
- Major-General Matthew B. Ridgeway (June 1942 - August 1944).
- Major General James M. Gavin (September 1944 - March 1948).
(1) Blogosphere Mara, "Operation Overlord - D-Day: The first day of fighting"
(2) Blogosphere Mara, "17-25 September 1944 - Operation Market Garden : a bridge too far "
(3) Blogosphere Mara," December 16, 1944 to January 25, 1945 - Battle of the Bulge: the showdown "
3 Cold War (1945-1990).
The 82nd Airborne Division returned to the United States. She sailed from Brest on board the British liner RMS Queen Mary to New York January 3, 1946. In 1947, the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion was assigned to the All American and uses the colors of the 3rd Battalion of the 505th Regiment, disbanded.
Unlike the vast majority of other active divisions of the U.S. Army, she is not disabled. It is housed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, November 15, 1948.
She does not participate in the Korean conflict, Presidents Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower preferring to keep it as a strategic reserve force in the United States. During the fifties and sixties, the All American trained intensively in order to fight in any climate, Alaska, Central America, the Far East, the desert of Nevada, Florida, etc..
In 1963, the U.S. Army divisions undergoing a major transformation following a "Table of Organization and Equipment (TOE) as amended, and the system réadoptent modular" brigades, an organization that the U.S. Army had abandoned the late thirties.
The standard infantry brigade includes two infantry battalions, each with a workforce of 650 men, a squadron of armored cavalry [Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition (RSTA)], a field artillery battalion (105mm) a battalion of "Special Troops" [Engineering, Communications, Medical], and a support battalion [logistics]. A brigade of U.S. Army, whatever its type (infantry, armored, artillery or logistics) is generally commanded by a colonel.
3.1. Interventions in the Dominican Republic and South Vietnam.
In April 1965, the 82nd Airborne Division was sent to the Republic to participate in Operation Power Pack and end the civil war that has scarred the country. In 1967 she was deployed in the streets of Detroit, Michigan, to stop the rioting and looting.
In early 1968, she was sent to Southeast Asia. During the Tet Offensive in South Vietnam, the 3rd Brigade moved into the area of Chu Lai and Hue-Phu Bai, in the area of operations in I Corps. She then sent south of Saigon, and fought in the Mekong Delta, in the "Iron Triangle" and along the Cambodian border. This brigade will remain in South Vietnam for twenty-two months before returning to the United States.
3.2. Seventies and eighties.
In 1969-1970, the 82nd Airborne Division deploys paratrooper units in South Korea and South Vietnam. During the events of "Black September" in the Middle East, she is preparing to be deployed in Amman, Jordan, but this operation is canceled.
During the war the Arab-Israeli Yom Kippur in October 1973, the All American Division is again placed on alert and ready to be sent the same region. In May 1978, the scenario is similar, this time for Zaire. In November 1979, is placed on high alert because of the hostage crisis at the embassy in Tehran.
To cope with this kind of political crisis, President Jimmy Carter in 1977 created the new concept of "Rapid Reaction Forces" (Rapid Deployment Forces , RDF). This concept allows the repositioning of a mobile force (maintained in a state of permanent alert) outside the United States, with very short notice (about 36 to 48 hours). The 82nd Airborne Division is uniquely qualified to train the embryo of the future force.
On 25 October 1983, elements of the 82nd Airborne Division (2nd and 3rd Battalions [airport] of the 325th Regiment, 1st Battalion [Airborne] of the 505th Regiment, 1st Battalion [Airborne] of the 508th Regiment) were sent in support 1st and 2nd Ranger Battalion, to participate in Operation Urgent Fury , the release of Western hostages held captive by Marxist guerrillas on the island of Grenada in the Caribbean States. They will remain there until late November to secure the island. This is the first opportunity to test in real conditions the new concept RDF.
In March 1988, an expeditionary force of the 82nd Division, formed with two battalions of the 504th Infantry Regiment and the 3rd Infantry Battalion [Airborne] of the 505th Regiment, leads a mission to parachute and commando insertion in the Operation Golden Pheasant to combat the infiltration of the Sandinistas in Honduras. This deployment is considered a success because the Sandinistas to withdraw from the region and return to Nicaragua.
On 20 December 1989, the All American participate in Operation Just Cause, the American intervention in Panama, and fought hard enough to secure the Torrijos International Airport. What causes the fall of the dictatorial regime of Manuel Noriega. U.S. paratroopers then take part in helicopter assault missions in Panama City, in conjunction with the 75th Ranger Regiment. They finally found their quarters at Fort Bragg January 12, 1990.
3.3. Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
Seven months later, the paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division are again placed on war footing. Six days after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, it is the vanguard of the largest deployment of American forces since the Vietnam War, as part of Operation Desert Shield ("Desert Shield"). The 2nd Brigade was the first American unit to be deployed in Saudi Arabia, the rest of the division following shortly thereafter. The following months, she trained intensively in the wilderness, be prepared to fight the Iraqi army, then considered the most powerful in the Middle East.
On January 16, 1991, Operation Desert Storm ("Desert Storm") begins with a wonderful companion aerial bombardment which lasted six weeks. During this period, the 82nd Division is part of the XVIII Airborne Corps and placed to the left of the allied forces on the outskirts of Abqaq oil installations in Saudi Arabia.
23 February 1991 began the ground offensive. The 82nd Division, in collaboration with the 6th Light Armored Division ("brocket") French, cover the sides of the XVIII Corps during its progress in Iraqi territory, to As Salman. The Allied ground offensive would continue for hundred hours, the All American and the French destroying hundreds of tanks and enemy vehicles and captured tens of thousands of prisoners. After the cease-fire, the division returned to Fort Bragg U.S. at the end of April.
Photo below: French tank AMX-30 Division Daguet on the left flank of the XVIII Airborne Corps, Iraq. March 3, 1991.
3.4. Balkans.
In December 1995, the 82nd Airborne Division is preparing for a possible airdrop mission in support of the 1st Armoured Division Bosnia-Herzegovina, as part of Operation Joint Endeavor . The engineer troops of the Old Ironsides having deployed on the Sava river without encountering hostility from the Serbs, this release is canceled.
In March 1999, the 2nd Infantry Battalion [Airborne] of the 505th Regiment was deployed in Albania, along the Kosovo border in support of Operation Allied Force, the bombing campaign by NATO against Serbia. In September, the 3rd Battalion, 504th Regiment replaces 2 / 505, as part of Operation Joint Guardian . The 3 / 504 Battalion in turn is identified by elements of the 101st Airborne Division in March 2000.
On 1 October 1999, the 1st Infantry Battalion [Airborne] of the 508th Regiment performs the operation Rapid Guardian, a parachute drop at very low altitude (180m) near Pristina.
3.5. Commanders of the division (1948-1991).
- Major-General E. Clovis Byers (March 1948 - July 1949).
- Brigadier General Ridgely Gaither (July-October 1949).
- Major-General B. Williston Palmer (November 1949 - October 1950).
- Major-General Thomas F. Hickey (October 1950 - January 1952).
- Major-General Charles DW Canham (February 1952 - September 1952).
- Major-General Gerald J. Higgins (September 1952 - September 1953).
- Major General Francis W. Farrell (October 1953 - July 1955).
- Major-General Thomas Trapnell (July-September 1956).
- Major-General John W. Bowen (September 1956 - December 1957).
- Major-General Hamilton H. Howze (January 1958 - June 1959).
- Major General Dwight E. Beach (July 1959 - April 1961).
- Major-General Theodore J. Conway (April 1961 - July 1962).
- Major General John L. Throckmorton (July 1962 - January 1964).
- Major General Robert H. York (February 1964 - July 1965).
- Major-General Joe S. Lawrie (August 1965 - April 1967).
- Major General Richard J. Seitz (April 1967 - October 1968).
- Major General John R. Deane, Jr. (October 1968 - July 1970).
- Major-General George S. Blanchard (July 1970 - July 1972).
- Major-General Frederick J. Kroesen (July 1972 - October 1974).
- Major-General Thomas H. Tackenberry (October 1974 - October 1976).
- Major General Roscoe Robinson, Jr. (October 1976 - November 1978).
- Major-General Guy S. Meloy (December 1978 - February 1981).
- Major-General James J. Lindsay (February 1981 - June 1983).
- Major General Edward L. Trobaugh (June 1983 - June 1985).
- Major General Bobby B. Porter (June 1985 - January 1986).
- Major-General John W. Foss (January-October 1986).
- Brigadier-General J. Raphael Hallade (October 1986 - January 1987).
- Major General Carl W. Stiner (January 1987 - October 1988).
- Major-General James H. Johnson (October 1988 - May 1991).
4 ° Global war against terrorism (2001-Present).
4.1. Operation Enduring Freedom: Afghanistan.
After the attacks of September 11, 2001, the 49th Detachment of Public Relations of the 82nd Airborne Division deployed to Afghanistan in October, as part of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF-1). Several elements of the All American pass under the authority of the U.S. Central Command, in support of combat operations U.S. Army.
In June 2002, the 3rd Brigade was deployed in Afghanistan. In January 2003, it is relieved by the 1st Brigade. During this deployment, 70 paratroopers from B Company 3 / 504, in conjunction with A Company, 2nd Ranger Battalion, conduct an airdrop in western countries, an undercover operation remain classified for more than a year.
At the end of September 2004, the 1st Battalion of the 505th Regiment (1 / 505) is deployed in turn as reinforcements for the mission of maintaining order and security during the conduct of the first free elections in Afghanistan. The first
Brigade makes a second trip to Afghanistan in April 2005 for a period of twelve months, as part of OEF-6. The 3rd Brigade Combat replace then until April 2007 (OEF-7).
In January 2007, the Division HQ, 4th Brigade Combat Aviation Brigade and are deployed in Afghanistan within the Combined Joint Task Force 82 (CJTF-82), as part of OEF-8. Deployment Service (Duties) of the 3rd Brigade and the 10th Mountain Division are extended from 120 days to face a Taliban offensive.
In March 2008, the 4th Brigade Combat returns to Fort Bragg after a stay in Afghanistan fifteen months. During this deployment, the 2nd Battalion of the 508th Regiment (2 / 508) worked to establish and consolidate a base for artillery fire support in the province of Ghazni. THE PARALLEL, the 1 / 508 was deployed in Kandahar, a mission in support of the Afghan national security forces.
During the months of August and September 2009, the 4th Brigade began a new rotation. She returned to Fort Bragg in August 2010.
Photo below: sniper of the 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment deployed to cover his squad. Mianashin, Afghanistan, January 2008. The gun is a modified M14ALCS.
4.2. Operation Iraqi Freedom: Iraq.
In March 2003, the 2nd Battalion of the 325th Regiment of the 2nd Brigade was built in the 75th Ranger Regiment to conduct an airborne assault against the Baghdad International Airport, in the western suburbs, within Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIE-1). In view of the development of operations and the advance of Allied ground forces lightning, the mission is canceled. The battalion returned in its original regiment on Talil Airfield, near An Nasariyah.
The 2nd Brigade returned to the United States at the end of February 2004. The 3rd Brigade was deployed to Iraq in the summer of 2003, returning to Fort Bragg in spring 2004. The 1st Brigade was deployed in January 2004. The 2nd Brigade follows in mid-December, then returned to Fort Bragg for Easter 2005.
July 21, 2006, the 1st Battalion of the 325th Regiment, with Battery, 2 / 319 Field Artillery Regiment and 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, moved to Tikrit, until December.
January 4, 2007, the rest of the 2nd Brigade Combat is deployed in Iraq. On June 6, 2007, the 1st Brigade Combat deploys to the south, returning to the United States March 18, 2008.
In August 2009, the 1st Brigade Combat makes a new residence until July 2010.
4.3. Hurricane Katrina and Haiti.
The 3rd Brigade Panthers and the Divisional Artillery Command (DIVARTY) are deployed in flooded streets of New Orleans to conduct search and rescue missions, and security in the wake of the Hurricane Katrina in September 2005. About 5,000 paratroopers commanded by Maj. Gen. William B. Caldwell IV operate from the airport City International.
After the devastating earthquake of January 12, 2010, units of the 82nd Airborne Division are deployed in Haiti on a humanitarian mission, distribute clean water, food, blankets, medicines, etc to the affected population.
4.4. Open Day ".
On May 20, 2006, during the 56th Annual Day "Open House" (JSOH) based at Andrews AFB, Md., 120 paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division conduct a demonstration a drop together.
4.5. Commanders of the division (1991-Present).
- Major-General Henry H. Shelton (May 1991 - May 1993).
- Major General William M. Steele (May 1993 - March 1995).
- Major General George A. Crocker (March 1995 - November 1996).
- Major-General Joseph K. Kellogg, Jr. (November 1996 - July 1998).
- Major-General Dan K. McNeill (August 1998 - June 2000).
- Major-General John Vines (June 2000 - May 2003).
- Major-General Charles Swannack (October 2002 - May 2004).
- Major General William B. Caldwell IV (May 2004 - April 2006).
- Major General David M. Rodriguez (April 2006 - July 2008).
- Major-General Curtis Scaparrotti (July 2008 - August 2010).
- Major General James L. Huggins (August 2010 - Present).
5 Major reorganization, MTOE (January 2006).
In January 2006, the 82nd Airborne Division began a major reorganization, as the "Amended Table of Organization and Equipment (MTOE or MTO & E) 2005. Airborne infantry brigades were redesignated "Brigade Combat".
New units, including the 4th Brigade Combat are activated: the 1st Battalion of the 508th Regiment (1 / 508 INF), the 2nd Battalion of the 508th Regiment (2 / 508 INF), the 4th Regiment, 73rd Cavalry Regiment [Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition] (4 / 73 CAV [RSTA]), the 2nd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment [Airborne] (2 / 321 FA) and the 782nd Brigade Support Battalion (BSB 782 ).
Divisional Artillery (DIVARTY) was dissolved and replaced by the 18th Artillery Brigade (18th Fire Brigade). The 82nd Division Support Command (DISCOM 82) was renamed the 82nd Brigade Logistics Support (Sustainment Brigade).
Current organization of the 82nd Airborne Division.
Like the other active units, each of four combat brigades of the 82nd Airborne Division is organized under the new "Amended table of organization and equipment (MTOE) and has a mixture units: a battalion of "special troops" (logistics, medical, communications, engineering), a reconnaissance squadron "Observation, Monitoring and Target Acquisition (RSTA), two airborne infantry battalions and one artillery battalion with howitzers airborne towed M777 155mm.
Combat Aviation Brigade is made up of his side of helicopters to observation, and attack troop transport: OH-58D Kiowa , AH-64D Apache , CH-47D Chinook and UH-60L Black Hawk .
Photo below: UH-60L Black Hawk , Najaf in Iraq, in May 2005.
• 1st Brigade Combat [Aéroportéee] Strike Hold ). Fort Bragg, NC North.
- Battalion "Special Troops" (HQ & HQ Company, Transmissions, engineering, ...)
- 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR).
- 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR).
- 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment Thunder (M551 Sheridan ).
- 3rd Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment (M777 Howitzer ).
- the 307th Support Battalion [Logistics] brigade.
• 2nd Brigade Combat [Airborne] Falcon. Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
- Battalion "Special Troops" (HQ & HQ Company, Transmissions, engineering, ...)
- 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment (AIR).
- 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment (AIR).
- 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment Thunder (M551 Sheridan ).
- 2nd Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment (M777 Howitzer ).
- the 407th Support Battalion [Logistics] brigade.
• 3rd Brigade Combat [Airborne] Panthers. Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
- Battalion "Special Troops" (HQ & HQ Company, Transmissions, engineering, ...)
- 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR).
- 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR).
- 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment Thunder (M551 Sheridan ).
- 1st Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment (M777 Howitzer ).
- 82nd Support Battalion [Logistics] brigade.
Photo below: M551 Sheridan of the 82nd Airborne Division dropped from a C-130 Hercules after Technical LAPES (Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System).
• 4th Brigade Combat [Airborne] Fury from the Sky. Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
- Battalion "Special Troops" (HQ & HQ Company, Transmissions, engineering, ...)
- 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR).
- 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR).
- 4th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment Thunder (M551 Sheridan ).
- 2nd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment (M777 Howitzer ).
- 782nd Support Battalion [Logistics] brigade.
• 82nd Brigade Combat Aviation Too Easy! . Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC).
- 1st Battalion, 82nd Aviation Regiment [Attack and Reconnaissance] (AH-64D Apache Longbow ).
- 2nd Battalion, 82nd Aviation Regiment [Transportation Assault] (HH-60L / M Night Hawk ).
- 3rd Battalion, 82nd Aviation Regiment [General Support Aviation (GSAB)] (CH-47D Chinook and UH-60A / L Black Hawk ).
- 1st Squadron, 17th Regiment Cavalry [Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition (RSTA)] (OH-58D Kiowa ).
- 122nd Aviation Support Battalion (UH-60A Black Hawk , CH-47D Chinook ).
• 18th Field Artillery Brigade [Airborne]. Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
- HQ & HQ Battalion (HHB).
- 1st Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment (M777 Howitzer ).
- 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment (M777 Howitzer ).
- 3rd Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment (Multiple Rocket Launcher HIMARS).
- D Battery, 26th Field Artillery Regiment [acquisition targets].
- the 188th Support Battalion [Logistics] brigade.
- 206th Signal Company.
Below: 155mm towed howitzer M777 of the 82nd Airborne Division. Afghanistan, 2009.
• 82nd Brigade Support [Logistics] Divisional. Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Battalion "Special Troops"
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC).
- 11th QM Company.
- 21th Chemical Company.
- 18th Society of Human Resources [Administrative].
- 82nd Transmission Company.
- 82nd Financial Management Company.
264th Support Battalion [Combat Logistics]
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC).
- 259th QM Company.
- 364th QM Company.
- 600th QM Company.
- 612th QM Company.
- 659th Maintenance Company.
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82nd Airborne Division (en.wikipedia.org).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/82nd_Airborne_Division
2 ° 82nd Airborne Division (globalsecurity.org).
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/82abn.htm
3 82nd Airborne Division (facebook.com).
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4 ° The 82nd Airborne Division - America's Guard of Honor (bragg.army.mil).
http://www.bragg.army.mil/Organizations/82nd-Airborne-Division.aspx
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