A California man is facing a criminal charge for allegedly BASE jumping off Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park during the federal government shutdown last year.
Though they share the “Airborne” name, the 82nd and 101st operate in fundamentally different ways, with one specializing in mass parachute assaults and the other dominating helicopter-based air ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FORT BRAGG — Since he was 13 years old, Command Sgt. Maj. Randolph Delapena knew he wanted to serve in the 82nd Airborne Division, ...
The U.S. Supreme Court's Tuesday decision against Donald Trump's deployment of the National Guard in Illinois had the "unintended consequence" of potentially pushing the president to deploy ...
My father, Kenneth Cuddeback, graduated from high school in West Chester, Iowa, in 1942 and started at Iowa State University in the fall. When two of his high school friends were going to get drafted, ...
Authorities said they rescued a parachuter who was stuck in a tree and they are in stable condition. One person was rescued and another is dead after a parachute jumping accident Saturday afternoon ...
An aide to White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller recently texted with high-level Trump administration officials about deploying the 82nd Airborne Division to Portland, Oregon, according to ...
Maj. Gen. James “Pat” Work relinquished command of the 82nd Airborne Division to Maj. Gen. Brandon Tegtmeier. The ceremony included a pass in review with the Army’s newest infantry squad vehicle and a ...
On June 6, 1944, paratroopers of the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division dropped into Normandy with the mission of seizing key positions around Saint Marcouf. Their objective was to block German ...
EXETER, R.I. – U.S. Army Airborne Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians participated in Leapfest 2025, at Exeter, Rhode Island, Aug. 2, 2025. The 767th EOD Company and 722nd EOD Company from the ...
On Sept. 12, 2024, Army Spc. Matthew Perez made his way to the ramp of a C-17 and prepared to take part in a parachute jump at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Johnson, Louisiana. Perez, ...
Pvt. John Towle was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during Operation Market Garden. (Congressional Medal of Honor Society) Airborne soldiers are inherently vulnerable when they ...