The 82nd Airborne Division is a United States Army airborne infantry division that specializes in parachute assault, based in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Currently, the division is commanded by Major
Seal of the 82nd Airborne Division
A review of the 328th Infantry Regiment at Camp Gordon, Chamblee, Georgia, February 1918
Members of the 82nd Division on the road to Ravin aux Pierre (lit. "Stone Ravine") France, October 1918
Doughboys of Company B, 328th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Division, serving in a front line trench, France, July 1918
The XVIII Airborne Corps is a corps of the United States Army that has been in existence since 1942 and saw extensive service during World War II. The corps is designed for rapid deployment anywhere i
82nd Airborne Division
…Normandy, the 82nd Airborne Division returned to England to rest and refit for future airborne operations. The 82nd became part of the newly organized XVIII Airborne Corps, which consisted of the 17th, 82nd, and 101st Airborne Divisions. Ridgway was given command of the corps but was not officially promoted to lieutenant…
The XVIII Airborne Corps command group, led by LTG (later GEN) Lloyd J. Austin, returns home from Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2009