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
The XVIII Airborne Corps command group, led by LTG (later GEN) Lloyd J. Austin, returns home from Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2009
Fort Bragg is a U.S. Army military installation located in North Carolina. It ranks among the largest military bases in the world by population, with more than 52,000 military personnel.
XVIII Airborne Corps
…War II. The corps is designed for rapid deployment anywhere in the world and is referred to as "America's Contingency Corps". Its headquarters are at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, the home of the Airborne and Special Forces. The Corps was first created in Texas as a US Army Reserve unit after the First World War…
Barracks of the 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg
The Special Warfare Memorial Statue by Donald De Lue (1968) at Fort Bragg
An Army Special Forces operator with his customized M4 carbine prepares to breach an entryway while training in close quarters battle tactics at Fort Bragg, mid-1999
Soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division with their M4 carbines training on Fort Bragg, December 2005