Airborne units are typically the first American forces to reach a crisis zone, which means their equipment must prepare them ...

We have been following Marland Burckhardt, a Russell High School graduate who married his Russell sweetheart during college and began a career as an Army officer focused on Military Intelligence and ...

Before the injury, Lorna Illerbrunn said her husband would have simply wanted a retirement at a hangar, surrounded by Army helicopters, good friends, sandwiches from Jimmy John’s, and cold Miller Lite ...

David “Dave” Stirnaman unexpectedly passed away on July 27, 2025 in Sacramento, CA. Dave proudly served in the United States Army as a member of the 82nd Airborne Division, an elite unit based at Fort ...

Oct. 4 (UPI) --Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth considered deploying the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division to Portland, Ore., amid ongoing violent protests by Antifa and others. Deputy Homeland ...

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 ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth considered sending an elite U.S. Army strike force to Portland, Ore., to quell protests that President Donald Trump has characterized as “lawless mayhem,” according ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - About 200 members of the Nebraska National Guard made their final parachute jump last Friday, as the 2nd Battalion, 134th Infantry Regiment’s airborne operations came to an end.

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 ...

Fort Bragg, NC - The 82nd Airborne Division honored six individuals during the Division Volunteer of the Quarter ceremony at the Culinary Arts Training Center, here, on July 22, 2025, for their ...

FORT LEE, Va. -- The U.S. Army Quartermaster School’s Aerial Delivery and Field Services Department dedicated one of its parachute-packing classrooms July 21 in memory of a XVIII Airborne Corps ...

U.S. Army paratroopers board a C-17 Globemaster ahead of a personnel drop in support of exercise Talisman Sabre 2025 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 13, 2025. (U.S. Air Force photo by ...