This past March and April, The 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division conducted a company-level Combined-Arms Live-Fire Exercises (CALFEX). Over the course of two weeks, every 1st Brigade infantry company took the opportunity to work, day and night, to plan and execute missions which required coordinated support from engineer, artillery and aviation assets, allowing Paratroopers on the ground to maneuver to and seize their objectives. Check out how we train to remain ready to deploy in

Over the past two weeks, 3rd Brigade Combat Team executed Panther Avalanche, a training exercise that assessed the brigade’s ability to conduct large-scale combat operations and demonstrated the 82nd Airborne Division’s capability as the United States’ Immediate Response Force. #aatw | 82nd Airborne Division

WATCH! Paratroopers from 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division jump from an Air Force C-130 during Large Package Week! (Footage courtesy of 1st Combat Camera Squadron) | 82nd Airborne Division

Stills from actual combat footage became some of the most iconic pictures of US paratroopers in Normandy, June 1944. Shown here are members of the 82nd Airborne Division. #paratrooper #82ndairborne #DDay80 #DDay #infantry #airborne | The History of the 82nd Airborne in World War II

WATCH: The 82nd Airborne is Fast, Lethal, Agile, and Expeditionary. | 82nd Airborne Division