Post by jerryfmcompushaft on Nov 25, 2012 11:18:47 GMT -5
As a matter of personal interest, I was the S1/SigO of the 2d Bde, 82d Airborne back in the day.....
When more than 1,300 paratroopers flew from Pope Air Field to Louisiana last month, they did something that no Fort Bragg unit had done for a decade.
The soldiers of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, conducted a forcible-entry exercise at Fort Polk as part of a month-long Joint Readiness Training Exercise.
The training represented a deviation from counter-insurgency, which has been a large part of Army training for the bulk of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Historically, the 82nd Airborne Division has filled the role as the nation's Global Response Force, which requires the brigade to be ready at all times to deploy within 18 hours of notification.
[For more on the exercise, click here]
When more than 1,300 paratroopers flew from Pope Air Field to Louisiana last month, they did something that no Fort Bragg unit had done for a decade.
The soldiers of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, conducted a forcible-entry exercise at Fort Polk as part of a month-long Joint Readiness Training Exercise.
The training represented a deviation from counter-insurgency, which has been a large part of Army training for the bulk of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Historically, the 82nd Airborne Division has filled the role as the nation's Global Response Force, which requires the brigade to be ready at all times to deploy within 18 hours of notification.
[For more on the exercise, click here]
