A Shadow 200 unmanned aerial vehicle operated by the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team is prepared to launch June 7, 2012, at Forward Operating Base Warrior, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. The cre More
U.S. Army Spc. Jesse Lowe, a forward observer with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, displays the tail section of an enemy munition fired at Joint Security Station Hasan June 13, 2012, Ghazn More
U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team and soldiers with the Afghan army’s 3rd Brigade, 203rd Corps, patrol across the Tarnak River, June 15, 2012, in southern Ghazni p More
A paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team fires an M240B medium machine gun at insurgent forces June 15, 2012, in southern Ghazni province, Afghanistan. The M240B fires a 7.62mm round.
U.S. Army Spc. Eric Cray, an aviation operations specialist with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, attaches the wings of a Puma unmanned aerial vehicle to its fuselage June 25, 2012, Ghazni More
A young girl pokes her head out of a door to watch a passing patrol of U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, June 27, 2012, in the district center of Muqor, Ghazni pr More
U.S. Army Sgt. Colton Hurley, an infantry team leader with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, helps man a guard tower at Combat Outpost Muqor, June 27, 2012, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Hur More
U.S. Army Sgt. David Pickard, a team leader with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team fires his M4 carbine at insurgents during a firefight June 30, 2012, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. The vehic More
U.S. Army Sgt. Jeffrey Engelhardt, a truck driver with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, unstraps supplies from a military truck following a logistics resupply convoy July 9, 2012, at Forwar More
Col. Mosafer, commander of the Afghan National Army’s 6th Kandak, 3rd Brigade, 203rd Corps, leads a shura of U.S. and Afghan security officials in a discussion of future partnered operations July 16, 2012, at t More
U.S. Army Col. Trevor Bredenkamp, the commander of the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, retrieves his parachute after leading paratroopers out the door of an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III airc More
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. John W. Nicholson, commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division, welcomes Indian army troops with the 99th Mountain Brigade, the 50th Independent Para Brigade, and supporting elements to More
Indian army soldiers with the 99th Mountain Brigade’s 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, search opposing forces for weapons and intelligence during an ambush demonstration for paratroopers with the U.S. Army’s 1 More
An Indian Army soldier with the 99th Mountain Brigade’s 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, signals to fellow soldiers during an ambush demonstration to paratroopers with the U.S. Army’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, More
A U.S. Soldier, center, a combat engineer with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division demonstrates how U.S. Soldiers search for explosive devices during a bilateral training exercise with members o More
Paratroopers with the Indian Army’s 50th Independent Para Brigade and the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team practice parachute landing falls prior to an airborne training operation, M More
Indian soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, 99th Mountain Brigade, stack against a wall during a training exercise with U.S. Soldiers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, at Fort More
An Indian army paratrooper with the 50th Independent Parachute Brigade, advances through a forest toward a mock insurgent compound during field training with U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Tea More
A U.S. Soldier assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division climbs a wall obstacle during a Team Assault obstacle course competition as part of the division's All American Week celebration at Fort Bragg, N.C., May 21 More
U.S. Soldiers carrying the colors of every company, battalion and brigade in the 82nd Airborne Division mass in the center of the parade field during a division review at Fort Bragg, N.C., May 23, 2013. The rev More
Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team approach a German C-160 aircraft at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., to earn German Jump wings Oct. 5. Over 800 Paratroopers took part on the thr More
Staff Sgt. David Harp, non-commissioned officer in charge of airborne operations with 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, prepares paratroopers with More
A cannon crew with 3rd Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, aims a M119A2 105mm howitzer with the assistance of a column meter (not seen) during a “heavy d More
Staff Sgt.’s Lucas Decker and Forsti Miller with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team brief a candidate for the Expert Infantry Badge on an entry-control point scenario during which the candidat More
Artillerymen with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team connect an M119A2 105 mm howitzer to a hovering UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter during a field exercise Feb. 2, at Fort Bragg, N.C. They avoid More
Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team assault a building during a war-game exercise designed to evaluate platoons April 27-May 9, 2011, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The paratroopers wi More
A combat engineer with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team clears potential mines leading up to a wire obstacle with the aid of a grappling hook during a training exercise July 21, 2011, at For More
Polish Brig. Gen. Piotr Blazeusz, commander of Task Force White Eagle in Ghazni province, presents a gift to Col. Mark L. Stock, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team April 7, 2012, More
Afghan policemen clear the rooms of a house while a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team stands by to support them during a combined raid on a suspected weapons cache, April 8, More
Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team mourn the loss of Cpl. Antonio Burnside during a memorial ceremony April 10, 2012, at Forward Operating Base Arian, Ghazni province, Afghan More
Maj. Murray Reefer Jr., a dentist with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, applies a Tofflemire instrument to the tooth of a patient April 17, 2012, on Forward Operating Base Arian, Ghazni pro More
Spc. Louis Morales, a mechanic with the 307th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, explains to Afghan National Army drivers how to properly read a dipstick during preventi More
Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team pay their respects to 1st Lt. Jonathan Walsh, and soldier, Pfc. Michael Metcalf, during a memorial on Forward Operating Base Arian, April 2 More
Pfc. Nicholas Morton, a medic with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, places the needle of an IV into the army of a dehydrated Afghan soldier April 29, 2012, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. U.S More
A paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team walks beneath a dramatically lit cloud while on patrol, May 8, 2012, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. The paratrooper is providing overwatch More
A paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team stands outside of his barracks on Forward Operating Base Warrior, Ghazni province, Afghanistan, May 13, 2012. Soldier housing on forward o More
A paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team provides overwatch security to fellow paratroopers and Afghan National Security Forces after a firefight, May 17, 2012, Ghazni province, A More
Sgt. Kyle Mendes, a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, helps an Afghan soldier search an empty compound May 19, 2012, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Near-daily patrols out of More
Fazel Rahman, the sub-governor of Giro district in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province, joins paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team and Afghan National Security Forces on a patrol May More
Support paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team strap down steel containers to a flat rack for transport to Forward Operating Base Arian May 26, 2012, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan More
An Afghan soldier inspects a mosque while a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team pulls security outside, May 29, 2012, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Whenever possible, Afghan so More
An Afghan officer explains to villagers gathered outside a mosque for prayer why they should support the Afghan government and not the Taliban during a clearing operation of their village June 2, 2012, Ghazni p More
First Lt. Laska Khan, an officer with the Afghan National Army’s 203rd Corps, laughs with 1st Lt. Kirk Shoemaker, a platoon leader with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, during a break in a More
U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team fortify a guard tower with sandbags June 13, 2012, at Joint Security Station Hasan, southern Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. The p More
A combined patrol of Afghan soldiers and U.S. Army paratroopers files up a steep riverbank after crossing the Tarnak River as they return from a patrol, June 14, 2012, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. The paratroo More
An Afghan National Army soldier fires his machine gun and a U.S. Army paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team fires his M4 carbine at insurgent forces as their patrol returns from More
Arabkhan, a platoon sergeant with the Afghan National Army’s 3rd Brigade, 203rd Corps, scans a vineyard for Taliban insurgents following a firefight, June 15, 2012, in Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Afghan and A More
A Shadow 200 unmanned aerial vehicle operated by the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team launches off a catapult June 22, 2012, at Forward Operating Base Warrior, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. The More
U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Dylan Ferguson, a brigade aviation element officer with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, launches a Puma unmanned aerial vehicle June 25, 2012, Ghazni Prov More
U.S. Army Sgt. Kelvin Campos, an infantry team leader with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, “high-fives” a young child while on patrol, June 27, 2012, in Muqor, Ghazni province, Afghanistan More
A paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team walks past a robot used to inspect and diffuse improvised explosive devices June 30, 2012, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. The robot is bein More
U.S. Army Pfc. Taj Boyd, a truck driver with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, secures a load of tires for the return leg of a combat logistics patrol July 9, 2012, Ghazni province, Afghanis More
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Praxitelis Vamvakias, commander of 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, discusses combined operations with Lt. Abdul Roulf, Qara Bagh District police chief, and Col. Mosafer, com More
U.S. Soldiers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team move to a rally point after an airborne operation during Joint Operational Access Exercise (JOAX) 13-02 at Fort Bragg, N.C., Feb. 25, 2013 More
Capt. Kent Feda, brigade air element officer with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, briefs Indian Army Brig. Gen. Jagdish Chaudhari, U.S. Army Lt. Col. Phillip Sounia, and U.S. Army Col. Tre More
Indian Army soldiers with the 99th Mountain Brigade’s 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, move into position while demonstrating a platoon-level ambush to paratroopers with the U.S. Army’s 1st Brigade Combat Team More
Indian army soldiers with the 99th Mountain Brigade watch a machine gunner with the U.S. Army, 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team return fire from opposing forces during training May 8, 2013, at F More
Indian Army Maj. Prashant Mishra, a company commander with the 99th Mountain Brigade, explains how his soldiers deal with unexploded munitions to Sgt. Micheal Mark, a U.S. Army combat engineer with the 82nd Air More
Paratroopers with the Indian Army’s 50th Independent Para Brigade are issued parachutes for an airborne training operation with the U.S. Army's, 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, May 11, 2013, a More
An Indian soldier with 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, 99th Mountain Brigade, searches a neutralized insurgent while another Gurkha covers him during a training exercise with U.S. Soldiers with the 1st Brigad More
Indian army paratroopers with the 50th Independent Parachute Brigade scale the walls of a mock insurgent compound during a company-level field exercise with U.S. Soldiers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd More
Indian and U.S. Army paratroopers “buddy rig” into parachute harnesses for a jump from CH-47 Chinook helicopters at Fort Bragg, N.C., May 15, 2013. The paratroopers were assigned to the Indian army's 50th Indep More
A U.S. Soldier assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division crawls beneath a wire obstacle while competing in a Team Assault obstacle course competition during the division's All American Week celebration, May 21, 20 More
The All American Chorus performs to open a division review by the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, N.C., May 23, 2013. More than 14,500 division Soldiers marched in the review as part of All American Week More
Sgt. Tracey Long grades a candidate during scenario-based testing for the Expert Infantry Badge for infantryman with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, Feb. 1, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The EIB was More
Paratroopers with 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, ride a UH-60M Black Hawk during rotary-wing airborne exercises Nov. 29, 2010, at Fort Bragg, N.C. A safety strap keeps paratroopers from falli More
First Sgt. Federico Despiau with 3rd Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, watches Paratroopers descend on Sicily Drop Zone during a simulated “heavy drop” More
Paratroopers help their battle buddy climb from an artillery piece after hooking it up to a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter during a field exercise between the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team and More
Using information gathered at a key leader engagement earlier in the day, a platoon of 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers assaults an enemy mortar site during a war-gaming exercise May 7, 2011, at Fort Bragg, More
A team of combat engineers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team cuts through a wire obstacle during a live-fire training exercise July 21, 2011, at Fort Bragg, N.C. Observing and mentoring More
Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team search a cellar for weapons during a partnered raid on a compound, April 8, 2012, in southern Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Afghan policeme More
A company commander with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team consoles fellow paratroopers during a memorial ceremony April 10, 2012, for Cpl. Antonio Burnside at Forward Operating Base Arian, G More
Sgt. Preston Yates, a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, is back on the job moving supplies around just hours after having a cavity filled by a deployed dentist April 17, 201 More
Staff Sgt. Joshua Tyree, a squad leader with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, receives input on a map from an Afghan National Army soldier with 6th Kandak, 203rd Corps, during a combined cl More
Sgt. 1st Class Scott Shepro, a platoon sergeant with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, meets with village elders during a foot patrol with Afghan soldiers, May 8, 2012, Ghazni province, Afgh More
Stars spin around the base chapel, May 13, 2012, at Forward Operating Base Warrior, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. The lights at lower left are from soldiers with flashlights walking past.
Staff Sgt. Justin Boardman, a squad leader with 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, provides corner security as fellow paratroopers move past a kalat wall, May 17, 2012, near Combat Outpost Giro, Ghazni provin More
Fazel Rahman, the subgovernor of Giro District in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province, searches documents discovered during the search of a compound of suspected insurgents May 19, 2012, near Combat Outpost Giro. Th More
A combat logistics patrol with the 82nd Airborne Division leaves Combat Outpost Qara Bagh May 26, 2012, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. It is returning several containers of equipment to a nearby forward operating base.
Nabil, a non-commissioned officer with the Afghan army’s 203rd Corps, explains to Afghan boys why the Taliban is bad for their village May 29, 2012, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Boys often congregate around b More
Sgt. 1st Class Najibola, a non-commissioned officer with the Afghan National Army’s 203rd Corps, inspects a booklet found inside the home of a known Taliban commander while sweeping a remote village with the 82 More
Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team cross a field of wheat while on patrol, June 14, 2012, in southern Ghazni province, Afghanistan. The paratroopers are searching for a suspe More
A paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team fires his M249 squad automatic weapon at insurgents during a firefight in Afghanistan’s southern Ghazni province, June 15, 2012.
U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team enter Joint Security Station Hasan after a patrol with Afghan soldiers to the village of Spedar, June 15, 2012, in southern Ghazn More
A Shadow 200 unmanned aerial vehicle operated by the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team lands June 24, 2012, at Forward Operating Base Warrior, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. The lines of color are More
A U.S. Army paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team shows Afghan boys how to kick a soccer ball with the heel of the foot, June 27, 2012, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Soccer is a More
U.S. Army explosive ordnance disposal personnel carry a robot forward to inspect a suspected roadside bomb June 30, 2012, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. When infantrymen find roadside bombs, mines and unexploded More
U.S. Army logistics paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team gather for a mission brief prior to the return leg of a resupply convoy July 9, 2012, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Abo More
U.S. Army Maj. Drew Staples, a Security Force Assistance Team leader with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, advises Afghan police and army leaders July 16, 2012, at the Qara Bagh District Ce More
U.S. Soldiers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team prepare an M119A2 105mm howitzer for operation after parachuting it to a drop zone during Joint Operational Access Exercise (JOAX) 13-02 a More
A UH60 Black Hawk helicopter operated by the 82nd Airborne Division Combat Aviation Brigade takes off from the 82nd Airborne Division parade ground following a reconnaissance of the Yudh Abhyas 2013 training ar More
A soldier with the Indian Army’s 99th Mountain Brigade closes with opposing forces during a training mission with paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team May 8, 2013, at Fort Bragg, More
An Indian Army paratrooper with the 50th Independent Para Brigade hands his static line to a jumpmaster with the U.S. Army's, 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team in a mock door aircraft simulator, More
A U.S. Army paratrooper with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, provides extra firepower with an M2 .50-caliber machine gun to cover Indian soldiers with the 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, More
Indian Army paratroopers with the 50th Independent Parachute Brigade enter a mock insurgent compound during a company-level field exercise with U.S. Soldiers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Divi More
An Indian army paratrooper with the 50th Independent Parachute Brigade, is helped into a T-11 parachute by a U.S. Army paratrooper with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, at Fort Bragg, N.C., More
U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division swing onto a log obstacle during a Team Assault obstacle course competition as part of the division's All American Week celebration, May 21, 2013, at Fort Br More
Rep. Christopher Gibson, a former brigade commander with the 82nd Airborne Division, reviews the troops with Maj. Gen. John W. Nicholson Jr., the division commanding general (right), and Command Sgt. Maj. LaMar More