Paratroopers with 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, load onto a UH-60M Black Hawk during rotary-wing airborne exercises Nov. 29, 2010, at Fort Bragg, N.C. Black Hawks carried eight jumpers at a More
Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division run to the woodline after slingloading an M119A2 105 mm howitzer to a hovering UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter during a field exercise Feb. 2, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The a More
Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team move through heavy rain during a 12-mile ruck march, the final event of a week of testing to win the Expert Infantry Badge, Feb. 4. All 64 More
A paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team searches an insurgent 'killed' during an assault on an enemy mortar site as part of a platoon training and evaluation exercise April 27 - More
A team of combat engineers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team cuts through a wire obstacle during a training exercise July 21, 2011, at Fort Bragg, N.C. In spite of the 105-degree heat, More
An Afghan policeman searches for weapons while paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team cover him, April 8, 2012, in southern Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Partnered operations enh More
A paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team scans his military ID at the base dining facility May 14, 2012, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Forward operating base dining facilities typ More
Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team peek over a kalat wall under construction May 29, 2012, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. The paratroopers are returning to Forward Operating B More
Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team discover a weapons cache while sweeping a remote mountain village, June 3, 2012, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. The village is a suspected More
Maj. Gregory Cheney, brigade chaplain with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, holds a nondenominational service for paratroopers stationed at Joint Security Station Hasan, a remote outpost in 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
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. Soldiers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team jump from an Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft during Joint Operational Access Exercise (JOAX) 13-02 at Fort Bragg, N.C., Feb. 25, 2013. A More
Indian Army Brig. Gen. Jagdish Chaudhari, commander of the 99th Mountain Brigade, and Brig. Gen. Ashok Dhingra, a military attaché, wave to onlookers as they depart with Col. Trevor Bredenkamp, commander of the More
Indian Army soldiers with the 99th Mountain Brigade’s 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, keep accountability of each other while demonstrating a platoon-level ambush to paratroopers with the U.S. Army’s 1st Brig 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
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Garrett Williams, a jumpmaster with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, explains how to adjust and don a T10D parachute prior to a training jump with paratroopers of t More
Indian Army Maj. Prashant Mishra, a company commander with 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, 99th Mountain Brigade, points out a target to a U.S. Army radio operator with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airbo More
Indian army paratroopers with the 50th Independent Parachute Brigade, climb through the window of mock insurgent compound during a company-level field exercise with U.S. Soldiers with the 1st Brigade Combat Tea More
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Phillip Sounia, commander of 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, inspects the parachute of an Indian army paratrooper with the 50th Independent Parachute Brigade, pri More
A U.S. Soldier assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division swings 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 More
The colors of every company, battalion and brigade in the 82nd Airborne Division are carried away by Soldiers after amassing in the center of the parade field during a division review, May 23, 2013, at Fort Bra More
German jumpmaster Staff Sgt. Volker Metzig with Luftlande Brigade 31 teaches German jump commands to Paratroopers with 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, in a mock-door trainer at Fort Bragg, N.C. 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 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter flown by pilots of the 82nd Airborne Division’s 2nd Battalion, Combat Aviation Brigade, lifts a M119A2 105 mm howitzer from a wooded area on Fort Bragg during an air-assault exerc More
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Walter Haynes, a platoon leader with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, receives the Expert Infantry Badge from brigade commander, Col. Mark L. Stock, and Command Sgt. Maj. More
Two paratroopers help a third to a casualty collection point after their platoon assaulted an enemy mortar bunker during a war-gaming exercise May 7, 2011, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The paratroopers belong to the 1s More
Pfc. Lloyd Youngblood, an infantryman with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, maintains security in his sector while fellow paratroopers and Afghan policemen search a compound, April 8, 2012, More
Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team call home using phones at the Morale, Welfare and Recreation Center, May 14, 2012, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Low-cost calling plans are More
An Afghan villagers asks paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team to skirt around his fields to avoid damaging his crops, June 4, 2012, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. First Lt. Kir More
Col. Trevor Bredenkamp, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, points out several of Fort Bragg’s training facilities during a helicopter tour with representatives of the Indian army More
An Indian Army soldier with the 99th Mountain Brigade’s 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, signals to fellow soldiers to follow him during an ambush demonstration to paratroopers with the U.S. Army’s 1st Brigade More
Indian Army soldiers with the 99th Mountain Brigade demonstrate to U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team how they detain prisoners May 8, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. In More
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jacob Sheets, left, an infantry squad leader with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, gets help with his reserve parachute from an Indian Army paratrooper assigned to the More
U.S. Army Pfc. Khoa Pham and Pfc. Anthony Williams take a sample of a notional chemical spill, accompanied by Indian army soldiers assigned to the 99th Mountain Brigade, during Yudh Abhyas at Fort Bragg, N.C., 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 Div More
Indian and U.S. Army paratroopers chat while waiting for CH-47 Chinook helicopters to pick them up for an airborne operation at Fort Bragg, N.C., May 15, 2013. The paratroopers were assigned to the Indian army' More
A U.S Soldier assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division jumps over a log obstacle as a team member cheers him on during a Team Assault obstacle course competition as part of the division's All American Week celebr More
The All American Marching Band performs while more than 14,500 Soldiers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division march past during a division review at Fort Bragg, N.C., May 23, 2013. The review and a memorial ca More
Sgt. William Adams, a UH-60M Black Hawk crew chief with Company A, 2nd Battalion, Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, performs pre-flight checks prior to conducting rotary-wing airborne operations More
U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Federico Despiau of the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team gives the all-clear signal to the pilot and crew chief of a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter transporting an artillery pi More
Two paratroopers armed with M249 squad automatic weapons move into position to provide security for their platoon after its successful assault on an enemy mortar position during war games May 7, 2011, at Fort B More
After breaching a wire obstacle, a team of combat engineers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team marks a safe path of travel for advancing troops during a training exercise July 21, 2011, a More
An Afghan policeman asks the owner of a barn to unlock the door so that he and paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team can search it for weapons, April 8, 2012, in southern Ghazni More
A paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team uses a computer to keep in touch with family at home at the Morale, Welfare and Recreation Center, May 14, 2012, Ghazni province, Afghanis More
Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team pull security from a vantage point during combat operations, June 4, 2012, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. The paratroopers are assigned to More
Brig. Gen. Ashok Dhingra, a military attache’ with the Indian Army, exits a UH60 Black Hawk helicopter following an aerial tour of field training facilities hosted by the 82nd Airborne Division May 3, 2013, at More
Indian Army soldiers with the 99th Mountain Brigade’s 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, execute an ambush for paratroopers with the U.S. Army’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, May 7, 2013, at F More
Indian army soldiers with the 99th Mountain Brigade prepare to attack role-playing insurgents during bilateral training with paratroopers of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, N. More
An Indian Army paratrooper with the 50th Independent Para Brigade gets his parachute inspected by a jumpmaster with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team prior to an airborne operation that is pa More
U.S. Army Pfc. Khoa Pham, a hazardous materials specialist with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, seals a sample of a notional chemical spill while participating in Yudh Abhyas with Indian a More
From left to right, Indian army Col. Prashant Kandpal, commander of 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, 99th Mountain Brigade, U.S. Army Lt. Col. Phillip Sounia, commander of 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, More
U.S. Soldiers with the 82nd Airborne Division and Indian soldiers with the 50th Independent Parachute Brigade, exit from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter at Fort Bragg, N.C., May 15, 2013. The jump was part of Yudh More
A U.S. Soldier assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division launches off a teammate's back to clear a log obstacle during a Team Assault obstacle course competition as part of the division's All American Week celebra More
A paratrooper with 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division descends to Sicily Drop Zone after parachuting from the UH-60M Black Hawk behind him during rotary-wing airborne exercises Nov. 29, 2010, at Fo More
After combat engineers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team have breached a wire obstacle, their fellow engineers move forward along the red-staked safe path of travel during a training exe More
An Afghan villager shares his knowledge of the surrounding area and human activities with 2nd Lt. Jared Dudley, a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, April 8, 2012, in souther More
Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team take meals to go from a dining facility, May 16, 2012, Forward Operating Base Warrior, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Dining facilities try More
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 three- More
U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division demonstrate to Indian Army paratroopers with the 50th Independent Para Brigade how the T10D parachute opens May 3, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. Paratroopers More
Members of the Indian Army's 99th Mountain Brigade prepare to attack U.S. Soldiers playing the part of insurgents during bilateral training with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team at Fort Brag More
Indian Army Maj. Arvind Singh, a paratrooper with the 50th Independent Para Brigade, has his parachute inspected by a jumpmaster with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team prior to an airborne op More
U.S. Army Pfc. Anthony Williams, a hazardous materials specialist with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division marks a notional chemical spill during Exercise Yudh Abhyas, with Indian army soldiers More
An Indian army paratrooper with the 50th Independent Parachute Brigade fires blank rounds at a roleplaying insurgent during field training with U.S. Soldiers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Divi More
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Andrew McCornack, a jumpmaster with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, rehearses actions aboard the aircraft with his “chalk” of paratroopers prior to making a jump from a CH More
A U.S. Soldier assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division climbs a ladder 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
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. Black Hawks carry eight jumpers at a time to More
After breaching a wire obstacle, a team of combat engineers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team moves to cover to establish a firing position during a live-fire training exercise July 21, More
Pfc. Justin Vnenchak, an infantryman with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, maintains security in his sector while fellow paratroopers and Afghan policemen search a compound April 8, 2012, i More
The sun rises over the perimeter wall of Forward Operating Base Warrior, May 16, 2012, Ghazni province, Afghanistan.
A paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team walks past the setting sun, June 4, 2012, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. The paratrooper is assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 504th Pa More
U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division demonstrate to Indian Army paratroopers with the 50th Independent Para Brigade how they bag a T10D parachute in the field May 3, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. More
Indian Army soldiers with the 99th Mountain Brigade’s 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, disarm role playing opponents during an ambush demonstration for paratroopers with the U.S. Army’s 1st Brigade Combat Team More
An Indian Army soldier with the 99th Mountain Brigade fires at role-playing insurgents during bilateral training with U.S. paratroopers of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, N.C. More
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Phillip Sounia, center, the commander of the 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment and Indian Army Maj. Arvind Singh, a company commander with the 50th Independent Para Brigade, lead Indian and More
Indian soldiers with the 99th Mountain Brigade, enter a building to clear it of insurgents during company-level field training with U.S. Soldiers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, at For More
Indian army paratroopers with the 50th Independent Parachute Brigade stack up against a wall to dislodge roleplaying insurgents from a compound during field training with U.S. Soldiers with the 1st Brigade Comb More
A U.S. Army jumpmaster with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, waits for a CH-47 Chinook helicopter to land so that he can load his “chalk” of paratroopers aboard for a training jump at Fort B More
U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division climb a ladder obstacle during a Team Assault obstacle course competition as part of the division's All American Week celebration, May 21, 2013, at Fort Brag More
A UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter flies overhead during a training event in which Paratroopers with 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, practice jumping from rotary-wing aircraft Dec. 2, 2010, at Fort More
A combat engineer with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team throws a smoke grenade to provide cover as he and fellow engineers move forward to establish a firing position during a training exerc More
A paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team takes turns with an Afghan policemen as they pick through a pile of straw while searching for a suspected weapons cache, April 8, 2012, in More
A paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team enjoys an early-morning run, May 16, 2012, Forward Operating Base Warrior, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Morning is often the best time to More
Indian Army paratroopers with the 50th Independent Para Brigade practice parachute landing falls during airborne refresher training at the 82nd Airborne Division’s Advanced Airborne School May 3, 2013, at Fort More
Indian Army soldiers with the 99th Mountain Brigade’s 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, disarm opposing forces during an ambush demonstration for paratroopers with the U.S. Army’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd More
A member of the Indian Army's 99th Mountain Brigade rushes to flank U.S. Soldiers playing the part of insurgents during a field training exercise May 8, 2013 at Fort Bragg, N.C. The activity was part of exercis More
Indian Army Lt. Gen. Vinod Bhatia, gets a tour of a C17 Globemaster III aircraft from U.S. Army Col. Trevor Bredenkamp, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, May 11, 2013, at Fort B More
Indian soldiers with the 99th Mountain Brigade enter a building to clear it of insurgents during company-level field training 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 climbs through the window of an mock insurgent compound during a company-level field exercise with U.S. Soldiers with the 1st Brigade Comba More
U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division, load into CH-47 Chinook helicopters for a training jump at Fort Bragg, N.C., May 15, 2013. The training was part of Yudh Abhyas, an annual bilateral train More
First Sgt. Michael Spear, a company first sergeant with 3rd Brigade Combat Team's 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, catches his breath during a Team Assault obstacle course competition May 21 during the 82nd More
A paratrooper with 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, is parallel to the ground following the opening shock of his parachute after jumping from a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter during training Dec. More
Combat engineers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team fire on an enemy position during a live-fire training exercise July 21, 2011, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The engineers must be familiar with More
Sgt. Kevon Campbell, a combat medic with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, uses a Handheld Interagency Identity Detection Equipment, or HIIDE, system to check the identity of an Afghan villa More
A jumpmaster with the 82nd Airborne Division’s Advanced Airborne School readies an Indian Army paratrooper with the 50th Independent Para Brigade to exit a 34-foot parachute training tower May 3, 2013, at Fort 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
From left, a member of the Indian Army's 99th Mountain Brigade approaches a U.S. Soldier acting the part of a slain insurgent during bilateral training with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team More