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Paratroopers learn latest battlefield skills at Fort Polk
Fort Bragg paratroopers bound for Afghanistan picked up the latest skills and equipment from those most recently returned, here at the Joint Readiness Training Center, or JRTC, during the second week of January. Young officers, junior enlisted and noncommissioned officers with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team participated in open-enrollment classes that included [...]
Centurions deliver for Alaska-based airborne brigade
A group of Alaska-based parachute riggers are now rigging everything from fuel to food for delivery to Soldiers on the front lines in Afghanistan. The riggers are part of the 725th Brigade Support Battalion, Task Force Centurion, which recently deployed to eastern Afghanistan. The battalion is led by Lt. Col. Brad Hinson and Command Sgt. [...]
Paratroopers go old school with full-spectrum training
Paratroopers here stepped up back-to-basics training with a 10-day brigade-sized field exercise during one of the hottest weeks of one of the hottest summers on record. Over three thousand paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team removed themselves from garrison life to focus on basic skills critical to accomplishing the missions they [...]
Russian paratroopers to get new weaponry
MOSCOW: Russian paratroopers will receive new weaponry and equipment in 2009 to increase their effectiveness in light of the recent conflict with Georgia, the Airborne Troops commander said on Wednesday. “At the end of August we will receive a battalion of 10 Nona self-propelled guns and two fire-control vehicles,” Lt. Gen. Vladimir Shamanov said. “We [...]
New commander outlines future for Russian airborne troops
MOSCOW: The newly-appointed commander of Russia’s Airborne Troops, Lt. Gen. Vladimir Shamanov said on Wednesday his personnel remained the core of the Russian army, but modern equipment was needed. Shamanov, a Hero of Russia and commander of the 76th Airborne Division during the second Chechen War, has replaced Lt. Gen. Valery Yevtukhovich, who was discharged [...]
