Active duty airborne infantry division of the US Army
82nd Airborne Division
Insignia of the 82nd Airborne Division
Active
1917–1919 1921–present
Country
United States
Branch
United States Army
Type
Airborne light infantry
Role
Airborne assault
Size
Division
Part of
XVIII Airborne Corps
Garrison/HQ
Fort Liberty, North Carolina, U.S.
Nickname(s)
"America's Guard of Honor" "All American Division" "82nd Division" "Eighty Deuce" "The 82nd"
Motto(s)
"All The Way!"
Color of berets
Maroon
March
"The All-American Soldier"
Engagements
World War I
Battle of Saint-Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne Offensive
World War II
Operation Husky
Operation Avalanche
Operation Overlord
Operation Market Garden
Ardennes-Alsace
Western Allied invasion of Germany
Cold War
Dominican Civil War
Vietnam War
Invasion of Grenada
Operation Golden Pheasant
Invasion of Panama
Persian Gulf War
War on Terror
War in Afghanistan
2021 Kabul airlift
Iraq War
Operation Inherent Resolve
Operation Freedom's Sentinel
Website
Official Website of the Division
Commanders
Commander
MG J. Patrick Work
Deputy Commander – Operations
BG Andrew Saslav
Deputy Commander – Support
COL Jason Williams
Deputy Commander – Plans
Brigadier David Pack, British Army
Command Sergeant Major
CSM
Randolph Delapena
Notable commanders
Complete list of commanders
Insignia
Shoulder sleeve insignia (subdued)
Combat service identification badge
Flag
Seal
Military unit
The 82nd Airborne Division is an airborne infantry division of the United States Army specializing in parachute assault operations into hostile areas[1] with a U.S. Department of Defense mandate to be "on-call to fight any time, anywhere" at "the knife's edge of technology and readiness."[2] Primarily based at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, the 82nd Airborne Division is part of the XVIII Airborne Corps. The 82nd Airborne Division is the U.S. Army's most strategically mobile division.[3]
The division was organized on 25 August 1917, at Camp Gordon, Georgia, (now publicly owned) and later served with distinction on the Western Front in the final months of World War I. Since its initial members came from all 48 states, the division acquired the nickname All-American, which is the basis for its "AA" on the shoulder patch. The division later served in World War II where, in August 1942, it was reconstituted as the first airborne division of the U.S. Army and fought in numerous campaigns during the war.
^Sof, Eric. "82nd Airborne Division", Spec Ops Magazine, 25 November 2012. Archived from the original on 1 September 2017.
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^Kelly, Jack (15 February 2002). "Reconfigure Army divisions to make military stronger". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
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