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(3 months ago)Sending more than 1,500 American Army's 82nd Air Division soldiers has raised many questions about the involvement of the world's most elite paramilitary unit. Only 18 hours after giving the order, one of the three brigades of this division can be deployed from the main Fort Bragg base in North Carolina [...]
Only 18 hours after giving the order, one of the three brigades of this division can be deployed from the main Fort Bragg base in North Carolina at every point on the globe. This particular skill puts the 82nd Division at the helm of air units, even relying on the long history of combat operations that this unit has performed worldwide.
Simplifyed, the 82nd Division is the first US unit to enter the land of the enemy with a primary duty to take on objects of strategic importance, such as airports, ports, command-comunicative centres, presidential residences and other key objects.
In peacetime, the division is organized into three brigade combat teams, each with up to 4,500 soldiers. These three brigades, along with infantry battalions, constitute the main force of the division, while artillery and intelligence support units zoom in on the total compound of up to 20 thousand soldiers, writes Thwyortactmes.
Under peaceful conditions, one of these three brigades is always ready and can be met according to the needs of combat operations. All soldiers have been trained for parachutes, so it is often said that in the 82nd “division all fly by parachute, from cooks to cyber operations specialists”.
Otherwise, the division was formed in 1917 as the 82nd Infantry Division and earned the nickname “All-American”, because soldiers came from all states of the United States.
Following the remarkable successes in 1942, the 82nd Division became the first US air-descent unit. During World War II, he achieved decisive successes that made the most elite unit of U.S. Army paratroopers.
From the battles in Italy near Salerno, via Normandy and Operation “Market Garden”, to Ardenat and the Hurtgen Forest, the 82nd Division led many of the U.S. Army's main operations.
During the Cold War, the division participated in the Vietnam War, the interventions in Panama and Grenada, as well as peacekeeping operations in Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and then the Middle East, Afghanistan and Iraq, as part of the fight against terrorism. /Telegraph
