In the early hours of June 6, 1944, as Allied forces began the monumental D-Day invasion of Normandy, Staff Sergeant Harrison ...

American and Canadian paratroopers conducted a combined parachute operation onto Bledowska Drop Zone, Poland, May 5, 2014, to begin combined airborne infantry training with their Polish allies.

Multiple safety procedures were not followed prior to the parachute jump in which Spc. Matthew Perez was killed, an ...

When the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment was activated at Camp Toccoa, Georgia, on 15 November 1942, it began life with a rich airborne heritage. The famous test platoon, the prime ancestor of ...

He also served as command sergeant major for the 3rd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment; the brigade command sergeant major for the 2nd Brigade and as the division command sergeant major.

Enlisting in the U.S. Army in March of 1943, the Ohio native underwent rigorous training with the newly created airborne units and assigned to Company C, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment 82nd ...

He was assigned to the 508 th Parachute Infantry Regiment for advanced training in airborne and infantry operations. He landed in France during the early morning hours of June 1944 more than five ...

During the operation, two BMD airborne infantry fighting vehicles failed to deploy their parachutes, plummeting to the Earth.

Long before the 82nd Airborne Division’s storied jump into history on D-Day, a demonstration of parachute tactics was held in San Antonio before the Army’s chief of staff, and it was a hair ...

The First Airborne Task Force, or FABTF for short, was comprised of the 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment, the battle-hardened 509th Parachute Infantry (on their fourth combat jump), the 550th ...

Parachute infantry battalions can be used to seize airfields as an entry point for heavier follow-on forces. Airborne forces, however, lack the staying power of Stryker and mechanized infantry.