21K views · 883 reactions | While the Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command - Iraq achieves its build partner capacity and advise and assist mission in Baghdad, Alpha Company, 1-505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, provides the security that enables the headquarters to focus on its primary task: training and advising the Iraqi security forces to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. | 82nd Airborne Division | Facebook

112K views · 4K reactions | It’s great to see our 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers building trained and ready forces that are highly mobile, flexible, and capable of supporting multiple missions. | U.S. Army Chief of Staff | Facebook

National Airborne Day The first official Army parachute jump was on August 16, 1940. This validated the insertion of U.S. ground forces behind enemy lines. In 2001, President George W. Bush designated August 16 as National Airborne Day. All Americans, may you always have fair winds and soft landings! #NationalAirborneDay #AATW #ThrowbackThursday | 82nd Airborne Division

Parachute Riggers from the 82nd Airborne Division jump from UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter on August 5, 1999. | Red Falcon Historical Society

The Parachute Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Polish and French paratroopers jump into Hohenfels, Germany for exercise #swiftresponse | British Army