Paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division jump a CH-47 Chinook helicopter on Sicily Drop Zone on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, August 8, 2025. The jump was conducted as an opportunity for 82nd ...

U.S. Army paratroopers will soon have more to leap for, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced this week during a visit with 82nd Airborne Division soldiers at Fort Bragg, N.C. “We are increasing ...

The Pentagon on Tuesday announced that it will increase hazardous duty incentive pay for paratroopers, commonly known as jump pay. The monthly stipend will rise from $150 to $200, marking the first ...

AL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq - Private 1st Class Matthew Fram did not expect to make his first jump after airborne school with 82nd Airborne Division in Iraq. The chemical specialist with Battery B, 3rd ...

On Sept. 12, 2024, Army Spc. Matthew Perez made his way to the ramp of a C-17 and prepared to take part in a parachute jump at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Johnson, Louisiana. Perez, ...

Paratroopers from 3rd Brigade Combat Team (3BCT) of the 82nd Airborne Division conduct a Deployment Readiness Exercise (DRE) at Joint Base Charleston, SC. 3BCT Paratroopers began buddy rigging into ...

STUTTGART, Germany — Paratroopers from the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division are headed to Europe, where large combat drills stretching from Nordic lands to NATO’s eastern flank are getting underway.