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i already completed jump school im an mp. i got my orders to the 82nd airborne and it says 2nd brigade replacement. and im hearing 2nd brigade isn't deploying anytime soon and then im hearing that a few elements of 2nd brigade are going to iraq for elections security for a few months is this true ? and am i able to voulnteer to deploy with lets say 4th brigade ?
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What is this now days? BurgerKing
 Your a paratrooper now, you go where and when they need you. |
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Stay where you are assigned and don't flip units. The deployment will come to you if your assigned to the 82nd. You also want to be overseas with Soldiers you know really well not some unit where you just arrived. So Buck is right, stay put and be patient. You should be satisfied you got assigned to the 82nd lots and lots of Soldiers try and never get there.  |
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Member -------------------  Proud Member Derelict Veterans Group -------------------  |
1. Be byGOd happy you're going to the Falcon Reg't- for a long time it is the best reg't/BCT in the Div- we got pulled out of training cycle to lead the Grenada invasion for the 82d. Also among the 1st unit's in Panama & GW1. Don't worry about deploying, 82d is always deployinh, and the Falcon's will be back on the list shortly!
2. You're airborne- you go where you're told, meet new & unusual folks and most of the time kill them! |
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NSDQ |
Mostly true. The Falcons were the first 82d units to participate in Grenada, Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom. Panama was a 1st BDE deal and Afghanistan belongs to 3rd BDE. Still a great unit. |
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 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment The 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation The 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation last month for gallantry during the battle of As Samawah, Iraq, in April 2003.  Pfc. Lee DeJong, D Company, 3rd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, uses binoculars to view troop movements as a Kiowa Warrior helicopter flies overhead in As Samawah, Iraq, in April 2003. Maj. Gen. William B. Caldwell, commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division, and Col. Kurt Fuller, the outgoing 325th commander, pinned the citation's streamer to the brigade colors during Fuller's change of command ceremony last month. The Presidential Unit Citation is given to units that display gallantry that sets them apart from other units. The unit award is equal to the individual award of the Distinguished Service Cross, the U.S. military's second-highest award for valor. This is the second time the unit was awarded a Presidential Unit Citation. Its first was in World War II for action in Ste. Mere Eglise during the Normandy invasion in June 1944. As a division, the 82nd has won several Presidential Unit Citations. The 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment was awarded two for action during World War II at Ste. Mere Eglise and Nijmegen, Netherlands. The 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment received three for the battles of Anzio, Nijmegen and Cheneux, Belgium, during World War II. The 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment has four citations for action in World War II and Vietnam. During major combat in Iraq, the 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment's biggest fight came in the southern city of As Samawah, where it took four days of fighting to take key bridges and secure the supply line for the 3rd Infantry Division. Guerrilla fighters During the blitz that started the war, U.S. forces did little to secure the towns they passed through. Instead, the tanks and armored personnel carriers rumbled north, leaving pockets of guerrillas in place to harass supply lines.  Maj. Gen. William B. Caldwell IV, right, and Col. Kurt Fuller pin the Presidential Unit Citation streamer to the brigade colors. As Samawah, a city of about 180,000 on the banks of the Euphrates River, was a hotbed of guerrilla activity. All three battalions in the regiment saw action. The paratroopers sealed the town and slowly moved in, limiting the guerrillas' ability to disrupt the flow of supplies. The initial thrust was executed by the 1st Battalion, which moved into the southeastern side of the city and grabbed a toehold on the outskirts. Troops met stiff resistance when they stormed a cement factory that the guerrillas were using to store weapons and as a forward observation point. The job of seizing key bridges over the Euphrates River - possession of which allowed convoys to move through As Samawah - fell to the 2nd Battalion. Seizing bridges pushed the guerrillas out of the city, and they never mounted a significant threat again. Troops from the 3rd Battalion fought on the western side of the city. The paratroopers uncovered dozens of large weapons caches hidden in schools. They also took part in several fierce firefights. The unit was prepared to storm a hospital the guerrillas were using as a command post when the mission was scrubbed after locals asked the soldiers to spare the building, since it was the only source of medical care in the city. The 325th's victory in As Samawah opened the supply lines so the 3rd Infantry Division could push on to Baghdad. "I think it was an honorable award given to a great bunch of soldiers," said retired Command Sgt. Maj. Randall Johnson. He was the top enlisted soldier in the 3rd Battalion of the 325th during the war. He said the paratroopers didn't expect to get the award. "They did it for the freedom of the people," he said. FALCONS  |
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Member ------------------- Proud Member Derelict Veterans Group ------------------- |
HOOYAH and get some "Falcons"!!!!
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My son just finished airborned and is a medic. He is being assigned to Ft. Bragg. His orders only say repor to 29 CS CO Ft. Bragg. Can anyone tell me which brigade this company is in so we can do some research?
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NSDQ |
I have never heard of that unit.
It's not in the division. |
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Falcons, All the way!!! Lets go!!!
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haha.....I was in As Samawah with 2nd brigade in 2003. I was in 1st 325th. We were the ones who approached the concrete factory. Our fister called in some 60mm's that took out some hajis and a poor donkey. We even had the pleasure of wittnessing a Bradley take out a sniper in a smoke stack with a T.O.W. missle. If you were to ask around the brigade, you may even hear the story about the dude who fired a Javelin in the middle of a palm tree thicket with the C.L.U. set for top attack mode. I was right there, and was about the damndest thing I think I saw the entire year. Needless to say, he missed his target. That was definitely a true war blunder. God, that seems like forever ago.
One thing you should know about the 82nd is that you're going to be around a bunch of meatheads who's mouths are bigger than their guns. Guys who if you were to take them out of the 82nd or the army, they couldn't survive. They always need to be telling somebody what to do, and in turn, need to be told what to do all the time. Kind of like how Marines are, you know? I've been out since 2004 and am doing just fine in case anyone is wondering. I suggest going to ranger school so that if you get into some kind of trouble you can get it swept under the rug. Non-tab wearers loose rank, while tab wearers slide right on by. It's truely a pinko-communist good ol' boys organization. You'll also see that being a paratrooper is not what it's all cracked up to be. You'll spend 80% of your time on ******** details, and the rest of the time fixing **** that aint broke. Plus, you're always preparing for wars that aren't ever going to happen. In other words, you'll get stuck on D.R.B. 1 for several months out of the year, and then get alerted in the middle of the night all the time for no reason other than so commanders screw guys over for being late, or coming drunk. Careers in the 82nd are built at the expense of others' careers. Don't trust you buddies 100 percent. If they see that they can get ahead by busting you out for something.......THEY WILL. TRUST ME. And why is it that hardcore lifers use phrases like, "What do you think this is?.....BURGER KING?", or "You're wrong as 2 boys holding hands". I remember hearing those exact phrases and many others since basic, and then heard them over and over throughout my stint. Is there a book out there that has all these lifer phrases? That just goes to show where these guys get their education. As a friendly suggestion...GET SOME NEW MATERIAL GUYS. |
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erich is right be thankfull a lot of soldiers have tryed to get in the 82nd and have not been able to swing it ...also be carefull for what you which for ...good luck |
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Member ------------------- Proud Member Derelict Veterans Group ------------------- |
Sound like Moving Pictures couldn't cope or hang- there is always someone who isn't happy. Train for wars that do happen- Gee spend 14yrs in the 325 A.I.R- went from PFC to PSG- deployed to Grenada, deployed to Panama- 3 humanitarian missions- Locked up for the Zaire Mission in 70's, but belegians went instead. Jungle school 7 times, Artic school- AK twice, NY- once, Wis- 2twice. Went to 3 or 4 continents and about 25 countries, before my knees went out and they moved me to HHC XVIII ABC. Sounds like sour grapes, but his story.
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Widowmaker |
Wow
 I never thought I'd see the day where a Paratrooper would bad mouth the Eight Duece more then me.  |
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Experienced Member |
He was with the 325th, what do you expect?
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New Member |
So you were 82nd? Sounds like you are the meat head and they are probably glad your gone. Ever hear of team work? I seen a lot of it while I served with the 82nd. It don't sound like you ever learned anything except how to be a pain in the fourth point of contact. I've seen mouths like yours and they are a pain to work with. STFU All The Way Airborne. |
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