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82nd ABN Paratroopers

Despite all the planning, double checking and potential hazards associated with airborne operations, jumping out of a C-130 aircraft never loses its charm for paratroopers with 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade.

Staff Sergeant Leigh Ann Hester military police, Army National Guard Ambushed by enemy forces in Salman Pak, eastern Iraq, on March 20, 2005. Awarded a Silver Star, the nation's third-highest military decoration for valor—the first female recipient since World War II and the first to earn it for close-quarters combat.

The Army's 82nd Airborne Division is an elite division that can rapidly deploy in just 18 hours' notice. The soldiers of the 82nd are able to conduct forcible entry parachute assaults, as well as other key military operations. Based out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 82nd Airborne soldiers are easily recognizable by their maroon berets and “AA” arm patches.

Paratroopers jump from a C-17 above Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson today in what the Army calls the largest airborne operation in the brigade's history.

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