A paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division was getting ready to jump toward the earth when a sharp-eyed jumpmaster stepped in and saved him from a potentially fatal injury — a split-second ...

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, ...

Sgt. Maj. Keith Platt stopped a paratrooper from a potentially fatal accident during a training jump in a moment caught on video.

Master Sgt. Michael Ty Kettenhofen was the tie that held those around him together, his brother said. Whether it was his four siblings, his parents, his friends or his Army brothers in the elite ...

FORT BRAGG, N.C. - For the third year in a row, the winner of the 82nd Airborne Division Jumpmaster of the Year competition, held 16-25 April, comes from the Falcon Brigade. Sgt. 1st Class Kyle ...

FORT BRAGG — The 82nd Airborne Division’s top soldiers aren’t the type to “sit on the bench,” the division's command sergeant major said. As part of the 82nd's All American Days, the division's ...

Master Sgt. Michael Ty Kettenhofen was the tie that held those around him together, his brother said. Whether it was his four siblings, his parents, his friends or his Army brothers in the elite ...