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This is Who We Are - 82nd Airborne Division Command Video

82nd Airborne Division

May 6, 2021 | 5:29

Uploaded for archival purposes. This is the Command Video for the 82nd Airborne Division with Division Commander, Maj. Gen Christopher Donahue, and Division Command Sgt. Major David R. Pitt, speak about his priorities in the Division. (U.S. Army product by Sgt. 1st Class Jonathan Hornby)

The mission of the 82nd Airborne Division is to, within 18 hours of notification, strategically deploy, conduct forcible entry parachute assault and secure key objectives for follow-on military operations in support of U.S. national interests.

The 82nd Airborne Division is an active airborne infantry division of the United States Army specializing in joint forcible entry operations. Based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, the 82nd Airborne Division is the primary fighting arm of the XVIII Airborne Corps. The 82nd Division was constituted in the National Army on August 5th, 1917, and was organized on August 25th, 1917, at Camp Gordon, Georgia. Since its initial members came from all 48 states, the unit acquired the nickname "All American," which is the basis for its famed “AA” shoulder patch.