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History behind the uniform: Highly trained and highly disciplined, the soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division were asked to spearhead the invasions of Italy, Normandy, and Holland. | Army West Point Athletics

The heart and soul of the 82nd Airborne is the mass tactical drop, or ‘Mass Tac,’ when hundreds of paratroopers drop on one target. Coffee or Die followed ‘The Outlaws’ of A Company, 37th Engineering Battalion of the 82nd, as they prepared for a night jump. | Coffee or Die

WATCH: Eighty-two Paratroopers recited the oath of enlistment during a mass reenlistment ceremony held by Brig. Gen. Brian Winski, 82nd Airborne Division deputy commanding general, on Sicily Drop Zone at Fort Bragg, N.C., Mar. 11, 2016. In appreciation of their commitment to continued service in the U.S. Army, the 82 #Soldiers were given the opportunity to earn German parachutist badges following the ceremony by conducting a CH-47 Chinook helicopter jump led by a German Jumpmaster. #ATW #Airborn

Parachute Riggers from the 82nd Airborne Division jump from UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter on August 5, 1999. | Red Falcon Historical Society

National Airborne Day The first official Army parachute jump was on August 16, 1940. This validated the insertion of U.S. ground forces behind enemy lines. In 2001, President George W. Bush designated August 16 as National Airborne Day. All Americans, may you always have fair winds and soft landings! #NationalAirborneDay #AATW #ThrowbackThursday | 82nd Airborne Division

9.1K views · 610 reactions | In recognition of the first U.S. Army...