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Featured Video
Senior Airman Lopez Interview with Univision
Univision interview for Women's History Month with SrA Giselle Lopez, an EOD tech with 966th Air Expeditionary Squadron. Also available in high definition.
Video by Sgt. Reed Knutson | 1BCT-82ABN | 04.11.2012
Recent Photos
(721 votes; 2.82)
Mass-tactical Airborne OperationU.S. Army 1st Sgt. Steven Laire, right, with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, inspects a paratrooper's parachute harness before an airborne...
Photo by Sgt. Mike MacLeod | 1BCT-82ABN | 02.25.2013
Combat veterans refresh unmanned aircraft skillsA U.S. Soldier, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operator with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, assembles a Raven during a UAV refresher course at...
Photo by Sgt. Mike MacLeod | 1BCT-82ABN | 02.05.2013
Concert violinist becomes US Army paratrooperSpc. Ean Ulrich, an infantryman with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, plays a violin for the formal all-ranks ball of his unit, 2nd Battalion,...
Photo by Sgt. Mike MacLeod | 1BCT-82ABN | 11.30.2012
NASCAR Pit Crew Challenge at Fort BraggBrett Cumming, pit crew coach for the Earnhardt Ganassi McDonalds 1 Car, speaks to U.S. Soldiers about the teamwork required to be a member of a NASCAR Pit Crew at...
Photo by Capt. Thomas Cieslak | 1BCT-82ABN | 01.17.2013
Why we serve - Sgt. Kenneth JonesSgt. Kenneth Jones, a logistics soldier with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, cinches a strap around PVC pipes for shipment to a combat outpost...
Photo by Sgt. Mike MacLeod | 1BCT-82ABN | 05.25.2012
Paratroopers patrol along Highway 1U.S. Army Capt. Joseph Driskell, commander of Company A, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, describes the actions his paratroopers should take if fired...
Photo by Sgt. Mike MacLeod | 1BCT-82ABN | 08.01.2012
Recent Video
(14 votes; 3.54)
Senior Airman Lopez Interview with UnivisionUnivision interview for Women's History Month with SrA Giselle Lopez, an EOD tech with 966th Air Expeditionary Squadron. Also available in high definition.
Video by Sgt. Reed Knutson | 1BCT-82ABN | 04.11.2012
Expert Field Medical Badge Package about service members competing for their expert field medical badge at Fort Bragg. Produced by Sgt. Reed Knutson. Also available in high definition
Courtesy Video | 1BCT-82ABN | 10.11.2011
Gun Devils Dig InParatroopers from 3-319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division work together with engineers to prepare their firing...
Video by Capt. Thomas Cieslak | 1BCT-82ABN | 08.08.2011
Wounded Warriors Return to IraqPackage about a group of Wounded Warriors talking with deployed paratroopers about their experiences.Also see "Wounded Warriors Return to Iraq" in the b-roll section....
Video by Pfc. Jessica Cooke | 1BCT-82ABN | 06.21.2010
Wounded Warriors Return to IraqB-roll of a group of Wounded Warriors talking with deployed paratroopers about their experiences. Also see "Wounded Warriors Return to Iraq" in the package section....
Video by Pfc. Jessica Cooke | 1BCT-82ABN | 06.21.2010
Iraqi Soldiers Compete in Truck Rodeo, PackageIraqi soldiers demonstrating their skills with trucks during a truck rodeo with the 1st Advise and Assist Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division in Al Asad, Iraq. Produced...
Video by Pfc. Jessica Cooke | 1BCT-82ABN | 06.18.2010
Recent News Stories
(32 votes; 3.37)
Combat veterans refresh unmanned aircraft skillsInfantry Capt. Joseph Driskell ended his recent deployment to Afghanistan, using unmanned aerial vehicles differently than when he began, but one thing he is sure of...
Story by Sgt. Mike MacLeod | 1BCT-82ABN | 02.11.2013
Concert violinist becomes US Army paratrooperSpc. Ean Scott Ulrich has yet to jump out of his first $65 million Hercules C130 aircraft here at Fort Bragg, but he has played a $13 million violin before – a...
Story by Sgt. Mike MacLeod | 1BCT-82ABN | 01.25.2013
Why we serve - Sgt. Kenneth JonesMost of Sgt. Kenneth Jones’ peers are half his age, but the Sanford, Fla., native has no regrets for joining the Army.
Story by Sgt. Mike MacLeod | 1BCT-82ABN | 08.13.2012
Why We Serve: Spc. Maguire and Sgt. MillerAt a high school ski club outing, Travis Miller tried to do some “Sean White X-Games” stuff, hit his head on a rail, broke a vertebra and began bleeding...
Story by Sgt. Mike MacLeod | 1BCT-82ABN | 07.30.2012
Afghan soldiers, American paratroopers bolster security...A key economic center along Afghanistan’s main highway between Kabul and Kandahar – and the Afghan security forces that protect it – are much better off today...
Story by Sgt. Mike MacLeod | 1BCT-82ABN | 07.30.2012
Five 'Devils' you should knowSoldiers who have seen combat will attest that where the Soldiers’ Creed and Army Values most often cross paths is when a soldier is wounded.
Story by Sgt. Mike MacLeod | 1BCT-82ABN | 07.24.2012
Recent Audio
(11 votes; 4.32)
Capt. Tyler Vest
Capt. Tyler Vest from Huntsville, AL., currently the Alpha. Co. Company Commander with the White Devils, 2-504th PIR, talks with a Victory Partners Radio reporter, in...
Courtesy Audio | 1BCT-82ABN | 08.02.2012
Capt. Tyler Vest from Huntsville, AL., currently the Alpha. Co. Company Commander with the White Devils, 2-504th PIR, talks with a Victory Partners Radio reporter, in...
Courtesy Audio | 1BCT-82ABN | 08.02.2012
Staff Sgt. Jose Salcedo
Staff Sgt. Jose Salcedo, weapons squad leader for 3rd Platoon, Charlie Company of the White Devils, 2-504th PIR, talks to a Victory Partners Radio reporter, based in...
Courtesy Audio | 1BCT-82ABN | 07.05.2012
Staff Sgt. Jose Salcedo, weapons squad leader for 3rd Platoon, Charlie Company of the White Devils, 2-504th PIR, talks to a Victory Partners Radio reporter, based in...
Courtesy Audio | 1BCT-82ABN | 07.05.2012
Capt. Robert (Tray) Gacke
Capt. Robert (Tray) Gacke, C Company Commander for 2-504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), talks with Victory Partners Radio, along with his wife, Marie Gacke, a...
Courtesy Audio | 1BCT-82ABN | 06.26.2012
Capt. Robert (Tray) Gacke, C Company Commander for 2-504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), talks with Victory Partners Radio, along with his wife, Marie Gacke, a...
Courtesy Audio | 1BCT-82ABN | 06.26.2012
Lt. Col. Praxitelis (Nick) Vamvakias
Lt. Col. Praxitelis (Nick) Vamvakias talks to a Victory Partners Radio reporter about his duties as battalion commander for 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry...
Courtesy Audio | 1BCT-82ABN | 06.19.2012
Lt. Col. Praxitelis (Nick) Vamvakias talks to a Victory Partners Radio reporter about his duties as battalion commander for 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry...
Courtesy Audio | 1BCT-82ABN | 06.19.2012
Devils Train on Virtual Battlefield
Paratroopers from Company B, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division recently trained on the virtual battlefield to prepare themselves for future exercises...
Courtesy Audio | 1BCT-82ABN | 08.09.2011
Paratroopers from Company B, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division recently trained on the virtual battlefield to prepare themselves for future exercises...
Courtesy Audio | 1BCT-82ABN | 08.09.2011
Spc. Manis
Spc. Manis from Dallas, Texas, talks with a Fox Sports Game Time React reporter in Los Angeles, Calif., about the Dallas Cowboys, University of Texas Longhorns, why...
Courtesy Audio | 1BCT-82ABN | 10.08.2010
Spc. Manis from Dallas, Texas, talks with a Fox Sports Game Time React reporter in Los Angeles, Calif., about the Dallas Cowboys, University of Texas Longhorns, why...
Courtesy Audio | 1BCT-82ABN | 10.08.2010
Recent Publications
In this edition of the Current on Culture, we learn about the flag of Afghanistan.
