82nd Airborne Division

82nd Airborne Division
82nd Airborne Division
	Insignia of the 82nd Airborne Division
Active	1917–1919; 1921–present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army
Type	Airborne light infantry
Role	Airborne assault
Size	Division
Part of	XVIII Airborne Corps
Garrison/HQ	Fort Bragg, North Carolina, US
Nickname(s)	"America's Guard of Honor"; "All American Division"; "82nd Division"; "Eighty Deuce"; "The 82nd"
Motto(s)	"All The Way!"; “Death from Above”
Color of berets	Maroon
March	"The All-American Soldier"
Engagements	World War I Battle of Saint-Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne Offensive; ; World War II Operation Husky Battle of Gela; Battle of Biazza Ridge; ; Operation Avalanche Battle of Salerno; Battle of Altavilla; Battle of Chiunzi Pass; Volturno Line Volturno River; ; Barbara Line; Bernhardt Line; Winter Line; ; Operation Overlord Operation Neptune American airborne landings in Normandy Mission Boston; Mission Detroit; Mission Elmira; ; ; Sainte-Mère-Église Battle of La Fière; ; ; Operation Market Garden Battle of Nijmegen; Waal River Crossing; Battle of Groesbeek Heights; ; Battle of the Nijmegen salient; Battle of the Bulge Battle of Werbomont; Battle of Cheneux; Battle of Trois-Ponts; ; ; Battle of the Hürtgen Forest Battle of Schmidt (1945); ; Western Allied invasion of Germany; Cold War Dominican Civil War; Vietnam War; Invasion of Grenada; Operation Golden Pheasant; Invasion of Panama; Persian Gulf War; ; Kosovo War NATO bombing of Yugoslavia; ; War on Terror War in Afghanistan 2021 Kabul airlift; ; Iraq War; Operation Inherent Resolve; Operation Freedom's Sentinel; ;
Decorations	Meritorious Unit Commendation
Website	Official Website of the Division
Commanders
Commander	MG Brandon Tegtmeier
Deputy Commanding General – Operations	BG Andrew Kiser
Deputy Commanding General – Support	BG Bryan Babich
Deputy Commanding General – Plans	Brigadier Henry Llewelyn-Usher, British Army
Command Sergeant Major	CSM Randolph Delapena
Notable; commanders	Complete list of commanders
Insignia
Shoulder sleeve insignia (subdued)
Combat service identification badge
Flag
Seal

The 82nd Airborne Division is an airborne infantry division of the United States Army specializing in parachute assault operations into hostile areas^[2] with a US Department of Defense mandate to be "on-call to fight any time, anywhere" at "the knife's edge of technology and readiness."^[3] Primarily based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, the 82nd Airborne Division is part of the XVIII Airborne Corps. The 82nd Airborne Division is the US Army's most strategically mobile division.^[4]

The division was organized on 25 August 1917, at Camp Gordon, Georgia, located north of Atlanta. The area is identified by a historical marker at the Peachtree DeKalb Airport. The Camp Gordon of World War I and the present day Fort Gordon (Richmond County) are different places and should not be confused. The 82nd Infantry Division later served with distinction on the Western Front in the final months of World War I. Since its initial members came from all 48 states, the division acquired the nickname All-American, which is the basis for its "AA" on the shoulder patch. The division later served in World War II where, in August 1942, it was reconstituted as the first airborne division of the US Army and fought in numerous campaigns during the war.

^ Army General Orders Unit Awards Index (PDF), US Army, 13 October 2015
^ Sof, Eric. "82nd Airborne Division", Spec Ops Magazine, 25 November 2012. Archived from the original on 1 September 2017.
^ 82nd Airborne Division, United States Army, dated 16 May 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018
^ Kelly, Jack (15 February 2002). "Reconfigure Army divisions to make military stronger". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2016.

[US_Army_HR_Unit_Awards-1] Army General Orders Unit Awards Index (PDF), US Army, 13 October 2015

[special-ops.org-2] Sof, Eric. "82nd Airborne Division", Spec Ops Magazine, 25 November 2012. Archived from the original on 1 September 2017.

[Stand-To-3] 82nd Airborne Division, United States Army, dated 16 May 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018

[4] Kelly, Jack (15 February 2002). "Reconfigure Army divisions to make military stronger". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2016.

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