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, ...
Though they share the “Airborne” name, the 82nd and 101st operate in fundamentally different ways, with one specializing in mass parachute assaults and the other dominating helicopter-based air ...