505th Panther Association

PFC Ricky Taylor, 24, of Athens, Alabama, died Jan. 16 in Baghdad of wounds
sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He
was assigned as a Combat Engineer assigned to the A Co BSTB

HQ-MND Baghdad 
Camp Liberty
Baghdad, Iraq
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
RELEASE No. 20090124-08 
January 24, 2009                                  
Paratroopers honor fallen comrade
By Staff Sgt. Alex Licea
3rd BCT PAO, 82nd Abn. [...]

Paratroopers assigned to the Military Police platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad conducted  a patrol in neighborhoods surrounding Forward Operating Base Loyalty in eastern Baghdad, Jan 14.
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RELEASE No. 20090116 [...]

PFC Andrew Bradley, D Co 2-505 – Evacuated
SGT Jonathan Shaner, HHB 1-319 -Evacuated
PFC Jacob Mammy, HHB 1-319th – Stable remaining in country

PFC Andrew Bradley, D Co 2-505, was evacuated for a below the knee amputation of his right lower extremity secondary to a blast injury sustained from an IED/EFP. He underwent wound debridement and repair. [...]

Members of the national police, Iraqi army and Paratroopers assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division patrol inside the Matanabi Book Market Jan. 13 in the Rusafa District of eastern Baghdad. Iraqi security forces partnered with coalition forces during the patrol to check on the market’s security and speak with shop owners [...]

By Drew Brooks
Staff writer
 
The wife of a Fort Bragg soldier who was killed in Baghdad said her husband had planned to start a family once he was done serving his country.
Staff Sgt. Justin Bauer, 24, of Berthoud, Colo., was killed by an explosion near his patrol Saturday, the Defense Department said.
Bauer was a section sergeant [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20090111-04
Jan. 11, 2009
3rd BCT assumes mission in eastern Baghdad
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

Col. Timothy McGuire, a native of Alamo, Calif., and commander of 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad and Command Sgt. Maj. King O. Parks, a native of Goldsboro, N.C., and command sergeant major of [...]

By Staff Sgt. Alex Licea
3rd BCT PAO, 82nd Abn. Div., MND-B  

1st Lt. Eric Donahue (right), platoon leader for Company D, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Multi-National Division-Baghdad, and his father Col. Scott Donahue, assigned to Multi-National Corps-Iraq, pose for a picture during a surprise reunion Jan. [...]

Multi-National Division – Baghdad
FORWARD OPERATING BASE LOYALTY, Iraq – Soldiers assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, continue to transition with their 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, counterparts in Baghdad; they will partner with the Iraqi security forces and local government officials during its 12-month deployment [...]

By Staff Sgt. Mike Pryor
2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Public Affairs
FORT BRAGG, N.C. – By the time the Army was officially desegregated on July 26, 1948, Joe Murchison was already a proud member of the 82nd Airborne Division.
555th PIR Paratroopers awaiting jump commands.
A year earlier, his all-black Paratrooper unit, the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, [...]

Photos By Sgt. 1st Class Brent Williams 1st BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div., MND-B

FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq – Pfc. Joshua MacQuarrie (right), an infantryman from Copperas Cove, Texas, assigned to Company D, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, attached to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, digs down [...]