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 [...]