82nd Airborne Division
| 82nd Airborne Division | |
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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" |
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| Website | Official Website of the Division |
| Commanders | |
| Commander | MG J. Patrick Work |
| Deputy Commanding General – Operations | BG Jason Williams |
| Deputy Commanding Officer – Support | COL Andrew Kiser |
| Deputy Commanding General – Plans | Brigadier David Pack, British Army |
| Command Sergeant Major | CSM Randolph Delapena |
| Notable commanders | Complete list of commanders |
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The 82nd Airborne Division is an airborne infantry division of the United States Army specializing in parachute assault operations into hostile areas 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." 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.
The division was organized on 25 August 1917, at Camp Hancock, Georgia, (now subdivided and owned by a combination of the City of Augusta-Richmond County, Veterans Administration, and private parties) and 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.