On June 7, 2012, Jon Harmon was a 19‑year‑old private first class on his first deployment in Afghanistan when an explosion took both of his legs - and nearly his life. Now, exactly 14 years to the day ...

Paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division jump a CH-47 Chinook helicopter on Sicily Drop Zone on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, August 8, 2025. The jump was conducted as an opportunity for 82nd ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A thousand troops from an Army unit known for its capacity to deploy within 18 hours and parachute into a war zone are headed to ...

FORT RUCKER, Ala. — Fourteen years after an explosion in an Afghan village took both of his legs and nearly his life, former 82nd Airborne Division paratrooper Jon Harmon is preparing to step into the ...

The 82nd Airborne Division was ordered Tuesday to begin deploying to the Middle East, where about 2,000 paratroopers are headed to potentially join operations against Iran. The soldiers are being ...

Thorntown native Tony Richardson served six years on multiple tours in Iraq as a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne ...

Thousands of paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division are expected to deploy in the coming days to the Middle East. There's no detail on where they are headed or what their role will be in the ...