Fort Bragg paratroopers rapidly deploy New Year's Day in response to embassy attacks

Source: The Fayetteville Observer

Within 18 hours of receiving a notice to deploy in support of American embassy attacks and a breach in Iraq, paratroopers at Fort Bragg were ready, officials said.

More than 650 paratroopers toted equipment in brisk weather during the early morning hours of New Year’s Day, to board C-17 aircraft headed to the U.S. Central Command area of operations as part as the Immediate Response Force.

A spokesman for the 82nd Airborne Division said paratroopers with the 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division were activated and deployed in response “to the increased threat levels against U.S. personnel and facilities.”


TEB this is why your buddies had to head back to Bragg. Weren’t they 504th dudes?

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