Simply a combat engineer who is jump qualified. Although Airborne is supposed to denote someone who is actually on active jump status, a lot of these "almost Airborne" types, whose only jumps were the five jumps they did in school, flaunt their jump status and the word "Airborne" quite a bit, as well, even when serving in leg units (and even if their entire enlistment was/is served in leg units).
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the 82nd Airborne has, by far, the most combat jumps. This began during WWII.
he was a 12B which is the MOS code in the army for combat engineer. i also think he was a drill sgt too
Combat Engineer
I have a complete history of the 108th Engineer Combat Battalion, the Engineer Unit organic to the 33rd Infantry Division. Richard V. Horrell WW 2 Connections.com
The 2nd Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne) was the last all-black unit activated by the U.S. Army (October 6, 1950), as well as the first Army Ranger unit to parachute into combat (March 23, 1951 at Munsan-ni in Korea). The original unit was designated the 4th Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne) and was later redesignated the 2nd before they deployed. The 2nd Ranger Company was assigned to the 32nd Regimental Combat Team (RCT), 7th Infantry Division (8th U.S. Army Command) and later attached to the 187th Regimental Combat Team (Airborne) in Korea. They fought in 4 major campaigns and served 205 consecutive days in combat.
First Allied Airborne Army was created in 1944.
First Allied Airborne Army ended in 1945.
You can join the airborne by enlisting in the United States Army and selecting an airborne unit as your preferred assignment. The Army operates several airborne units, including the 82nd Airborne Division based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and the 173rd Airborne Brigade stationed in Vicenza, Italy.
Yes the 82nd Airborne did do a combat jump over Panama on December 20, 1989
Yes, the multicam uniform is authorized for wear by the 82nd Airborne Division in the U.S. Army. The multicam pattern is now the standard combat uniform for the Army and is widely used by various units, including the 82nd Airborne Division.
The US Army Sapper Leader Course was originally started by the Engineer School at Fort Belvoir, Virginia in 1985. Its purpose is to train and certify individuals as Sapper Leaders who are capable of leading small teams of combat engineers in complex engineering tasks and combat operations.