First Sgt. Steven Laire, an engineer company first sergeant with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, inspects a paratrooper's parachute harness prior to an airborne training exercise Feb. 25, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. Laire is assi...

Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team prepare to board a C-17 Globemaster for a mass-tactical airborne training exercise Feb. 25, 2013, Pope Army Airfield, Fort Bragg, N.C. Many of the paratroopers are carrying in ex...

Giant parachutes descend onto Fort Bragg's Sicily Drop Zone after conveying Humvees and other heavy equipment to the ground during an airborne training exercise Feb. 25, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. Paratroopers will descend once the heavy equipment is...

Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team jump from C-130 Hercules aircraft during a mass-tactical airborne training exercise Feb. 25, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The exercise is officially known as a Joint Operational Acc...

Col. Trevor Bredenkamp, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, retrieves his parachute after leading paratroopers out the door of a C-17 Globemaster aircraft as part of a large airborne training operation Feb. 25, 2013, at...

Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team form an LGOP, or little group of paratroopers, on the drop zone before moving to a rally point following a jump Feb. 25, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. Paratroopers are trained to jum...

Artillerymen with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team prepare an M119A2 105mm howitzer for operation after parachuting it to a drop zone Feb. 25, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The artillerymen are assigned to 3rd Battalion, 319th Airbor...