82nd Airborne Division

82nd Airborne Division
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 Liberty, North Carolina, U.S.
Nickname(s)	"America's Guard of Honor" "All American Division" "82nd Division" "Eighty Deuce" "The 82nd"
Motto(s)	"All The Way!"
Color of berets	Maroon
March	"The All-American Soldier"
Engagements	World War I Battle of Saint-Mihiel Meuse-Argonne Offensive World War II Operation Husky Operation Avalanche Operation Overlord Operation Market Garden Ardennes-Alsace Western Allied invasion of Germany Cold War Dominican Civil War Vietnam War Invasion of Grenada Operation Golden Pheasant Invasion of Panama Persian Gulf War War on Terror War in Afghanistan 2021 Kabul airlift Iraq War Operation Inherent Resolve Operation Freedom's Sentinel
Website	Official Website of the Division
Commanders
Commander	MG J. Patrick Work
Deputy Commander – Operations	BG Andrew Saslav
Deputy Commander – Support	COL Jason Williams
Deputy Commander – Plans	Brigadier David Pack, British Army
Command Sergeant Major	CSM Randolph Delapena
Notable commanders	Complete list of commanders
Insignia
Shoulder sleeve insignia (subdued)
Combat service identification badge
Flag
Seal

The 82nd Airborne Division is an airborne infantry division of the United States Army specializing in parachute assault operations into hostile areas^[1] with a U.S. Department of Defense mandate to be "on-call to fight any time, anywhere" at "the knife's edge of technology and readiness."^[2] Primarily based at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, the 82nd Airborne Division is part of the XVIII Airborne Corps. The 82nd Airborne Division is the U.S. Army's most strategically mobile division.^[3]

The division was organized on 25 August 1917, at Camp Gordon, Georgia, (now publicly owned) 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 U.S. Army and fought in numerous campaigns during the war.