Posted on May 7, 2016
Who would win in a battle between 82nd Airborne and the 101st Airborne (Air Assault)?
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Having to base my answer on experiences I saw with my own two eyes as part of the OPFOR at NTC when both of these units came.....and even though we beat the snot out of both of them.....82nd put up a harder fight than the 101st did.
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Who conducts the Airborne Assault/Airfield Seizure so the 101st can have their helicopters brought in on C-17's? Oh yeah, it the Eighty Deuce! That's who! The 101st may still wear the "Airborne" tab but, they lost that distinction YEARS ago. Sorry about that. How much is "Air Assault Pay" now anyway?
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1SG Harold Piet
Once we land, weather air assault or Airborne we become legs. Except the 101 has their own transportation to still be air assault. I was both
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SFC Michael Peterson
While I understand your point 1SG, I have to point out that you used “weather”, instead of “whether”. I only do because of all the red ink that other 1SG’s have used on NCOER’s and Awards Recommendations I’ve submitted over the years.
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What’s the difference they both come down from the sky. Went to jump school in 1969, spent more time in helicopters in Vietnam and state side then jumping.
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It should not be about which side your on they are both good units an would be proud to serve in either one.
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Brothers In Arms. Equals. Neither one winning, neither one losing. Both Strong, Both Vulnerable. Differing only in delivery vehicles. They'll fight amongst themselves, and give a good account both ways, but mess with them, and you just bought yourself a ticket to HELL. At the end of the day, they are thicker than thieves, blood over water, and BROTHERS, Forever!
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UH60 hovering in the sky, these are the pukes that snivel and cry. Sit down, hook up, slide down a rope: air assault trooper ain't nothing but a joke.
Heard that somewhere.
Heard that somewhere.
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Last time the 82nd jumped into combat was 1989, the rest of the time was Air Assault. Both jumped in WW2 together and still the best.
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