Exercise prepares 82nd Airborne Division for near-peer threats
A distant whistle broke the silence hanging over a training compound near Fort Bragg’s McKiethan Pond.The whistle turned into a screech, followed by the thud of a blast. Then another.Then came the soldiers, announced by the pop and crack of their weapons, as they carefully edged around buildings and rusted vehicles.As they fought to the north of the training area, a second group of soldiers emerged from the west and began to methodically move across open terrain — […]
