82nd Airborne Division welcomes new leader in Fort Bragg ceremony
The 82nd Airborne Division is welcoming a new top paratrooper on Thursday.Maj. Gen. Erik Kurilla will relinquish command of the All American Division to Maj. Gen. James J. Mingus in a ceremony at Pike Field on Fort Bragg.The transition comes nearly two years after Kurilla took command of the division and its 18,000-plus paratroopers in August 2016.During that time, paratroopers have completed deployments to Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and Kosovo while simultaneously […]
