When the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment was activated at Camp Toccoa, Georgia, on 15 November 1942, it began life with a rich airborne heritage. The famous test platoon, the prime ancestor of ...

501st Parachute Infantry Regiment. "As the primary stewards of the Airborne legacy, it's only fitting that today one of the battalions of the very first parachute infantry regiments activated in ...

3 in Helmand province. 2nd Lt. Darryn D. Andrews, 34, of Dallas; 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, based at Fort ...

“Paratroopers from across the brigade and Camp Shelby are assisting in getting others out of the trees,” officials with the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment wrote on the ...

In the afternoon, the 4th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment was deactivated and replaced by the 2nd Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment. The 2nd Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment ...

The 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment said in a statement that 87 jumpers landed in trees next to the drop zone. Early Thursday, there were four jumpers getting help from the fire ...

One soldier had to undergo surgery for a broken back but is “expected to recover well,” according to a Facebook post from the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment. All of the ...

Frankie Mercado Jr., 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment •155 lbs: Spc. Michael Stone, 2nd Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment •140 lbs: Pfc. Matthew Joskowitz ...

He was assigned to the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, completing two combat deployments, one in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and the other in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.