Soldiers from 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment share their experience of training with their US Army counterparts in Exercise Swift Response, part of the NATO Exercise Defender Europe 21. Soldiers from 2 PARA trained in the USA with 82nd Airborne; they then crossed the Atlantic ocean in Globemaster C-17 aircraft and parachuted into Estonia at […]
Students from Reconnaissance and Surveillance Leader Course (RSLC) Class 04-21 execute a Field Training Exercise (FTX). Teams conduct student planned and executed reconnaissance and surveillance operations to collect and report priority intelligence requirements in support of their commanders reconnaissance guidance while being evaluated by RSLC cadre. Photo credit: US Army, Reconnaissance and Surveillance Leader Course […]
French Paratroopers moving towards their assembly area while 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division descends on the drop zone during Swift Response 16. The ‘All American’ Division will join forces with Soldiers from more than 30 Allied and Partner Nations during Swift Response 21 – an international exercise that will enhance interoperability through teamwork […]
U.S. Army Paratroopers of the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, provide security after exiting from a 12th Combat Aviation Brigade CH-47 Chinook helicopter, during Air Assault training as part of exercise Eagle Sokol at Pocek Range in Slovenia, Mar. 25, 2019. Exercise Eagle Sokol is a bilateral training exercise with the Slovenian […]
US Army paratroopers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, conduct a winter dismounted patrol at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 27, 2021. Photo Credit: U.S. Air Force, Alejandro Peña […]
A while back we shared with you a photo series that the Old Time Design Company did in commemoration of the British paratroopers at Arnhem during Operation Market-Garden. Recently they turned their attention to a study of the formation and equipping of Britain parachute troops during the early years of the war… Part I – […]
A Portuguese paratrooper poses for a photo demonstrating their new modular load carriage and armor protection system, the M18 camouflage uniform (‘multifleck’) introduced last year, and an FN SCAR-L assault rifle. The FN SCAR was adopted by the Portuguese Army last year as well. Members of Portugal’s Special Operations Forces however appear to opted for […]
Airborne Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), 82nd Airborne Division, recently completed almost two weeks of field testing the Army’s newest leader radio (LR) communications systems. The Handheld, Manpack and Small (HMS) Form Fit/Tactical Radio variants are two-channel handhelds, used at the company and platoon levels by squad and team […]
The Dutch Armed Forces are finally starting to receive new camouflage uniforms and personal equipment. But how did this come about, and what is the history of Dutch camouflage uniforms since 1945? Thanks to our friends at Dutch Defence Press we are able to bring you this exclusive English translation of an article by Major […]
A very special #SundayGunday today as “Gun Jesus” Ian McCollum gives us a detailed talk-through of the gorgeous semi-auto only SMG replica of the famous Type E (aka, “1st Pattern”) FG-42 (Fallshirmjaegergewehr). The Type E became famous overnight as it was used as one of the primary weapons of the Fallschirmjaeger troops who landed […]