Following up the insertion of a USMC SP-MAGTF Crisis Response Force to the US embassy in Iraq, U.S. Air Force Airmen load equipment assigned to 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, onto a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft bound for the U.S. Central Command area of operations from Fort Bragg, N.C. on January 4, 2020.
This deployment is a precautionary action taken to respond to increased threat levels against U.S. personnel and facilities.
The ‘Devil’ Brigade is the nucleus of the U.S. Immediate Response Force, capable of rapidly deploying anywhere in the world in response to a variety of contingency operations.
POPE ARMY AIRFIELD, NC, UNITED STATES
01.04.2020
Video by Sgt. 1st Class Jason Hull
49th Public Affairs Detachment
The photo highlights: Equipment assigned to 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division is loaded into aircraft bound for the U.S. Central Command area of operations from Fort Bragg, N.C. om January 4, 2020. This deployment is a precautionary action taken to respond to increased threat levels against U.S. personnel and facilities. The “Devil” Brigade is the nucleus of the U.S. Immediate Response Force, capable of rapidly deploying anywhere in the world in response to a variety of contingency operations.
FORT BRAGG, NC, UNITED STATES
01.04.2020
Photo by Spc. Justin Stafford