Exercise Panther Storm 2 kicked off Tuesday evening with a bang at Fort Bragg, according to 82nd Airborne Division Public Affairs Officer Lt. Col. Mike Burns.
“Panther Storm 2 is a combined arms, brigade-level force-on-force training exercise conducted by the 3rd Brigade Combat Team and supported by the 82nd Combat Aviation and Airborne Division Sustainment brigades of the 82nd Airborne Division – and supported by aircraft from the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Marine Corps, said Burns. “The exercise provides our Paratroopers the opportunity to conduct a night time joint forcible entry with a follow on airfield seizure. They also heavy dropped vehicles, ammunition and artillery pieces.”
More than 900 personnel participated in the training.
Paratroopers assigned to 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division unload an AH-64E Apache Attack Helicopter from a C-17 Globemaster during Operation Panther Storm on the Holland Drop Zone, Fort Bragg. Panther Storm is a tactical training exercise to test Paratroopers’ abilities to deploy, fight and win anywhere in the world within 18 hours of notification. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Zachary VanDyke)
Photo courtesy of 82nd Airborne Division.
Photo courtesy of 82nd Airborne Division.
Photo courtesy of 82nd Airborne Division.
Feature photo by Pvt. Vincent A. Levelev.
