82nd Airborne Division Museum
82nd Airborne Division Museum

A Hero’s Welcome: The March Inside

Col. Curtis Buzzard, commander of 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division leads his paratroopers across the flightline upon their redeployment to Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 21, 2015. The paratroopers returned from a nine-month deployment to Iraq in support of Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command – Iraq during Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Anthony Hewitt/Released)


A Hero’s Welcome Where the mission ends… and home begins.


THE MARCH INSIDE The formation moves forward. Step by step. Together. Inside Green Ramp, the air changes. You can feel it. Everyone is closer than they were just seconds ago.