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No one does it like the 82nd. JRTC - with a twist. 
After thousands of outloads from Pope Army Airfield, we decided to test our readiness using a departure airfield a little further from home. Paratroopers from @PantherBrigade executed a DRE in conjunction with their JRTC rotation using
The nature of a DRE is to test the Division’s ability to alert its Paratroopers, and deploy a BCT on short notice in support of any mission.
The alert went out at 2200 setting off a chain of complex but well-orchestrated events that played out like clockwork.
Once assembled, leadership briefed their units on the mission at hand: drawing weapons, communication equipment, blank ammunition, food to sustain for three days and execute tactical movement to Joint Base Charleston.
As the Paratroopers were issued their assigned weapons and readied their communication equipment for movement to Charleston, support personnel were already in South Carolina accomplishing another important enabling part of the mission.
The rigging detail prepared 19 heavy drop platforms and six door bundles over the course of five days.
Back at Bragg, elements across the Panther Brigade finalized their movement plans before beginning the 240-mile tactical movement to Joint Base Charleston.
1st BN, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment deployed more than 150 vehicles and pieces of equipment from Ft. Bragg to JBC.
1st BN, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment deployed more than 150 vehicles and pieces of equipment from Ft. Bragg to JBC.
As the 1st elements departed, @PantherBrigade cont. their 96-hr outload process. A critical element to reinforce safety & mitigate risk is Sustained Airborne Training. Paratroopers execute each stage of the Airborne operation on the ground under the watchful 
of Jumpmasters.
of Jumpmasters.
The DRE was a true joint operation, with a formation of U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III and C-130 aircraft from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington; Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas and Joint Base Charleston awaiting the arrival of Paratroopers.
Aircraft were loaded with pre-rigged items of equipment, supplies, vehicles and artillery pieces throughout jump day.
Just before night fell, the Paratroopers loaded their respective aircraft with everything they needed to sustain themselves after the jump.
An in-flight rig was needed to minimize fatigue on the jumper during the long flight.
An in-flight rig was needed to minimize fatigue on the jumper during the long flight.
Jumpmasters took their places and began calling their commands: 20-minutes, 10-minutes, get ready, stand up, hook up, check static lines, check equipment and sound off for equipment check.
Jumpmasters inspected the paratroop doors to ensure their safety and stick their heads outside of the aircraft to ensure there are no hazards below befor yelling the next commands: one-minute, thirty seconds… stand by.
The first jumpers hand over their static lines and turn into the door and wait ...
GO! One by one the Paratroopers leap into the darkness above Geronimo Drop Zone and descend in silence.
The DRE is over, but the fun is just beginning.
Joint Readiness Training Center rotation 2104
#JumpFightWin
The DRE is over, but the fun is just beginning.
Joint Readiness Training Center rotation 2104
#JumpFightWin
