The 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment is the All American Week XXIX Best Battalion!
Paratroopers from the 1Fury Battalion dominated their opponents throughout the various competitions during AAWXXIX to earn the coveted title of Best Battalion.
Paratroopers assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division compete in the brigade’s April Best Squad Competition.
The event pitted squad-sized teams of soldiers from the brigade’s Forward Support Companies against each other in friendly competition to determine the month’s top squad.
The competition included five stations testing the paratroopers’ knowledge in communication, airborne proficiency, weapons assembly and maintenance spread over a seven-mile ruckmarch route, half of which the soldiers had to wear their M50 Protective Masks.
Paratroopers assigned 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division competed in the brigade’s Best Squad Competition held March 6 on Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The competition tested the paratroopers’ physical fitness, grit and technical skill through a series of tasks during a seven-mile ruck march.
