A soldier tests the controls on a small drone at the 173rd Airborne Brigade's drone lab. The U.S. Army’s rapid response unit in Europe is working quickly to build out its own arsenal of small, agile ...

The top enlisted soldier leading the Army's Europe-based airborne brigade was quietly fired last month following an investigation, the service said Sunday. Command Sgt. Maj. Matthew Carlson was ...

An Army Sergeant who completed sniper school is celebrating more than graduation: she’s marking a first in Army history. U.S. Army Sgt. Maciel Hay, a cavalry scout with 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry ...

VICENZA, Italy — When Jim Matchin visits the home of his former unit, the 173rd Airborne Brigade, he sees memorials to fallen soldiers from World War II and conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Matchin, ...

ADAZI, Latvia (Aug. 18, 2014) -- Despite all the planning, double checking and potential hazards associated with airborne operations, jumping out of a C-130 aircraft never loses its charm for ...

AVIANO AIRBASE, Italy -- Over 400 paratroopers from 12 NATO countries conducted simultaneous parachute assaults into Balchik and Tenevo Airfields in Bulgaria Aug. 24, 2015 led by the U.S. Army's 173rd ...

VICENZA, Italy — Soldiers with the U.S. Army’s 173rd Airborne Brigade are fresh off an exercise in Croatia, during which they were treated to a new thrill. It was the first time the brigade had fired ...

Sky Soldiers jump alongside allied paratroopers during exercise Falcon Leap 23. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Mariah Y. Gonzalez) LOS ANGELES (CN) — The 173rd Airborne Brigade Association, a nonprofit that ...

An NCO whose high school friends called her “sniper” made good on that nickname last month when she became the first woman on active duty to graduate from the Army’s sniper course. Sgt. Maciel Hay, a ...

Paratroopers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade practice acquiring a target with an FIM-92 Stinger near Medulin, Croatia, April 9, 2022. (Staff Sgt. John Yountz/Army) U.S. paratroopers with the ...

Paratroopers with the 173rd Airborne Brigade, not pictured, are being investigated by Italian authorities in connection with the alcohol-related death of a fellow soldier. (Staff Sgt. Patrick ...