• Gigasser@lemmy.world
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      The 82nd Airborne Division is an airborne infantry division of the United States Army specializing in parachute assault operations into denied areas with a U.S. Department of Defense requirement to “respond to crisis contingencies anywhere in the world within 18 hours”.

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      Why would they need guns, it’s not like they’re going to shoot out of their planes windows. The whole thing doesn’t make sense.