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, ...
VICENZA, Italy – Paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade persevered through a rainy formation on Thursday, 25 May, in front of their brigade headquarters on Caserma Del Din for a Memorial Day ...
Memorial Day is a difficult day to write about and for many to think about as we remember our loved ones - ancestors and veterans - and especially those who died in a war. We remember the patriots of ...
Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Reddit Share on LinkedIn Share via Email VICENZA, Italy – The 173rd Airborne Brigade's legacy was written in blood long before the mountains of Afghanistan ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A new monument honoring some of the Army’s finest paratroopers, nicknamed the sky soldiers, is now sitting at Fort Jackson National Cemetery. That monument, honoring the 173rd ...
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 ...
Former Staff Sgt. Ryan M. Pitts became the third living "Sky Soldier" from the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team to receive the Medal of Honor in the past four years. Pitts joined Sgt. Kyle White and ...