U.S. Army Elite Paratroopers | 173rd Airborne Brigade
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U.S. Army Elite Paratroopers | 173rd Airborne Brigade
The 173rd Airborne Brigade (Sky Soldiers) is an airborne infantry brigade combat team of the United States Army based in Vicenza, Italy. It is the U.S. Army Contingency Response Force in Europe, capable of projecting ready forces anywhere in the U.S. European, Africa or Central Commands' areas of responsibility.
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Long live the 173rd Sky Soldiers love you my son
I served as a sniper in the rangers and 173rd recon Wildcats for 18 months. They didn't mention the 173rd made combat jumps in Vietnam and Iraq.
I use the unit patch in honor of my fathers 16 month tour as a door gunner for the 173rd in Vietnam. I, myself, served 4 years (all peacetime) in the Marine Corps in the late 80's. He later re-enlisted into the Air Force and served his first tour as a First Sergeant for the then 37th TAS (the same squadron dropping these modern day Sky Soldiers) out of Rhein Main AB in Germany. It is cool to see his two favorite tours end up working together. To add yet another plot line, he also served a 4 year tour as First Sergeant for two squadrons at Ramstein AB (the current home of his beloved Blue Tail Flies). Thank you for the quality video and it will be passed on to him in the morning.
2:42 "Stop! Stop! He's already dead :( "
I jumped on Juliet DZ back in 1979 while serving in the 1st ( ABN) 509th Inf. we too were based at Vicenza Italy ( Kaserma Ederly) Back then we were the only Airborne Battalion in Europe , when we travelled to other bases everybody always asked if we were part of the 82nd Airborne , I was so proud to serve in that unit , Geronimo Warriors & RLTW !!!!
The 509th (ABN) was a good unit.
Did they still have Ranger Joe's pizza just outside the gate of Ederly? I remember that as the best pizza I've ever had. Was CSC company still at Bosco? Or did they finally find room for them in Ederly. I was there from 73 to 75. Delta Battery.
Hey Rich, yes, we posted on the main road in front of Bravo Company, across from the old motor pool on Ederly, and No that pizza joint was gone by 79, but I surely did a lot of Bn PT on the football field in front of Dog Battery, back by the Jump Tower, Airborne RLTW !!!
It’s great to see the herd backing action. They need to give you better training with live hand grenades, they’re really f*cling loud and they make you feel a little strange until you get used to them. My Platoon Sergeant in the 82nd had a 173rd Airborne combat patch from Vietnam. Soft landings brothers.
Очень красиво как пригали с парашюта...
Very good.
I like this soldiers for protection
My dad was 173rd in Vietnam. 70-71.
They are your hero's these are your first boots on the ground
2:40 do they practice mouse holeing? A tactic that was pioneered in the battle of Ortona by Canadian soldiers.
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The Third Herd.....
Well Definitely not the Originals, but God bless them all 🪂👍☠️🗡⚔️
in the end foot soilders-------------all the way
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I love sky diving
Muff diving 4 me 💃😝🪂👍💥🍺
“All of these units are airborne qualified, making the 173rd Airborne Brigade the only separate airborne IBCT in the US Army” No… the fact that it’s the only separate airborne IBCT in the US Army makes it the only separate airborne IBCT in the US Army LOL Sky Soldier All the Way!
What can I do to make sure I earn a spot and get picked into the 173rd?
Ask your chain of command to negotiate transfer to 173rd. Depending on your mos, there could be slots open. But just note that its a fast pace training. Always training tons and you can get into plenty of selective schools. Many are ranger tab and couple have air assault badges and esb/eib badges
Did they throw bomb in the room?
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Herd
Ah Juliet Drop Zone....how I miss you so!
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These 6 two thousand hand picked by rangers and the other one thousand are Rangers
WTF are you talking about, were you " HIGH" when you wrote this post, because it make no since leg !!!
Airborne same as covid19
This is about to become obsolete. Why? Only elite units do combat jumps not paratroopers. It’s nothing but tradition and it’s time to move on with a changing military.
Too true. The sad thing is too many Army cats are in love with the Airborne and what they did in WW2. Barely any static line jumps were conducted after WW2, let alone Vietnam. The most recent one with any sort of enemy opposition was done by the Rangers, not the Airborne. That's as it should be, seeing as the Rangers train to a higher standard than the Airborne. So WHY in the heck do we have one force of great paratroopers and one force of okay paratroopers? Just make them all good. One or two more Ranger Regiments aren't going to hurt, and it would do the conventional army good because there would be no middle man airborne units between the legs and the elite Rangers- either youre in a Ranger Regiment and you jump or you aren't. The Army would improve dramatically. At the same time though, the Rangers should go back to their pre-9/11 role, especially since we have to worry about a conventional enemy again. Leave the raids to CAG. Cut out the middle man and raise standards across the board, thereby increasing the Army's combat readiness. No way are our peer enemies going to let us drop an entire division of troops in. No way at all. Those days are gone past, not to mention all the other difficulties associated with airborne assaults, like losing troops on the way in to power lines or broken legs... Airborne school isn't even as hard as it used to be either... Think about how much money the Army wastes on maintaining all those airborne units.
Your whole country is obsolete! So 18th century.
Airborne Infantry is considered elite!
Wrong
@@cm-pr2ys Horrible and dumb decision. CAG only has 300 to 500 people. They cannot raid by themselves. Rangers have evolved into legit special forces unit and should be one. The 173rd, 82 and 101st should aim to be elite infantry pre 9/11 days like the rangers with a mini selection. Rangers have always been commandos just look at their history.