In 1965, they deployed to Vietnam and the 1st and 2nd Battalions, 503rd Infantry were the first major ground combat unit of the U.S. Army 173rd to be sent to the Republic of South Vietnam.

It involved dropping 1,000 paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade into Northern Iraq. It was the last large-scale combat parachute operation conducted by the U.S. military since Operation ...

Sgt. Kaity Andersen gets set to jump out of a C-130 Hercules on March 14, 2024, during the 173rd Airborne Brigade's all-female parachute jump near Vajont, Italy. (Brian Erickson/Stars and Stripes) ...

The brigade earned 13 Medals of Honor during the Vietnam War after being the first major U.S. unit to deploy in the war, and they conducted the conflict's only combat parachute jump.

The senior enlisted leader for the Army’s 173rd Airborne Brigade was relieved of his duties last month, officials confirmed Tuesday. Command Sgt. Maj. Matthew Carlson was fired on July 16 “due ...

Paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Vicenza, Italy, share candid reflections on what service means today and express deep gratitude to the veterans who established the Sky Soldiers ...

Soldiers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade and the 414th Contracting Support Brigade modify a drone at the 173rd’s drone lab in Italy. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Joskanny Lua ...

A U.S. Army paratrooper with the 173rd Airborne Brigade is missing after allegedly being put under 24-hour watch and escaping from a base in Italy.

The senior enlisted leader for the Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade was relieved of his duties last month, officials confirmed Tuesday. Command Sgt. Maj. Matthew Carlson was fired on July 16 "due to ...

GRAFENWÖHR, Germany — Cries of “airborne” echoed through the skies over Grafenwöhr on Tuesday as 200 soldiers flung themselves from a C-130 dropship to begin the 173rd Airborne Brigade’s ...

Milton had served with the 173rd Airborne Brigade in 1965, I served in the 173rd two years later, and was wounded two years after Milton was killed. The 173rd was a very small unit and had much ...

The 173rd Airborne Brigade was the first U.S. Army unit to arrive in Vietnam in 1965, and it sustained heavy losses in the Battle of Dak To in 1967. In the 1979 Francis Ford Coppola movie "Apocalypse ...