"I saw this poster showing the "double A's" (the 82nd Airborne Division patch) with the airborne and Ranger tab above it. I thought that had to be pretty high-speed," McKinzie said.

Haver did eventually choose to go infantry, doubling down by choosing to go to jump school and serve in the physically demanding and ever-challenging 82nd Airborne Division. “It’s a ...

Alaska's upcoming patch is identical to the old patch used until the division was disbanded, but with an "Arctic" tab on top of the airborne tab. Right now most of U.S. Army Alaska's 12,000 ...