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I had to post this and send it to my old buddies, because they call the 82d Airborne "elite". :)
Trump officials discussed sending elite Army division to Portland, text messages show
A high-ranking White House official was indiscreetly texting about the Portland, Ore., planning last weekend, according to messages shared with the Minnesota Star Tribune.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth considered sending
an elite U.S. Army strike force to Portland, Ore., to quell protests that President Donald Trump has characterized as “lawless mayhem,” according to images of messages provided to the Minnesota Star Tribune.
The messages, casually exchanged last weekend in a crowded, public space, show high-level officials in the Trump administration
discussing the deployment of the Army’s 82nd Airborne, an infantry division that has been parachuted into combat zones in both world wars, Vietnam and Afghanistan. If the administration were to send in the Army division, it would almost certainly be challenged in court under federal laws limiting how the military can be used domestically.
https://archive.fo/KjLD4#selection-531.0-535.173Yes, I am Airborne. That we are elite is news to us. :) We mostly are parachuted in to take specific locations and hold till the regular troops get there.