Watch U.S. Army paratroopers from the 173rd Engineer Company, 173rd Airborne Brigade, conducting intense team blank fire training at Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany! 🇩🇪 These paratroopers are part of the U.S. Army’s elite Contingency Response Force, always ready to deploy across Europe, Africa, and beyond. 💪 #ArmyTraining #Paratroopers #173rdAirborne #BlankFire #USArmy #NATO #Grafenwoehr #MilitaryTraining #Airborne #ForceReady #ContingencyResponse #SoldiersInAction #ArmyLife #MilitaryStr

296K views · 13K reactions | “173rd Airborne on patrol, Vietnam—1970. As dusk settles over the jungle, they move out—silent silhouettes against the fading light, ready for whatever waits in the shadows. #187thRCT #Rakkasans #VietnamWar #Airborne #GhostsoftheBattlefield #ArmyHistory #Vietnam1970” | Ghosts of the Battlefield | Facebook

June 24, 1965 — Vietnam War 🇺🇸 Under sniper fire, two medics of the 173rd Airborne carry a wounded paratrooper to safety — courage in its purest form. #VietnamWar #173rdAirborne #CombatMedics #AmericanValor #BrothersInArms #neverforget | Lily's

#MedalofHonor President Barack Obama presented the Medal of Honor to 173rd Airborne Brigade Staff Sgt. Ryan Pitts in the East Room of the White House, July 21, 2014. It was followed by a standing ovation. Pitts demonstrated extraordinary heroism on July 13, 2008, at Vehicle Patrol Base Kahler, near Wanat Village, Kunar Province, Afghanistan. Despite being severely wounded, he took control of the observation post, returned fire and threw grenades to hold off over 200 enemy fighters. His relentles