FORT BRAGG, N.C. — A Fort Bragg paratrooper was killed Wednesday during a training exercise at a base in Georgia.
The paratrooper, who was assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 3rd Brigade Combat team, died during airborne training at Fort Stewart, according to Lt. Col. Mike Burns.
“It is with a heavy Airborne heart that we announce the death of one of our Paratroopers in a training accident,” Burns said in an email.
The paratrooper’s name has not been released.
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