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.
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“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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