Editing 82nd Airborne Division (section)

===Operation Enduring Freedom VI, 2005–2008===
The 1st Brigade of the 82nd deployed in April 2005 in support of OEF 6, and returned in April 2006. 1st Battalion, 325th Infantry Regiment deployed in support of OEF{{nbsp}}6 from July through November 2005.{{citation needed|date=December 2011}}

In March 2006, 3rd Battalion (General Support), 82nd Aviation was selected to augment a special operations task force utilizing [[CH-47 Chinook]]s and [[UH-60 Black Hawk]]s. The task force consisted of [[75th Ranger Regiment]], [[United States Army Special Forces|Special Forces]], and [[160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne)]]. 2007 February 18, seven soldiers from the task force died in a helicopter crash. The deployment would end a month later (March 2007).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2004/oef.casualties/2007.02.html|title=Enduring Freedom Casualties - Special Reports|website=[[CNN]]}}</ref>

In January 2007, then Maj. Gen. [[David M. Rodriguez]] deployed the division headquarters to [[Bagram Airfield|Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan]], accompanied by 4th BCT and the Aviation Brigade, as Commander, [[Combined Joint Task Force 82|Combined Joint Task Force-82]] (CJTF-82) and Regional Command – East for Operation Enduring Freedom VIII. The 3d BCT, [[10th Mountain Division (United States)|10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry)]] was extended for 120 days to increase the troop strength against the Taliban spring offensive. Extended to 15-month deployment, 4th BCT, which included 1–508th Infantry Regiment, 2–508th Infantry Regiment, and 4–73rd Cavalry Regiment, 2–321st Field Artillery, and 782nd Brigade Support Battalion, was commanded by then Col. Martin P. Schweitzer and remained in [[Khost Province|Khowst Province]] from January 2007 until April 2008. The 2–508th IR worked to establish and maintain firebases in and around the [[Ghazni province]] while actively patrolling their operational area. The 1–508 PIR served in Regional Command-South. Working mostly out of Kandahar province as the theater tactical force, they mentored the [[Afghan National Security Force]] (ANSF), conducting combined operations with both ANSF and NATO partners in the [[Helmand Province|Helmand province]].<ref name="Defense.gov">{{cite web|url=http://www.defense.gov/transcripts/transcript.aspx?transcriptid=3944 |title=Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Col. Schweitzer from Afghanistan |publisher=Defense.gov |access-date=6 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109035933/http://www.defense.gov/transcripts/transcript.aspx?transcriptid=3944 |archive-date=9 January 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref> Supporting the division were the [[36th Engineer Brigade (United States)|36th Engineer Brigade]], and the [[43rd Sustainment Brigade (United States)|43d Area Support Group]].