Editing 82nd Airborne Division (section)

===2010 Haiti earthquake – Operation Unified Response===

As part of [[Operation Unified Response]], the 2d BCT, on rotation as the division's Global Response Force, was alerted and deployed forces to Haiti later that same day for the mission to provide humanitarian assistance following the devastating earthquake in Haiti.<ref name="dvidshub1"/> Paratroopers distributed water and food during the [[2010 Haiti earthquake]] relief.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2010/jan/16/haiti-earthquake-survivors-get-more-food-and-water/?print&page=all |title=Haiti earthquake survivors get more food and water |work=The San Diego Union-Tribune |date=16 January 2010 |agency=Associated Press |access-date=1 September 2012 |last=de Montesquiou |first=Alfred |author2=and Mike Melia}}</ref>

Just two months following redeployment from Haiti in 2010, elements of 2d BCT (Red Falcons) deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom to serve as trainers for the Afghan National Security Forces.<ref>{{Cite web|title=82nd airborne panama|url=http://tiraleve.com.br/snclese/c3fc67-82nd-airborne-panama|access-date=2021-04-26|website=tiraleve.com.br}}</ref> In October 2011, the Division Headquarters returned to Afghanistan, where they relieved the 10th Mountain Division as the Headquarters of Regional Command-South.

In February 2012, 4th BCT deployed to Kandahar province. Taliban commander Mullah Dadullah, formed an overwhelming force in Kandahar. Zhari district in southern Kandahar is where Dadullah was recruiting a high number of jihadists. 4th BCT of the 82nd held the 5-month siege from March 2012 to the end of July, witnessing some of the most intense combat since the initial deployments since 2001, 4th BCT inflicted massive casualties among the Taliban. Performing with an almost perfect strategic plan, 4th BCT drove Dadullah and his men out of Kandahar to the Northeastern province of Kunar, where Dadullah was killed by airstrikes.{{citation needed|date=December 2011}}

As of April 2012, the 1st BCT was deployed to Afghanistan, operating in [[Ghazni Province]], Regional Command-East. The paratroopers took control of Ghazni from the [[Polish Armed Forces]], allowing the Polish Task Force White Eagle ([[:pl:Polski Kontyngent Wojskowy w Afganistanie]]) to consolidate around the provincial seat in northern Ghazni.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rc-east.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/5384-ghazni-governor-pledges-continued-support-as-americans-join-poles-in-contentious-province.html |title=Contact Support |publisher=Rc-east.com |access-date=6 February 2014}}</ref>

In June 2012, the 3rd Brigade Combat Team deployed as part of the Global Response Force (GRF) in support of heavy combat operations conducted by the 1st Infantry Division. The Brigade was spread across much of RC-East Afghanistan.

In December 2013, elements of the 4th Brigade deployed again to Afghanistan and they were joined by the 1st Brigade in spring 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fayobserver.com/articles/2013/12/13/1302575?sac=fo.military |title=Fort Bragg's 1st Brigade Combat Team to deploy to Afghanistan |website=fayobserver.com |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215123046/http://fayobserver.com/articles/2013/12/13/1302575?sac=fo.military |archive-date=15 December 2013 }}</ref> Since 11 September 2001, the division has lost 106 paratroopers in Afghanistan and 139 paratroopers in Iraq.{{citation needed|date=December 2011}}