The 82nd Airborne Division is an airborne infantry division of the United States Army specializing in parachute assault operations into denied areas[​1] with a U.S. Department of Defense requirement to "respond to crisis contingencies anywhere in the world within 18 hours".[​2] Based at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, the 82nd Airborne Division is part of the XVIII Airborne Corps. The 82nd Airborne Division is the U.S. Army's most strategically mobile division.[​3]