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Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division are innovators, the command team of the division said.
To capitalize on that innovation, the division created a new company that was formally activated at the end of March, said Maj. Gen. Christopher LaNeve, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division.
“As we switch to large-scale combat operations, we’re taking a look at what do we have to build to be able to harness the technology and the ideas, so we created the Gainey Company,” LaNeve said.
Capt. Aaron Johnson, the commander of the company, said the company’s namesake is William Joe Gainey, who served in the division and was the first senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Who is in Gainey Company
The company currently has 28…
