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Wes Moore: “I led soldiers in Cob in Afghanistan.”

Featuring: Wes Moore, Democratic | Governor of Maryland

The Honorable J. Kevin Stitt and The Honorable Wes Moore

Published February 18, 2026 | Video Starts at 15:49

And I remember I went back and I prayed on it and I went back and that's what led me back to the 82nd Airborne Division. And that's when I led soldiers in Cob in Afghanistan. The 82nd Airborne is very famous. But what about the 81st, the 80th, the 79th? Why do we have the 82nd? Are there actually any get up to the 82nd or is there just the 82nd? (15:49–15:52)

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