An 82nd Airborne Division paratrooper chats with Kuwaiti soldiers during a social event on Sept. 28, 2009, to introduce paratroopers participating in Operation Bright Star. Troopers from Kuwait, Egypt, Germany and Pakistan arrived to Fort Bragg, N.C., to kick off the first half of the operation. On Oct. 12, U.S. troops will travel to Egypt to complete it.