101st airborn

     

The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)—nickname the “Screaming Eagles”—is an airborne division of the United States Army primarily trained for air assault operations. During World War II, it earned renown by its actions in the Normandy Landings and the Battle of the Bulge. During the Vietnam War, the 101st was redesignated an airmobile division, and later as an air assault division. For historical reasons, it keeps the identifier “airborne”, but does not conduct parachute operations at a division level. Many modern members of the 101st are graduates of the U.S. Army Air Assault School, and wear the Air Assault Badge, but it is not a prerequisite to be assigned to the division. The division is headquartered at Fort Campbell, Kentucky and has served in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is the only division in the U.S. Army that has two aviation brigades.

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