Shoulder sleeve patch of the United States Army 101st Airborne Division, the Screaming Eagles.

The 101^st Airborne Division (Air Assault) —nicknamed the Screaming Eagles— is an airborne division of the United States Army mainly trained for air assault operations. The division is headquartered at Fort Campbell, Kentucky and is currently serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Image File history File links Description: US-Division 101st Airborne - Patch Source: [1] Licence: Public Domain File links The following pages link to this file: 101st Airborne Division ... Image File history File links Description: US-Division 101st Airborne - Patch Source: [1] Licence: Public Domain File links The following pages link to this file: 101st Airborne Division ... A piece of fabric. ... U.S. paratroopers jump into Australia on a military training exercise. ... A division is a large military unit or formation usually consisting of around ten to fifteen thousand soldiers. ... The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... Air assault (or air mobile) is a military term used to describe the movement of friendly assault forces by rotary-wing aircraft to engage and destroy enemy forces or to seize and hold key terrain. ... Planning, calculating, or the giving or receiving of information. ... Fort Campbell is a large post of the United States Army located approximately ten miles northwest of downtown Clarksville, Tennessee and ten miles south of Hopkinsville, Kentucky. ... State nickname: Bluegrass State Other U.S. States Capital Frankfort Largest city Louisville Governor Ernie Fletcher (R) Official languages English Area 104,749 km² (37th)  - Land 102,989 km²  - Water 1,760 km² (1. ... For other uses of the term, see Iraq war (disambiguation) The 2003 invasion of Iraq (also called the 2nd or 3rd Persian Gulf War) began on March 20, 2003, when forces belonging primarily to the United States and the United Kingdom invaded Iraq arguably without the explicit backing of the...

History

The division was activated on August 15, 1942. On August 19, 1942 its first commander, Major General William C. Lee, promised his new recruits that the 101^st had a "rendezvous with destiny." August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ... This article is about the year. ... August 19 is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Major General William C. Lee William C. Lee (March 12, 1895 - June 25, 1948) was born in Dunn, North Carolina. ...

General Order Number Five, which gave birth to the division, reads:

The 101^st Airborne Division, activated at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, has no history, but it has a rendezvous with destiny. Like the early American pioneers whose invincible courage was the foundation stone of this nation, we have broken with the past and its traditions in order to establish our claim to the future.

Due to the nature of our armament, and the tactics in which we shall perfect ourselves, we shall be called upon to carry out operations of far-reaching military importance and we shall habitually go into action when the need is immediate and extreme.

Let me call your attention to the fact that our badge is the great American eagle. This is a fitting emblem for a division that will crush its enemies by falling upon them like a thunderbolt from the skies.

The history we shall make, the record of high achievement we hope to write in the annals of the American Army and the American people, depends wholly and completely on the men of this division. Each individual, each officer and each enlisted man, must therefore regard himself as a necessary part of a complex and powerful instrument for the overcoming of the enemies of the nation. Each, in his own job, must realize that he is not only a means, but an indispensable means for obtaining the goal of victory. It is, therefore, not too much to say that the future itself, in whose molding we expect to have our share, is in the hands of the soldiers of the 101^st Airborne Division.

During World War II, the Pathfinders of the 101^st Airborne Division led the way on D-Day in the night drop prior to the invasion. They left from RAF North Witham having trained there with those of 82nd Airborne Division. World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb. ... Pathfinders of the American 101st Airborne Division just before D-Day The pathfinders were a branch of the Allied armed forces who performed many dangerous assignments. ... The Battle of Normandy was fought in 1944 between the German forces occupying Western Europe and the invading Allied forces as part of the larger conflict of World War II. Sixty years later, the Normandy invasion, codenamed Operation Overlord, remains the largest sea borne invasion in history, involving almost three... RAF North Witham at British national grid reference SK947229, an air station of the Second World War period, established by the British Royal Air Force, was lent to the United States Army Air Forces and is now abandoned in Twyford Wood, Colsterworth, Lincolnshire. ... The 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army was formed originally as the 82nd Infantry Division on August 25, 1917, at Camp Gordon, Georgia. ...

On August 2nd 1944 the division became part of the First Allied Airborne Army. As part of this formation it took part in Operation Market Garden. Badge of the First Allied Airborne Army The First Allied Airborne Army was part of the Allied Expeditionary Force in North West Europe in 1944 and 1945. ... Waves of paratroops land in Holland during operation Market-Garden in September 1944. ...

During the Battle of the Bulge the 101^st, as one of the few forces available to contain the German advance was rushed forward to defend the vital road junction of Bastogne. Famously, Brigadier General Anthony McAuliffe answered the German demand for surrender with the reply "To the German Commander: Nuts! -The American Commander" and the division fought on until the siege was lifted and the German advance halted. The Second Battle of the Ardennes1, also known as the German Ardennes Offensive1 and popularly known as the Battle of the Bulge, started in late December 1944 and was the last major German offensive on the Western Front during World War II. The German army had intended to split the... Bastogne (Bastenaken) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Luxembourg in the Ardennes. ... General Anthony C. McAuliffe (July 2, 1898 - August 11, 1975) was the United States Army general who commanded the force defending Bastogne, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. He was famous for his single-word reply to a German surrender ultimatum. ...

For their efforts during World War II, the 101^st Airborne Division was awarded four campaign streamers and two Presidential Unit Citations.

The exploits of Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (part of the 101^st) during these times have been turned into a HBO television mini-series called Band of Brothers by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks. A company is a military unit, typically consisting of 100-200 soldiers. ... 506th PIR Patch 506th PIR Crest During World War II, the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (506th PIR) was a regiment of the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army. ... HBO logo HBO (Home Box Office) is a premium cable television network. ... Poster for Band of Brothers. ... Steven Spielberg Steven Allan Spielberg KBE (born on December 18, 1946 in Cincinnati, Ohio but raised in the suburbs of Haddonfield, New Jersey and Scottsdale, Arizona), is an Jewish American film director and producer whose films range from science fiction to historical drama to horror. ... Tom Hanks in February 2004 Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor famous for playing notable roles in many popular and critically acclaimed movies. ...

The 101^st Airborne Division was reactivated as a training unit at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky, in 1948 and again in 1950. It was reactivated again in 1954 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and in March 1956, the 101^st was transferred, less personnel and equipment, to Fort Campbell, Kentucky, to be reorganized as a combat division under the command of General Maxwell D. Taylor. 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Fort Jackson is a United States Army Basic Combat Training (BCT) base located in South Carolina. ... State nickname: Palmetto State Other U.S. States Capital Columbia Largest city Columbia Governor Mark Sanford (R) Official languages English Area 82,965 km² (40th)  - Land 78,051 km²  - Water 4,915 km² (6%) Population (2000)  - Population {{{2000Pop}}} (26th)  - Density 51. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Fort Campbell is a large post of the United States Army located approximately ten miles northwest of downtown Clarksville, Tennessee and ten miles south of Hopkinsville, Kentucky. ... General Maxwell Davenport Taylor (August 26, 1901 – April 19, 1987) was an American soldier and diplomat of the mid-20th century. ...

From September through November of 1957 elements of the division were deployed to Little Rock, Arkansas, by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to enforce Federal court orders during the Little Rock Crisis. 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: The City of Roses Location in Pulaski County, Arkansas Founded  -Incorporated 1821 1831  County Pulaski County Mayor Jim Dailey Area  - Total  - Water 302. ... Order: 34th President Vice President: Richard Nixon Term of office: January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961 Preceded by: Harry S. Truman Succeeded by: John F. Kennedy Date of birth: October 14, 1890 Place of birth: Denison, Texas Date of death: March 28, 1969 Place of death: Washington, D.C. First... The Little Rock Nine is the common term applied to the nine African-American students who were prevented from attending Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas during 1957. ...

In the mid-1960s, the 1^st Brigade and support troops were deployed to the Republic of Vietnam, followed by the rest of the division in late 1967. In almost seven years of combat in Vietnam, elements of the 101^st participated in 15 campaigns. The 1960s, or The Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... National motto: ??? Official language Vietnamese Capital Saigon Last President Duong Van Minh Last Prime Minister Vu Van Mau Area  - Total  - % water 173,809km² N/A population  - Total  - Density 19,370,000 (1973 est. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1968, the 101^st took on the structure and equipment of an airmobile division. Today, the 101^st stands as the Army's and world's only air assault division with unequaled strategic and tactical mobility. In 1974, the training of the 101^st was recognized with the creation of the Air Assault Badge, now a service wide decoration of the United States Army. 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... The Air Assault Badge is a military badge of the United States Army which was first created in 1974. ...

Tragedy struck the division on December 12, 1985. A civilian aircraft, Arrow Air Flight 1285, chartered to transport some of the division from the Sinai to Kentucky, crashed near Gander, Newfoundland. There were no survivors. 241 US servicemen died, most were from the 3d Battalion, 502d Infantry. December 12 is the 346th day (347th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Arrow Air Flight 1285 was a McDonnell Douglas DC-8 registered N950JW. On December 12, 1985, the aircraft was chartered to carry US servicemen from a six-month stay in the Sinai, where they were overseeing a peacekeeping force, back to Fort Campbell, Kentucky. ... Sinai Peninsula, Gulf of Suez (west), Gulf of Aqaba (east) from Space Shuttle STS-40 The Sinai Peninsula (in Arabic, Shibh Jazirat Sina) is a triangle-shaped peninsula lying between the Mediterranean Sea (to the north) and Red Sea (to the south). ... Gander is a town in northeastern Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ...

In January 1991, the 101^st once again had its "Rendezvous with Destiny" in Iraq during the combat air assault into enemy territory. The 101^st sustained no soldiers killed in action during the 100-hour war and captured thousands of enemy prisoners of war. 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The division has supported humanitarian relief efforts in Rwanda and Somalia, then later supplied peacekeepers to Haiti and Bosnia. Bosnia and Herzegovina (officially Bosna i Hercegovina, shortened to BiH, also in English variously written Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Bosnia-Hercegovina) is a mountainous country in the western Balkans. ...

Maj. Gen. David Petreaus, commanding general of the 101^st Airborne Division (Air Assault), congratulates the leadership of the 52nd Engineer Battalion on the work they have completed in the city of Mosul.

It also deployed again to Iraq in 2003 as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The division was in V Corps, providing support to the 3rd Infantry Division by clearing Iraqi strongpoints which that division has bypassed. The Division then went on to a tour of duty as part of the occupation forces of Iraq, using the city of Mosul as their primary base of operations, before being withdrawn in early 2004 for rest and refit. As part of the Army's modular transformation, the existing infantry brigades, artillery brigade, and avaition briagdes were transformed, with the addition of the brand-new 4th Brigade Combat Team and it's subordinate units, to form a 6-7 major units division, one of the largest currently in the U.S. Army. Maj Gen David Petreaus congratulates the 52_Engineer_Battalion File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Maj Gen David Petreaus congratulates the 52_Engineer_Battalion File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... In military organizations, the commanding officer (CO) is the officer in charge of a military unit. ... MosÅ«l (36°22′ N 43°07′ E Arabic: al-Mawsil), Kurdish: Mûsil, or Nineveh (Syriac: ܢܝܢܘܐ) is a city in northern Iraq/Central Assyria. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The 2003 invasion of Iraq was launched by the United States and the United Kingdom on March 20, 2003, with support from some other governments, making up what was described as the coalition of the willing. ... Unit crest of the United States Army V Corps, the Victory Corps. ... Shoulder sleeve patch of the United States Army 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized). ... MosÅ«l (36°22′ N 43°07′ E Arabic: al-Mawsil), Kurdish: Mûsil, or Nineveh (Syriac: ܢܝܢܘܐ) is a city in northern Iraq/Central Assyria. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

General information

• Commanding General: Major General Thomas R. Turner II
• Deputy Assistant Division Commander (Operations): Brigadier General Michael L. Oates
• Deputy Assistant Division Commander (Support): Brigadier General Daniel P. Bolger
• Chief of Staff: Colonel David Martino
• Division Command Sergeant Major: Command Sergeant Major Frank A. Grippe

Subordinate Units

• 1st Brigade Combat Team ("Bastogne")
  • HHC, 1st BCT ("Warriors")
  • 1-327th Infantry Battalion ("Above the Rest")
  • 2-327nd Infantry Battalion ("No Slack")
  • 3-327th Reconnaissance Squadron (RSTA) ("Battle Force")
  • 2-320th Field Artilery Battalion ("Balls of the Eagles")
  • 326th Brigade Troops Battalion
  • 426th Brigade Support Battalion ("Taskmasters")

• 2nd Brigade Combat Team ("Strike")
  • HHC, 2nd BCT
  • 1-502nd Infantry Battalion ("First Strike")
  • 2-502nd Infantry Battalion ("Strike Force")
  • 3-502nd Reconnaissance Squadron (RSTA) ("Widowmakers")
  • 1-320th Field Artillery Battalion ("Top Guns")
  • 311th Brigade Troops Battalion ("Team")
  • 526th Brigade Support Battalion ("Best By Performance")

• 3nd Brigade Combat Team ("Rakkasans")
  • HHC, 3rd BCT
  • 1-187th Infantry Battalion ("Leader Rakkasans")
  • 2-187th Infantry Battalion ("Raider Rakkasans")
  • 3-187th Reconnaissance Squadron (RSTA) ("Iron Rakkasans")
  • 3-320th Field Artillery Battalion ("Red Knight")
  • 381st Brigade Troops Battalion
  • 626th Brigade Support Battalion ("Assurgam")

• 4th Brigade Combat Team ("Strength and Courage")
  • HHC, 4th BCT
  • 1st Infantry Battalion
  • 2nd Infantry Battalion
  • 3rd Reconnaissance Squadron (RSTA)
  • 4-320th Field Artillery Battalion
  • 4th Brigade Troops Battalion
  • 801st Brigade Support Battalion

• 101st Aviation Brigade ("Wings of Destiny")
  • HHC, 101st Aviation Brigade
  • 2-17 Air Cavalry Squadron ("Out Front")
  • 1-101st Aviation Battalion ("Expect No Mercy")
  • 2-101st Aviation Battalion ("Eagle Warrior")
  • 5-101st Aviation Battalion ("Eagle Assault")
  • 6-101st Aviation Battalion ("Pathfinder")
  • 8-101st Aviation Battalion ("Troubleshooters")

• 159th Aviation Brigade ("Eagle Thunder")
  • HHC, 159th Aviation Brigade
  • 1-17th Air Cavalry Squadron
  • 3-101st Aviation Battalion ("Eagle Attack")
  • 4-101st Aviation Battalion ("Wings of the Eagles")
  • 7-101st General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB) ("Eagle Lift")
  • 9-101st Aviation Battalion ("Eagle Strike")

• 101st Sustainment Brigade
  • DMMC
  • 63rd Chemical Company
  • 106th Transportation Battalion
  • 372nd TC Company
  • 594th TC Company
  • 613th MCT
  • 632nd MCT
  • 129th CSB
  • 494th TC Company
  • 561st CSB
  • 95th Maint
  • 102nd Quartermaster Company
  • 196th Quartermaster Detachment
  • 227th GS Company
  • 541st TC Company
  • 584th Maintenance Company
  • 717th EOD Detachment
  • 101st Sustainment Brigade Troops Battalion
  • 101st SSB

• 2-44th Air Defense Artillery Battalion ("Strike Fear")
• 887th Engineer Company (LE) ("Empire")
• 86th CSH

External links

• 101^st Airborne Division Home Page - official site.
• Fort Campbell Home Page
• GlobalSecurity.org information page about the 101^st Airborne Division
• 101^st Airborne Division Association
• The Story of the 101^st Airborne Division (WWII unit history booklet, 1945)