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The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) provides highly trained, disciplined and fit air assault forces and serves as the only Air Assault Division in the world; capable of dicsriminate, agile, and adaptive operations to engage the enemy forces ro …
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The Screaming Eagles are one of the most deployed and recognized Divisions in the U.S. Army, with a combat record spanning from the paratroopers of World War II to the Security Force Assistance Teams deployed in Afghanistan today. Army.mil
The 101st Airborne Division was activated August 16, 1942 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana. Its first Commanding General, Major General William C. Lee, noted that the Division had no history, but that it had a “rendezvous with destiny” and that the new Division would be habitually called into action when the need was ‘immediate and extreme”. Throughout its 70-year history, the Division has amassed a proud record, in both war and peace, unmatched by any othe
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ORLANDO, Fla. The U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division on Friday deployed about 130 soldiers to Orlando to provide logistical support at a federal COVID-19 vaccination site.
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About 130 soldiers from 101st Airborne Division deploy to Orlando from Fort Campbell
Soldiers aim to provide logistical support for federal site at Valencia College West
The soldiers deployed from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and will serve at Valencia College’s West campus, one of four sites that the U.S. government established in Florida. The others are in Tampa, Miami, and Jacksonville.
The 101st Airborne Division, called the Screaming Eagles, calls itself one of the “most deployed and recognized Divisions in the U.S. Army.” Its combat record spans “the paratroopers of World War II to the Security Force Assistance Teams deployed in Afghanistan today,” according to the Army.