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The
101st Airborne Division ("Screaming Eagles") is a specialized modular
light infantry division of the
US Army trained for
air assault operations. The Screaming Eagles has been referred to as "the tip of the spear" by former
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and the most potent and tactically
mobile of the U.S. Army's divisions by former
Chief of Staff of the Army GEN Edward C. Meyer (ret). The 101st Airborne is able to plan, coordinate, and execute
brigade-size air assault operations capable of seizing key terrain in support of operational objectives, and is capable of working in austere environments with limited or degraded infrastructure. These particular operations are conducted by highly mobile teams covering extensive distances and engaging enemy forces behind enemy lines. According to the author of
Screaming Eagles: 101st Airborne Division, its unique battlefield mobility and high level of training have kept it in the vanguard of US land combat forces in recent conflicts. More recently, the 101st Airborne has been performing
foreign internal defense and
counterterrorism operations within Iraq and Afghanistan.
The 101st Airborne Division
has a history that is nearly a century long. During
World War II, it was renowned for its role in
Operation Overlord (the
D-Day landings and
airborne landings on 6 June 1944, in
Normandy,
France),
Operation Market Garden, the liberation of the
Netherlands and its action during the
Battle of the Bulge around the city of
Bastogne,
Belgium. During the
Vietnam War, the 101st Airborne Division fought in several major campaigns and battles, including the
Battle of Hamburger Hill in May 1969.
At the height of the
War on Terror, the 101st Airborne Division had over 200 aircraft. The division now has slightly over 100 aircraft.
As of December 2017, the division had about 29,000 soldiers, down from 35,000 soldiers just three years prior because of budget restraints.