101st Airborne Division

In the Aden Square market, celebrants and pilgrims alike share in the camaraderie of making and drinking local chai tea during the Ashura celebration in Kadamiya, Iraq, on Jan. 17.

Two U.S. Air Force C-130Js, assigned to the 37th Airlift Squadron, flys over the terrain of Normandy to practice their manuauers in Northern France; June 3, 2015. This is the 71st Anniversary of the D-Day invas More

Original caption: Operation "Van Buren" a combined allied operation of Military Forces of the Republic of Korea, Republic of Vietnam and the United States 101st Abn Bde, was to deny the vital rice harvest to th More

Original caption: Members of the Long Range Reconnaissance Team, Co C, 2nd Bn, 502nd Inf Regt, 1st Bde, 101st Abn Div move through rough terrain searching for the Viet Cong near Tuy Hoa, during Operation "Harri More

George H. Sabo, brother of Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. Leslie H. Sabo Jr., and Col. Bret G. Silvia, commander of 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), unveil the plaque that will han More

A group of U.S. Army Rangers, assigned to the 75th Ranger Regiment, German Army Soldiers, and French civilians take a group photo together before a ceremony at Amfreville, Normandy, France; June 5, 2015. Over 3 More

The statue of Maj. Dick Winters of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, stands as reminder of the sacrifice of the Greatest Generation near Utah Beach, Normandy, France, Jun More

U.S. Army Spc. Reina Fishburn assists Staff Sgt. Tessa Vandegrift with her gear before they jump as part of an Airborne School anniversary celebration at Lawson Army Airfield, Fort Benning, Ga., Aug. 15, 2015. More

U.S. Army Maj. Christopher Murphy, commander of the 982nd Combat Camera Company, East Point, Ga., helps Capt. Loren Teillon, also with the 982nd Combat Camera Company, East Point, Ga., fasten the leg straps of More

U.S. Army Spc. Patrick Hilson (right) helps Spc. Joshua Talley (left), both from the 982nd Combat Camera Company, secure straps for his safety harness in preparation for the 75th Anniversary Airborne School jum More

Bobby Gautier, a re-enactor with the Liberty Jump Team, out of Fort Worth, Texas, inspects his gear for Sustained Airborne Training in preparation for the 75th Anniversary Airborne School jump at McCarthy Hall More

U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Christa Petersen, with Echo Company, 1st Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, gives the sound off for equipment check during Sustained Airborne Training in preparation for the 75th A More

More than 500 U.S., French, Dutch, Romanian and German paratroopers jumped out of nine U.S., French, Dutch and German C-130s and C-160s near here June 3 to pay tribute to D-Day veterans who demonstrated the sel More

Tom Rice, U.S. Army veteran from the Army's 101st Airborne Division, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, jumps out of a C-47, into Carentan Normandy, June 6, 2019, to recreate his D-Day parachute jump, 75 years More

A Douglas-DC3-C47 sits on display awaiting paratroopers at William T. drop zone, Fort Benning, Ga., Aug. 15, 2015. The 1-507th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) Battalion celebrates 75 years of the U.S. Army Ai More

U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, shares a light moment with U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Scott Miller, commander, NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan and More

Tom Rice, U.S. Army veteran from the Army's 101st Airborne Division, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, jumps out of a C-47, into Carentan Normandy, June 6, 2019, to recreate his D-Day parachute jump, 75 years More

Two teams from the 101st Airborne Division held the “Remembrance Bowl” June 2 in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France, to recreate a football game that never happened during WWII. This year marks the 74th anniversary of More

U.S. Army Col. William Benson, the commander, 4th Brigade Combat Team (BCT), 1st Cavalry Division, congratulates Spc. James Young, a food service specialist assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, More

Maj. John Page, Rear-Detachment commander of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team “Rakkasans,” 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), speaks about the long and valorous history of the 187th Infantry Regiment during an a More

Command Sgt. Maj. Jose F. Shorey, senior enlisted adviser for the 716th Military Police Battalion assigned to the 16th MP Brigade on Fort Bragg and attached to the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Sustainm More

U.S. Army Col. William Benson, the commander of the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, presents Soldiers with coins of excellence following the 27th Brigade Support Battalion casing of colors ceremo More

A group of paratroopers, assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, holds the colors as members of the Color Guard during a ceremony honoring the paratroopers that liberated the village in Sainte Mere Eglise, Norm More

U.S. Army Capt. Jesse Sheehan, Headquarters, Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, gives operations brief to the jump masters at McCarthy Hall, Fort Benning, Ga., Aug. 14, 2015 More

Luis Osegera, a contractor with Paragon Construction, repairs a ceiling in a home Oct. 6, in Hammond Heights, Fort Campbell. The remedial work is in response to potential ceiling failures identified in homes bu More

From left to right, U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Eliodoro Perez, senior enlisted adviser for the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Brig. Gen. Ronald Lewis, the d More

Cadre of the 1-507th Parachute Infantry Regiment brief operations and procedures for the 75th Anniversary Airborne School jump, inside McCarthy Hall on Fort Benning, Ga., Aug. 14, 2015. The 1-507th Parachute I More

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Clarence K. K. Chinn, left, the deputy commanding general for Afghan Development-South and Brig. Gen. Ronald F. Lewis, center, the deputy commanding general for support, both with Combined More

A group of U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to the 101st Airborne Division, present the colors as members of the Color Guard for a ceremony at Chef Du Pont, Normandy, France, June 4, 2015. Over 380 service members More

The Ransom School, built in 1925 on what is now Training Area Six, was among four Rosenwald Schools believed to have existed on present-day Fort Campbell. They were demolished along with most pre-World War II b More

U.S. Army Maj. Christopher Murphy (Left) and 1st Lt. Terrence Adams (Right) from the 982nd Combat Camera Company performs sustain airborne training in preparation for the 75th Anniversary Airborne School jump, More

Spc. Chris Nagel, a wheeled vehicle mechanic, from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), won first place in More

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Army Staff Sgt. Craig Woolley, a hazardous materials noncommissioned officer with the 3-320th Field Artillery Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), ground guides one of the last pieces of equipment More

CSM William E. Maben presents Soldiers with a certificate of induction into the NCO Corps of the United States Army during an NCO induction ceremony.

(Left to Right) Command Sgt. Maj. Dan Ous of the 4th Infantry Division's 2nd Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment and Lt. Col. Louis Lartigue, Commander Lt. Col. Arthur Kandarian and Command Sgt. Maj. Felipe Paul of More

Western Illinois University Alumni (from left) Lieutenant Colonel Robert Benjamin (1984), Colonel David R. Gray (1980), Major Ron Richards (1981), Captain Michael Gacheru (2000), and Captain Danny Davis (2000) More

Maj. Gen. Thomas Turner, Commanding General, 101st Airborne Division and Command Sgt. Maj. Frank Grippe, case the 101st Airborne Division's colors during a Mission Assumption Day Ceremony at Contingency Operati More

Maj. Gen. Thomas Turner, Commanding General, 101st Airborne Division and Command Sgt. Maj. Frank Grippe, case the 101st Airborne Division's colors during a Mission Assumption Day Ceremony at Contingency Operati More

U.S. Army Spc. Deonty Eastmon of the 101st Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, secures his sector during a patrol through Al Betra, Iraq, as the rest of his squad More

U.S Army Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, conduct a dismounted patrol through Qwesat, Iraq, Nov. 24, as they make their way to a possib More

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, help carry and care for an injured Iraqi man after his Concerned Local Citizen checkpoint wa More

U.S. Army Soldiers, from the 101st Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, provide security near a possible burial site in Qwesat, Iraq, Dec. 18, as U.S. Army Soldier More

U.S. Army Soldier, Sgt. Cory Conwell assigned to Alpha Company, 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) observes Iraqi children at their home in Iskandaria, Iraq, during Operation Tundra on Dec. 20, More

Soldiers of Company B, 626th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, learn how to use the fire-suppression system they had just integrated onto a wrecker at Camp Striker, Dec. 28.

Pfc. Luis Ochoa, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), performs a medley of Bob Dylan songs at Forward Op More

Citizens of historied Samarra, Iraq, share casual conversations just mere blocks from the al-Askari "Golden Dome" Mosque with Soldiers from C Company, 2-237 Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Air More

U.S. Army Pfc. Antony Long, from the 626th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, provides security as Soldiers attempt to fix a broke down vehicle on Main Supply Route, Ta More

Non-commissioned officers from 3rd Platoon, Alpha Battery, 2nd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), assess Iraqi army soldiers from 4th Comp More

Spc. Jason Leaders, a Soldier assigned to 3rd Platoon, Alpha Battery, 2nd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), hands a case of water to a Co More

Pfc. Kyle Pecus, a Soldier assigned to 3rd Platoon, Alpha Battery, 2nd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), stands and pulls security in a m More

An Iraqi army soldier during Operation NANNO II in the southern section of Baghdad. U.S. Army Soldiers from Charlie Company, 2-502nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, focused on clearing al-Qaida operatives. (U More

An Iraqi army soldier during Operation NANNO II in the southern section of Baghdad. U.S. Army Soldiers from Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 502 Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division are working with the Ir More

Capt. Brad Henry, commander, Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, attached to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, briefs an Iraqi soldier on specials issues concerning security d More

A man sews tarp sections together at a tent maker's shop in Aden Square market during the Ashura celebration in Kadamiya, Iraq, Jan. 17. (U.S. Army photo/Spc. Charles W. Gill)

Two Soldiers from A Company, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) provide security at a captured extremist camp near Samarra, Iraq, in support More

U.S. Army Sgt. Jay Gilliam with 3rd Platoon, 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, attached to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, provides security while his unit conducts a business assessmen More

Lt. Col. Donald Y. Kwan and Command Sgt. Maj. Patrick Powers case the colors Jan. 21, at a transfer of authority ceremony at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Nathan W. Hutchi More

Command Sgt. Maj. Dennis Defreese, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) observes Ashura festivities, Jan. 19, in Yusufiyah. Ashura commemorates the death More

Iraqi policemen check the registration of a vehilce at a tactical checkpoint Jan. 18 in Kadamiyah during the Ashura movement. Iraqi security forces took the lead in providing security during the sacred and reli More

Soldiers with Company C, 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, attached to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), pass out school supplies to Iraqi school children at the Ibn Kaldun P More

A Soldier from Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), walks through a farm searching for weapons caches, Jan. 16, during Operation Hood More

Col. Dominic Caraccilo, commander of 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), alongside Brig. Gen Ali Kassim Al-Freji, 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division commander, enjoys a feast prepa More

Abna'a al-Iraq, or concerned local citizens, man a checkpoint in Khadra, Jan. 27. Soldiers with Company C, 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, operationally attached to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airbor More

An enemy car bomb was blown up by coalition forces near Samarra, Iraq, during Operation Fulton II Jan. 18. U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Robert Gray of HHB, 2nd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Comba More

Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Schloesser, center, commanding general of the 101st Airborne Division, speaks with 2nd Brigade Combat Team commanders during a briefing at Camp Liberty, Iraq, Jan. 29. Schloesser spent the da More