Soldiers from the 1-26, 2nd Mobile Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) plan for an Air Assault mission with their Brazilian counterparts at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Johnson, LA on August 21, 2024. Air assaults are those operations in which assault forces using the firepower, mobility, and total integration of helicopter assets, maneuver on the battlefield to engage and destroy enemy forces or seize and hold key terrain.
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. – The words of Maj. Gen. William C. Lee, the first commanding general of the 101st Airborne Division, have attained a near-mythical status amongst the Screaming Eagles. Oft quoted is his assertion that “The 101st has no history, but it has a rendezvous with destiny.” Much is made of the second clause; the ”Rendezvous with Destiny” the Division has faced and continues to stare down. The first half, however,...
