United States Army 101st Airborne Division (Screaming Eagles)

US ARMY 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION (SCREAMING EAGLES) -  The 101st Airborne Division also known as the ("Screaming Eagles") is an elite modular specialized light infantry division of the United States Army trained for air assault operations.  Its unique battlefield mobility and high level of training have kept the 101st Airborne Division in the vanguard of America's land combat forces in recent conflicts.

The 101st is currently the world's only air assault division, capable, in a single lift, of a 4,000-man combined-arms air assault 150 kilometers into enemy territory.   It is supported by more than 280 helicopters: This includes three battalions of Apache attack helicopters.   At times, additional air assets are assigned to the 101st Airborne during deployment.   The 101st Airborne also comprises intelligence support, maintenance and operations elements, support personnel, and artillery specialists.   It is the most potent and the most tactically mobile of the U.S. Army's divisions.   Assisting the 101st Airborne Division is an extensive array of support elements, equipment, and training resources.

During World War II, it was renowned for its role in Operation Overlord (the D-Day landings and airborne landings on June 6, 1944, in Normandy, France), Operation Market Garden, the liberation of the Netherlands and, perhaps most famously, 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 fight for Hamburger Hill in May, 1969.

In mid-1968 it was reorganized and redesignated as an airmobile division, then in 1974 as an air assault division.  These titles reflect the division's shift from airplanes as the primary method of delivering troops into combat, to the use of helicopters.  Many current members of the 101st are graduates of the U.S. Army Air Assault School.  Division headquarters is at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.  In recent years, the division has served in Iraq and Afghanistan.  The division is one of the most highly decorated units in the United States Army and has been featured prominently in military fiction.