101st Airborne Division

instilled in the Declaration of Independence and the Checks and Balances defined in the Constitution. His stellar reputation as an Army officer earned him positions in distinguished units: The Old Guard, The 75th Ranger Regiment, and the 101st Airborne Division.…

This included the 101st airborne division, who are also known as the "Screaming Eagles". The 101st are better known as "Easy Company" (though there is nothing easy about their job) and are featured in the movie series "Saving Private Ryan", which is based off of their exploits. The job of airborne divisions was to secure the landing zones. They were also to seize all the possible exits from the beachhead. Finally…

you plant papayas.” Through the turbulent and exhausting challenges presented in our everyday lives, it is easy for the correlation between preparation and achievement to become skewed. Current United States Army Ranger and member of the 101st Airborne division, Lieutenant Kyle Treece, helps me keep straight the path and live out my personal motto. By setting an example of discipline, determination, and fortitude, Lieutenant Treece inspires me to take advantage of every opportunity, and to focus…

Years after World War I left Europe in shambles, the German economy in ruins and its insurmountable debt to be repaid back to France and Great Britain, Americans were feeling the brunt of the war and realizing entering it was a grave mistake. Looking ahead into the future of America and her economy, then President Franklin D. Roosevelt sought out ways to keep America out of another World War. Congress would then pass a law that would later be enforced by the president, it was known as the…

weeks of catastrophes and noncompliance, the police soon took over but also faced complications when crowds of white students and civilians became a threat to the black students. Soon after President Dwight D. Eisenhower then ordered the 101st Airborne Division to take over command of the National Guard and collaborate together for the security of the…

On May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. Before this Brown vs. Board of Education decision, many states had segregation laws stating African Americans and Caucasians should attend separate schools. In response to this, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People adopted a plan for the integration of schools. The first schools to integrate would be high schools. Despite this opposition, nine African American students…

up I never knew which place to say I was born in when asked. I find it pretty cool, though, sort of being born in two places at once, and I am also proud to have been born on an Army base. My father was stationed at Fort Campbell with the 101st Airborne Division, and we lived just off the base in Clarksville, Tennessee. When I was about ten months old my father had served a three-year term and we moved back to West Covina, California. Two of my uncles had made the trip up to Tennessee to help…

were told of their fathers ventures and experiences expecting something along the same lines, only to realize that war had changed and would grow to have no clear lines. In WWI the only way to advance was forward, in WWII advances were made from airborne, amphibious and air assaults. These methods were in addition to to the traditional methods used in the first world war. Trenches the main form of war in WWI was seeing less and less use towards the end of the war due to the fact that there…

SGT Gonzalez Gaberio Instructor Name: SSG Gossett 11C Advanced Leaders Course 19 July 2016 Operation Anaconda Operation Anaconda took place in early March 2002. Not to be confused with the Anaconda Plan. CIA Paramilitary Officers, working with their allies, attempted to destroy al-Qaida and Taliban forces. The operation took place in the Shahi-Kot Valley and Arma Mountains southeast of Zormat. This operation was the first large-scale battle in the United States War in Afghanistan since the…

Nazi Germans. D-Day occured on June 6th, 1944. The assault led to the liberation of France. After the liberation of France, The allies continued their campaign towards Germany. D-Day is the greatest amphibious assault in history. Six allie divisions landed on the multiple beaches of Normandy that day. During the invasion, miss landings on the beaches left Allie soldiers open to German machine guns and artillery which led to heavy casualties. The success of D-Day led to the conclusion of…