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101st Airborne Division

Massive Helene cleanup effort continues with Fort Campbell and National Guard support

Tony Gonzalez

October 6, 2024

A massive relief and cleanup effort is ongoing in East Tennessee, and more than 2,300 people have applied for federal relief since the president approved a major disaster declaration.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: 101st Airborne Division, Hurricane Helene, Tennessee National Guard

9 soldiers identified in fatal Fort Campbell Army helicopter training crash

Tony GonzalezandNina Cardona

March 30, 2023

unmanned UH-60

Two Blackhawk helicopters from Fort Campbell’s 101st Airborne Division crashed over Trigg County, Ky., on Wednesday night, killing the nine crew members on board.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: 101st Airborne Division, Army, Fort Campbell, Military

Fort Campbell units deploying to Europe amid continuing tensions between Ukraine and Russia

Damon Mitchell

February 15, 2022

Several hundred soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division and Fort Campbell are deploying to Europe starting Tuesday night in anticipation of a potential Russian invasion of neighboring Ukraine.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Military, Russia, Ukraine

Fort Campbell Soldiers Returning From Ebola Mission Will Spend 3 Weeks Quarantined In Texas

Blake Farmer

December 31, 2014

Soldiers will be kept on task for eight hours a day as they wait out the incubation period of the Ebola virus.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: 101st Airborne Division, Ebola, Fort Campbell

Fort Campbell Troops On Ebola Mission Won’t Get Full Protective Gear

Blake Farmer

October 8, 2014

Troops from the 101st Airborne Division leading the military response to Ebola in West Africa will only need gloves and masks to protect themselves from the deadly virus, so said Gen. David Rodriguez at a Pentagon briefing Wednesday.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: 101st Airborne Division, Ebola, Fort Campbell

One New Commander At Fort Campbell Will Be Addressed As ‘Yes Ma’am’

micah bradley

June 18, 2014

The guard is changing at Fort Campbell, with a ceremony Friday to install Maj. Gen. Gary Volesky as commander of the 101st Airborne Division. Throughout the division, officers are being promoted to new roles, including the first woman to ever serve as a brigade commander at Fort Campbell.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell

‘Band Of Brothers’ Unit Gets A New Commander As The Army Downsizes

Emily Siner

April 24, 2014

The historic 506th Infantry Regiment of the Army closed another chapter Wednesday. It’s moving to a different brigade for the first time in more than eight years, with a new commander in charge.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell

Fort Campbell Units Get The Call: You’re Going Back To Afghanistan

Blake Farmer

September 25, 2013

The Department of Defense is sending units from Fort Campbell back to Afghanistan. Roughly 4,800 soldiers with the 101st Airborne Division make up a majority of a rotation announced by the Pentagon Tuesday, scheduled to deploy over the winter.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: 101st Airborne Division, afghanistan, Fort Campbell

Casulaties Mount In Afghanistan For 101st Airborne

Blake Farmer

August 13, 2013

The 101st Airborne is continuing to take casualties in Afghanistan. Three Fort Campbell soldiers were killed this week by what the Department of Defense describes as “indirect fire” from enemy forces.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: 101st Airborne Division, afghanistan, Fort Campbell

Petraeus Returns for Fort Campbell Homecoming

Blake Farmer

August 17, 2012

Retired General David Petraeus helped cap off a celebration of the 101st Airborne’s 70th anniversary today. The CIA Director previously led the division into combat.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 101st Airborne Division, David Petraeus, Fort Campbell

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