Hamburger Hill Veterans return to Fort Campbell
May 10, 2011
Fort Campbell, KY – Dozens of Vietnam-era, 101st Airborne Division Veterans will return to Fort Campbell, May 12th – 13th, to commemorate the 42nd anniversary of the Battle of Hamburger Hill.
The 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, “Iron Rakkasans” will welcome the Veterans back to Fort Campbell and will host several events in their honor.
Veterans of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division gather at a memorial dedicated to fallen Soldiers of the 187th Infantry Regiment.
3rd Brigade Combat Team colors are cased as they head off to Afghanistan
January 21, 2010
Soldiers of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) cased their colors today in preparation for their transportation to Afghanistan, where they will be uncased.
The brigade started the deployment process in early January, and expects the 4,000 soliders to be fully deployed by March 1st replacing Taskforce Yukon (4 Brigade 25th Infantry Division out of Fort Richardson Alaska). They are scheduled for a 1 year deployment.
Command Sgt. Maj. Gregory Patton (Left) & Col. Viet Luong (Right), case the brigade colors.
The Brigade is the vanguard of roughly 17,000 soldiers from the 101st Airborne division who will also be deploying over the course of the next year. [Read more]
