101st Airborne Screamin' Eagles Update

~Snooper~

The 101st Airborne Screaming Eagles is near and dear to my heart and, if any of our readers have a specific attachment to the 101st airborne, we at A Newt One, will bring everything we find out about the 101st Airborne right here. For all the data we have posted so far on the 101st, click the tag at the bottom of the post.

Video: TOA 2BCT-101 ABN

B-Roll of the Transfer of authority between the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division and 2nd Brigade Combat Team 101st Infantry Division. Scenes include a Soldier raising and lowering flags, speeches at the ceremony and a brief interview

101st Airborne's Strike Brigade Sends Dagger Brigade Homeward Bound
By Sgt. James P. Hunter
2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division Public Affairs

CAMP LIBERTY, Iraq-The 2nd "Dagger" Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, out of Schweinfurt, Germany, handed over responsibility of northwest Baghdad to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), from Fort Campbell, Ky., during a transfer of authority ceremony, Nov. 17, at the Camp Liberty Field House. [...] Read the rest...

Rakkasans Kick Off Operation Marne Courageous
By Sgt. 1st Class Kerensa Hardy
3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)

Components from the Iraqi army and Rakkasans kicked off Operation Marne Courageous when 4,000 pounds of explosives were dropped on an island in the middle of the Euphrates River at 3:50 a.m. [...] Read the rest...

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Fallen Paratrooper's Family Gives School Supplies to Iraqi Girls
By 1st Lt. Scott Marler
1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division

BALAD RUZ, Iraq-The note read, "The school supplies that we are giving you today are from the family of a Soldier who died in Iraq, who loved the children of Iraq. His name is Spc. Michael Rodriguez." It is Nov. 8 and the speaker is Capt. James Goethals, a civil-military affairs officer stationed in eastern Diyala province of Iraq. The audience is a crowd of almost 100 young girls at the Dur-Mandali Primary School for Girls in the city of Balad-Ruz, Iraq. [...] Read the rest...

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Charlotte, N.C., native, Spc. Jeremy McRae, a medic with the 1st Battalion, 75th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, changes the bait on his fishing hook at a fishing tournament on Z-Lake at Camp Liberty in western Baghdad, Nov. 18. The tournament was hosted by Multi-National Division-Baghdad Morale, Welfare and Recreation.

Roseville, Calif., native, Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Garcia, senior medic with the 1st Battalion, 75th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, passes his day fishing on Z-Lake at Camp Liberty in western Baghdad, Nov. 18. Garcia participated in an all-day fishing tournament coordinated by Multi-National Division-Baghdad Morale, Welfare and Recreation.

The 101st Airborne, 1st Brigade, 1st Battalion, 327 Infantry Regiment, Delta Company is setting up a control point in Iraq, on Nov. 6.

U.S. Army Pfc. Rothley from Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade, 327 Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division is setting up a control point in Iraq, on Nov. 6.

U.S. Army Soldiers from Delta Company 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade, 327 Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, conducts a patrol in Iraq, on Nov. 6.

A U.S. Army Soldier from Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade, 327 Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, gets ready for a patrol in Iraq, on Nov. 6.

U.S. Army Soldiers from Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, talk to the owner of the house they took over, on Nov. 4, in Yusifiya, Iraq. The Soldiers needed the house to protect a neighborhood that was crawling with insurgent activity.

Iraqi army Soldiers check their machine gun while manning a battle position, on Nov. 4, in Yusifiya, Iraq. The battle position is manned by U.S. Army Soldiers and Iraqi soldiers.

Helicopter pilots prepare to takeoff, on Nov. 4, in Yusifiya, Iraq. The Pilots are in the 101st Airborne Division and routinely fly to different locations around Baghdad.

U.S. Army Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade, 327 Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division conducts a cordon search of Mezera, Iraq, on Nov. 5.

U.S. Army Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade, 327 Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division conducts a cordon search of Mezera, Iraq, on Nov. 5.

U.S. Army Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade, 327 Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division conducts a cordon search of Mezera, Iraq, on Nov. 5.