During World War II, it was renowned for its role in Operation Overlord (the D-Day landings and airborne landings on 6 June 1944, in Normandy, France), Operation Market Garden, the liberation of the Netherlands and its action during the Battle of the Bulge around the city of Bastogne, Belgium. Įstablished in 1918, the 101st Division was first constituted as an airborne unit in 1942. foreign internal defense and counterterrorism operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. land combat forces in recent conflicts, e.g. Its unique battlefield mobility and high level of training have kept it in the vanguard of U.S. These operations can be conducted by mobile teams covering large distances and engaging enemy forces behind enemy lines. The 101st Airborne can plan, coordinate, and execute multiple battalion-size air assault operations to seize key terrain and can work in austere environments with limited or degraded infrastructure. Army's divisions by former Chief of Staff of the Army GEN Edward C. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and the most potent and tactically mobile of the U.S. The Screaming Eagles were referred to as 'the tip of the spear' by former U.S. The 101st Airborne Division ('Screaming Eagles') is a light infantry division of the United States Army specializing in air assault operations.
