FOSTEX 101st AIRBORNE Embroidered Baseball Cap. OLIVE GREEN

101st AIRBORNE baseball cap.
Made of 100% cotton.
The 101st Airborne Division ("Screaming Eagles") is a specialized modular light infantry division of the U.S. Army trained for air assault operations. The Screaming Eagles have been called "the tip of the spear" by former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and the most potent and tactically mobile of the U.S. Army's divisions by former Chief of Staff of the Army GEN Edward C. Meyer (Ret.). The 101st Airborne is capable of planning, coordinating, and executing brigade-sized air assault operations that seize key terrain in support of operational objectives and is able to work in austere environments with limited or degraded infrastructure. These particular operations are conducted by highly mobile teams covering wide areas and engaging enemy forces behind enemy lines. According to the author of Screaming Eagles: 101st Airborne Division, its unique battlefield mobility and high level of training has kept it at the forefront of U.S. ground combat forces in recent conflicts. Most recently, the 101st Airborne has conducted foreign internal defense and counter-terrorism operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The 101st Airborne Division has a history spanning nearly a century. During World War II, it was famous for its role in Operation Overlord (the D-Day landings and airborne landings on June 6, 1944, in Normandy, France), Operation Market Garden, the liberation of the Netherlands, and for its action during the Battle of the Bulge around the city of Bastogne, Belgium. During the Vietnam War, the 101st Airborne Division fought in several major campaigns and battles, including the Battle of Hamburger Hill in May 1969.

At the height of the War on Terror, the 101st Airborne Division had over 200 aircraft. The division now has just over 100 aircraft.

As of December 2017, the division numbered about 29,000 soldiers, down from 35,000 just three years prior due to budget restrictions.
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