FOSTEX Embroidered Baseball Cap 101st AIRBORNE. SAND

101st AIRBORNE baseball cap.
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The 101st Airborne Division ("Screaming Eagles") is a specialized modular light infantry division of the United States Army trained for air assault operations. The Screaming Eagles have been called "the tip of the spear" by former US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and the most potent and tactically mobile of the US 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-size air assault operations to seize key terrain in support of operational objectives and is capable of working in austere environments with limited or degraded infrastructure. These particular operations are conducted by highly mobile teams covering wide distances 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 have kept it at the forefront of U.S. ground combat forces in recent conflicts. Most recently, the 101st Airborne performed foreign internal defense and counter-terrorism operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The 101st Airborne Division has a history spanning almost a century. During World War II, it was famous for its role in Operation Overlord (the Normandy landing and air 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 town 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 had approximately 29,000 soldiers, down from 35,000 just three years prior due to budget restrictions.