The largest Air Mobile assault operation of the Vietnam War, codenamed Apache Snow, began at Firebase Blaze on May 10, 1969. The 3rd Battalion/187th Infantry Regiment (nicknamed the Rakkasans) waited ...
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — At the time, it was the largest, longest air assault in history. Troops from Fort Campbell's 101st Airborne Division embarked on a two-hour flight from Saudi Arabia into the ...
KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Oct. 6, 2012) -- The 101st Airborne Division has a remarkable and distinguished history. Within the storied lineage, the book of the Rakkasans is thick with chapters of ...
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — Fort Campbell officially marked its 3rd Brigade Combat Team "Rakkasans" upcoming deployment to Afghanistan with a color casing ceremony on Thursday. The announcement of the ...
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. – Like many soldiers, Lt. Col. Patrick Harkins has a veteran father who knows firsthand the stress of wartime deployments. One big difference is that Harkins' dad led the very same ...
TALL AFAR AIRFIELD, Iraq — It’s been a busy two years for the 101st Airborne Division’s 3rd Brigade. Known as the Rakkasans, the brigade over the past three years has bounced from peacekeeping in ...