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May 13, 2011
A soldier receives his air assault school badge during graduation April 15, 2011. This soldier completed the 12-mile foot march with the fastest time in his class.
Air assault school known for rigor
Program at Fort Campbell is one-of-a-kind
April 5, 2011
A soldier peers into a valley enemy combatants.
Tough climb for Blue Platoon
Troops climb to mountain peaks to watch over valleys
April 4, 2011
Soliders stand by with their metal detectors ready to search for IEDs.
Afghans watch search for explosives
Troops use metal detectors to hunt for weapons caches
March 30, 2011
Pathfinders patrol the area around the Kandahar Airfield.
Pathfinders patrol key Afghanistan area
Pathfinders meet the Kuni, nomadic Afghans
March 18, 2011
Col. Viet Luong is the first Vietnamese-American U.S. Army brigade commander.
Vietnamese-American knows about war
Col. Viet Luong led the 101st Airborne Division's Third Brigade Combat Team near the Pakistan border
March 17, 2011
Specialist David Schwin receives two Purple Hearts during a visit from Major General James Terry.
Soldiers awarded Purple Hearts
General visits troops during a January circulation to award 'Strike' Brigade with Purple Heart awards
March 11, 2011
ABC News Correspondent and University of Oklahoma professor, Mike Boettcher, documents the return of War Squadron, Rakkasan Brigade, 101 Airborne on Jan. 26, 2011. Boettcher and his son, Carlos, have been embedded with the brigade since the September 2010 reporting stories about the war in Afghanistan from the front lines.
War Squadron returns home
101st Airborne squadron is the first unit to return home to Ft. Campbell, Kentucky, after a year in Afghanistan
March 4, 2011
A bullet narrowly misses Sgt. Robert Heeter's head and strikes his radio antenna.
Tough fight for the War Squadron
Soldiers face a Taliban ambush, a village of wary civilians and a bomb, all in one day
March 3, 2011
Friends (from left to right) Shemika Wilbert, Marissa Gonzales, Vicki Colon and Alyssa Colon welcome their husbands home after being deployed in Afghanistan.
Soldiers greeted with handmade signs
Special messages greet troops returning home from Afghanistan
March 2, 2011
Lynn Entrekin with Holy Smoke Barbecue serves lunch to members of 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
Barbecue for the troops
Family carries on mother's legacy by honoring troops
January 24, 2011
President Barack Obama receives a 101st Airborne Division t-shirt from Maj. Gen. John F. Campbell during a surprise visit in December to Bagram Air Field. The visit was the second time the president traveled to Afghanistan to see soldiers and was a big story for the media.
Afghanistan, the military and the media
In a war in which public perception is crucial, officers and soldiers are being trained how to deal with the media
December 3, 2010
The entrance to Fort Campbell, Ky., the home of the 101st Airborne Division.
A rendezvous with destiny
The 101st Airborne Division has a decorated history
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