BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – Out at the Lematta Sling Load Yard a team of 10 101st Resolute Support Sustainment Brigade Soldiers work tirelessly to ensure vital supplies and equipment make it out to various locations around the Combined Joint Operations Area-Afghanistan.
Of the 211 cases of stolen personal property reported to the Fort Campbell Military Police-Provost Marshal’s Office in 2018, investigators have been able to recover property from 10 cases, said Investigator Houston Kirk, noncommissioned officer in charge of investigations with Fort Campbell …
Fort Campbell’s Equal Opportunity Office will host a special observance of the 2019 Martin Luther King Jr. Day 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday at Cole Park Commons, 1610 101st Airborne Division Road.
Work is underway on a large-scale tree planting initiative designed to help beautify the installation and support U.S. Army Garrison-Fort Campbell in ensuring the best Soldier and Family experience. The Directorate of Public Works is championing the initiative and has assembled a team to man…
Winter weather is hard to predict at Fort Campbell. With the occasional surprise snowstorm and icy road conditions, the weather at the Kentucky-Tennessee border can catch people off guard.
The New Year is upon us and in full swing. Training on Fort Campbell has recommenced and all of us have our hands full with the demands of life in the military.
The Defense Commissary Agency’s Scholarships for Military Children deadline approaching. Deadline for submitting applications is Feb. 16. This year’s program has 700 $2,000 scholarship grants available to award. The application, as well as rules and requirements for the program can be found …
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – In combat, logistic resources are arguably the most important assets needed to sustain Soldiers. “Beans and bullets” is a common Army phrase used for decades that puts a special emphasis behind the importance of logisticians and their capabilities.
The Fort Campbell Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation and Fort Campbell Army Wellness Center stand ready to help Fort Campbell community members obtain fitness and weight-loss goals in the New Year.
The Robert F. Sink Memorial Library, 38 Screaming Eagle Blvd., offers programs tailored to toddlers younger than 5, Baby and Me Lapsit and Children’s Story and Craft Time.
The Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, began the new year Monday by welcoming a new commander.
“Leadership is the process of influencing people by providing purpose, direction, and motivation to accomplish the mission and improve the organization”: ADRP 6-22.
The Army & Air Force Exchange Service made the holidays a bit merrier for Fort Campbell Families with help from the nonprofit Pay Away the Layaway.
Soldiers from Blanchfield Army Community Hospital received a homework assignment over the holidays from Partner in Education students at Northeast Middle School in Clarksville.
Fort Campbell’s Army Community Service Financial Readiness Program offers Soldiers and their Family members, Reservists and Department of the Army civilians assistance to get a handle on their finances.
The Army and Air Force Exchange Service’s Kentucky Express at 3000 Reed Ave. is now open 24 hours.
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – For months on end the Lifeliner religious support team has traveled all throughout the Combined Joint Operations Area-Afghanistan to ensure that Soldiers feed their spirit through spiritual counseling and prayer.
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – As a member of the U.S. Army, the well-being of your seniors, peers and subordinates is just as important as that of your Family. Now imagine if your Family members were those people to your left and right.
More than 380,000 service members have been diagnosed with a TBI since 2000, according to reports from the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center. The majority of the incidents have occurred in noncombat events including training accidents, falls, motor vehicle collisions and sports-relate…
Increasingly, ensuring a medically ready force and a ready medical force requires thinking and acting globally, Defense Health Agency leaders report.
Good nutrition and a balanced diet are important for good health. Often when people hear “calcium deficiency” or “bone mineral density” or learn about a new, it makes them wonder if the food they are eating is enough.
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BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – A relatively new weapon to combat the enemy is being used in Afghanistan and Southwest Asia. It has been around a little more than a decade and fits into the counterinsurgency warfare necessity of identifying who the enemy is by person versus just identifying a…
Focused on Army readiness as its No. 1 priority, the 101st Airborne Division started 2018 with a multi-echelon, live and virtual training event, Warfighter Exercise 18-3, Feb. 5-14, followed by preparations for its next rendezvous with destiny.
Fellow Screaming Eagles,
In January, we often reflect on the past year’s accomplishments and contemplate the path forward both personally and as part of this great military community.
Chief Warrant Officer Ryan Connolly, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, died on April 6, 2018, in an AH-64E Apache Helicopter crash in the local training area on Fort Campbell.
Fort Campbell supports the Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division and multiple tenant units including the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, 5th Special Forces Group, 716th Military Police Battalion and 52nd Explosive Ordnance Group.
Soldiers of 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, spent 2018 training in preparation for deployment to Iraq while participating in a variety of events throughout the community.
For 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2018 was a year of intense training as Strike sought to maintain readiness, increase lethality and create physically and mentally tough Soldiers.
For 3rd Brigade Combat Team Rakkasans, 101st Airborne Division, 2018 was a year focused on preparation for a new and ever-changing battlefield.
Over the year of 2018, the Lifeliners of 101st Airborne Division Sustainment Brigade, 101st Abn. Div., provided tireless sustainment support to both stateside and overseas assets.
For the past 12 months, the Soldiers of Wings of Destiny have completed lifesaving missions, advancements in training, deployments and much more.
The year 2018 was busy for Guns of Glory Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division Artillery Brigade.
The 52nd Ordnance Group (Explosive Ordnance Disposal), 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and high-yield Explosives Command, had an eventful 2018.
In 2018, Blanchfield Army Community Hospital personnel remained focused on their top three priorities: Providing safe quality care to Soldiers, retirees and Families, readiness and the transition of the military health system to the Defense Health Agency.
Major General Andrew Poppas, 101st Airborne Division commander, and Command Sgt. Maj. Todd Sims, 101st Airborne Division senior enlisted leader, unfurled the division headquarters’ colors, December 19, during a ceremonial uncasing of the Division’s colors to represent its return to Fort Cam…
Service members, veterans, community members and Fort Campbell leadership gathered Saturday morning at 101st Airborne Division Headquarters to honor the fallen during a Wreaths Across America ceremony.
U.S. Army Capt. Connor McCarthy, commanding officer of the East Africa Response Force (EARF), assigned to Viper Company, 1-26 Infantry, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), displays a Christmas decoration before night vision training conducted at the Grand Bara Desert, Djibouti, Dec. 14, 2…
The Armed Services Blood Program set up shop at Fort Campbell’s Soldier Support Center Monday-Thursday to collect whole blood donations and screen Soldiers to identify those qualified to participate in walking blood banks.
We in the U.S. military are privileged to defend America, especially at this time of year, for we ensure our fellow Americans celebrate this season of hope in peace and safety.
The culture of trust is the bedrock of the U.S. Army profession. This culture of trust requires commitment by all. It includes the internal trust that Army professionals have for each other while upholding the Army ethic, and the external trust of the American people have in the Army’s commi…
The winter season can be a beautiful time of year. Beginning around Thanksgiving, the atmosphere of ushering in winter calls for warmth and intimacy.
Christmas Eve will be observed as a federal holiday. As such, only the following Fort Campbell Morale, Welfare and Recreation facilities will remain open Monday:
