NASHVILLE, Tn. – General James McConville, Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, presented two Soldiers from Company C, 6th Battalion, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) the Silver Star for heroic actions in support of U.S. Army forces in Afghanistan, July 12, 2018, during a ceremony at the Army Aviation Association of America Summit 2019 in Nashville, April 16.
McConville, a former 101st Abn. Div. (Air Assault) commander, pinned the medals on Sgt. Armando Yanez and Sgt. Emmanuel Bynum following his keynote address at the summit, an annual gathering of the Army aviation community.
“I began this morning reflecting on our greatest generation and the heroes we have from World War II; I see the...
Maj. Gen. Brian Winski, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) commander, exchanges word with World War II Veteran Tom Rice during the Cabbage Patch Ceremony and Parade at Carentan, France June 5, 2019. The Cabbage Patch commemoration ceremony and parade honors the 101st Airborne paratroopers who fought the Germans in the cabbage patches surrounding Carentan.
