Operation Lethal Eagle is a 21-day training exercise designed to build individual and collective lethality, test Army initiatives and enhance large-scale, long-range air assault capabilities across the division. During the exercise, the brigade also executed a combined arms live-fire exercise (CALFEX), synchronizing infantry, indirect fire and supporting assets to strengthen battlefield integration and readiness.
(U.S. Army video by Spc. Sandy Vera Vazquez)
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FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. – The words of Maj. Gen. William C. Lee, the first commanding general of the 101st Airborne Division, have attained a near-mythical status amongst the Screaming Eagles. Oft quoted is his assertion that “The 101st has no history, but it has a rendezvous with destiny.” Much is made of the second clause; the ”Rendezvous with Destiny” the Division has faced and continues to stare down. The first half, however,...