The 101st arrive in Europe on NATO’s Eastern Flank

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Important Takeaways:

  • The U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne is practicing for war with Russia just miles from Ukraine’s border
  • The U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division has been deployed to Europe for the first time in almost 80 years amid soaring tension between Russia and the American-led NATO military alliance. The light infantry unit, nicknamed the “Screaming Eagles,” is trained to deploy on any battlefield in the world within hours, ready to fight
  • In all, about 4,700 soldiers from the 101st Airborne’s home base in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, have been deployed to reinforce NATO’s eastern flank.
  • For more than seven months, Russian troops have tried to push along the Black Sea coast into the Kherson region, aiming to capture the key Ukrainian port cities of Mykolaiv and Odesa.
  • Their goal is to cut off all Ukrainian access to the sea, leaving the country and its military forces landlocked.
  • That threat, so close to NATO territory in Romania, is why one of America’s most elite air assault divisions has been sent in, with some heavy equipment.

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