Topic: 3rd Special Troops Battalion

Fort Campbell Rak Sale connects Rakkasan community

April 26, 2013 |

Written by Sgt. Alan Graziano
3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs

Fort Campbell, KY - Family Readiness Group leaders from all six battalions of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team “Rakkasans,” 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), joined together April 18th in the brigade conference room for what they call a “Rak (pronounced ‘rock’) Sale,” in an effort to raise funds for FRG events held throughout the year.

Family Readiness Group leaders and other family members of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team “Rakkasans,” 101st Airborne Division socialize with each other April 18th at a “Rak Sale” in the brigade conference room. (U.S. Army photo taken by Sgt. Alan Graziano, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division)

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Fort Campbell 3rd Brigade Combat Team Ministry Soldiers make dream a reality before Easter

April 1, 2013 |

Written by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Abram Pinnington
3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division PAO

Khowst Province, Afghanistan – Within the early days of their deployment, a team of chaplain’s assistants came together with a plan: a mutual agreement making something beautiful for all to enjoy, helping make days here in Afghanistan brighter.

Within their offices at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, the team of assistants from various battalions within the 3rd Brigade Combat Team “Rakkasans,” 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), decided to restore the chapel after it had been heavily damaged in an attack in the summer of 2012.

Stained glass windows that were hand-painted by a team of chaplain’s assistants are now on display at the chapel on Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan. A team of chaplain’s assistants teamed up together to finish the restoration of their chapel after it was badly damaged by an attack on the FOB in the summer of 2012. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Abram Pinnington, TF 3/101 Public Affairs)

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Fort Campbell 3rd Brigade Combat Team Soldiers in competition for top spot

February 21, 2013 |

Written by U.S. Army Spc. Brian Smith-Dutton
3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division PAO

Khowst Province, Afghanistan – The sun begins to rise on the mountains of Khowst province as Soldiers assigned to different units within 3rd Brigade Combat Team “Rakkasans,” 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), ready their gear and each other while being briefed on the intense upcoming events for the day.

Nineteen Soldiers competed in the brigade noncommissioned officer and Soldier of the quarter competition on Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, February 15th.

Spc. James Craig, an air defense battle management system operator assigned to Headquarters, Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade Combat Team “Rakkasans,” 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), uses a rope to pull himself over a large dirt wall in the obstacle course portion of the brigade noncommissioned officer and Soldier of the quarter competition on Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, Feb. 15, 2013. The competition included a five-mile march and five different combat related stations throughout the competition. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Brian Smith-Dutton, Task Force 3/101 Public Affairs)

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101st Airborne Division’s 3rd Brigade Combat Team Rakkasans and Afghan Uniformed Police deliver aid to Khowst village

December 29, 2012 |

Written by 1st Lt. John Zaehringer
3rd Special Troops Battalion Unit Public Affairs

Khowst Province, Afghanistan – Soldiers from Second Platoon, Company A, 3rd Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team “Rakkasans,” 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), move down the road to their vehicles after conducting a key leader engagement with Afghan Uniformed Police at a checkpoint near Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, December 10th, 2012.

Soldiers from Second Platoon, Company A, 3rd Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team “Rakkasans,” 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), move down the road to their vehicles after conducting a key leader engagement with Afghan Uniformed Police at a checkpoint near Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, Dec. 10, 2012. They were meeting with a company commander of the AUP before distributing humanitarian aid at a village within the Khowst district. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. John Zaehringer, 3rd STB Unit Public Affairs Representative)

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Christmas with 101st Airborne Division’s 3rd Brigade Combat Team “Rakkasans”

December 26, 2012 |

Written by U.S. Army Spc. Brian Smith-Dutton
3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division Public Affairs

Khowst Province, Afghanistan – During this holiday season, Soldiers with the 3rd Brigade Combat Team “Rakkasans,” 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), will be spending the holidays deployed while in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

The currently deployed Rakkasans are unable to spend the holidays with their families, but with the reality of deployment at hand they still have the support from both the American people and the military.

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Brian Boase, an intelligence cheif, Headquarters, Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade Combat Team “Rakkasans,” 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), visits Soldiers from Battery A, 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, after delivering care packages dressed Santa at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, Dec. 25th, 2012. Boase dressed as Santa and delivered more than 200 care packages to the Soldiers and civilians of FOB Salerno for Christmas. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Brian Smith-Dutton, Task Force 3/101 Public Affairs)

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101st Airborne Division “Rakkasan” Soldiers gather to strengthen resiliency, combat stress

December 18, 2012 |

3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs

Khowst Province, Afghanistan – Chaplains from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team “Rakkasans,” 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), gathered in a briefing room at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, for an extensive two-day training event aimed at increasing individual resiliency December 5th, 2012.

Members of religious support teams from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team “Rakkasans,” 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), pose for a photo after a two-day resiliency course at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, Dec. 7, 2012. Seven religious support teams, made up of chaplains and their assistants from across Paktya and Khowst provinces came together for the training, which was aimed at increasing individual resiliency. (U.S. Army courtesy photo)

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Fort Campbell Soldiers prepare for late rendezvous with Rakkasans in Afghanistan

December 7, 2012 |

Written by Sgt. Alan Graziano
3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs

Fort Campbell, KY – When preparing for deployments, most soldiers are afforded the opportunity to train over several months to learn mission-essential skills such as tactical movements, team live-fire exercises and counter-explosive device tactics.

Late-deploying soldiers, however, obtain the knowledge necessary for deployment through an Individual Readiness Training (IRT) course. This shortened, comprehensive training program ensures that they have a similar training experience as everyone else.

A range safety to the MK 19 grenade machine gun range shows a new Soldier the proper way to take aim with the mounted weapon system Nov.26 at Fort Campbell, Ky. The range gives Soldiers the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the weapon system for Individual Readiness Training in preparation for a deployment to Afghanistan. (U.S. Army photo taken by Sgt. Alan Graziano, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division)

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Service to Country, Ministry guides Soldier with 101st Airborne Divison’s 3rd Brigade Combat Team

November 24, 2012 |

Written by Sgt. 1st Class Abram Pinnington
3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs

Khowst Province, Afghanistan – Some people search their entire life for signs telling them what to do. For Erika Espeseth, it was a billboard for military chaplaincy that pointed her in the direction she had been searching for.

She finally knew what she wanted in life: a life of ministry and service.

In January 2010, she would agree to enlist as a chaplain’s assistant half-way through her senior year of high school, something she never thought possible.

Spc. Erika Espeseth, a Madison, WI, native, is a chaplain’s assistant with the 3rd Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team “Rakkasans,” 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), and serves her country by providing ministry support as a member of a religious support team at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan. Espeseth carries her patriotism pridefully while combining it with her passion for God. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Abram Pinnington, TF 3/101 PAO)

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Soldiers from 101st Airborne Division’s 3rd Brigade Combat Team “Rakkasans” vote while deployed

November 6, 2012 |

Written by Sgt. 1st Class Abram Pinnington
3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs

Khowst Province, Afghanistan – During deployments, soldiers often live without several opportunities they are afforded back home. For the Rakkasans, voting is not one of them.

Soldiers of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team “Rakkasans,” 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), were provided the opportunity to vote in our nation’s 57th quadrennial Presidential elections while deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

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Down to the wire: Fort Campbell’s 3rd Special Troops Battalion hones Air Assault Skills

August 29, 2012 |

Written by Sgt. Shanika L. Futrell
159th Combat Aviation Brigade Public Affairs

Fort Campbell, KY – Pop, Pop.

Soldiers hit the red clay dirt.

“Shots fired, shots fired – break!” screamed a Soldier on the radio. “Shots fired from the Madrasa (an Islamic learning center) – break. I have a team ready to check out the scene.”

“There is a guy … heading down the path; I have eyes on – break,” a voice responded over the radio. “He just threw a (rocket-propelled grenade) and rifle toward the wood line.”

A UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter aircrew fly 3rd Special Troop Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team Soldiers to Range 64 Alpha Aug. 8, for an air assault training exercise on Fort Campbell, Ky. The air assault exercise is part of 3rd STBs Soldiers preparation for deployment to Afghanistan. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Shanika L. Futrell, 159th Combat Aviation Brigade Public Affairs)

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