Topic: Bagram Air Field

Fort Campbell Soldier reunites with her Twin in Afghanistan after two year separation

March 29, 2013 |

Written by Spc. Brian Smith-Dutton
3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs

Paktiya Province, Afghanistan – Family is and has always been considered one of the most important subjects within the Army.

The Pagan twins are one example.

U.S. Army Spc. Janice Pagan, an automated logistical specialist assigned to Forward Support Company, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team “Rakkasans,” 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), was granted a 3-day pass to reunite with her twin sister at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan.

Army Spc. Janice Pagan (left), an automated logistical specialist assigned to Forward Support Company, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team “Rakkasans,” 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), with her twin sister Army Spc. Janet Pagan (right), a unit supply specialist assigned to 72nd Expeditionary Signal Battalion, pose for a photo at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, March 17, 2013. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Brian Smith-Dutton TF 3/101 Public Affairs)

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101st Airborne Division assumes command of Regional Command-East, Afghanistan

March 15, 2013 |

Headquarters, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)

Bagram, Afghanistan – The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), known famously as the “Screaming Eagles,” assumed responsibility of the combined joint task force in eastern Afghanistan March 14th in a ceremony on Bagram Air Field.

Combined Joint Task Force-101, will operate in Regional Command – East, an area roughly the size of Virginia, which includes 14 provinces and 7.5 million Afghans.

The 1st Infantry Division wrapped up its yearlong deployment and will be heading back to Fort Riley, Kansas.

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. James C. McConville and U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Alonzo J. Smith (forefront), the command team of 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and Combined Joint Task Force-101, salute the unit’s flag at a transfer of authority ceremony at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, March 14th, 2013. The 101st Airborne Division assumed responsibility of Regional Command-East from the 1st Infantry Division. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. David J. Overson, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

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101st Combat Aviation Brigade Chaplains strengthen roles, responsibilities at conference

January 10, 2013 |

Written by Sgt. Duncan Brennan
101st Combat Aviation Brigade

Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan – The 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Destiny, unit ministry teams came together for their bimonthly religious support team conference at the TF Destiny headquarters at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, January 3rd.

The unit ministry teams reconfirmed their roles and responsibilities according to the Army regulations that govern chaplains and shared some of their experiences of ministering to the soldiers in their units.

Soldiers conference huddle shoulder-to-shoulder in prayer at a breakfast concluding the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, religious support team conference at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Jan. 4th, 2013. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Duncan Brennan, 101st CAB public affairs)

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Christmas with the Wynns of 101st Airborne Division

December 26, 2012 |

Written by Sgt. Duncan Brennan
101st Combat Aviation Brigade

Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan – Sgt. 1st Class Audra Wynn, A Company, 426th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade 101st Airborne Division truck master, and Master Sgt. Lemuel Wynn, Headquarters Support Company, 96th Aviation Support Battalion operations non-commissioned officer in charge, have been married for 16 years and have been through many deployments together.

Being a dual-military couple, deployments can make having a family difficult.

Master Sgt. Lemuel Wynn, Headquarters Support Company, 96th Aviation Support Battalion operations non-commissioned officer in charge, walks with his wife, Sgt. 1st Class Audra Wynn, A Company, 426th Brigade Support Battalion truckmaster, from the helicopter terminal to begin spending Christmas together at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, on Christmas Eve. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Duncan Brennan, 101st CAB public affairs)

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Fort Campbell’s 101st Combat Aviation Brigade assumes mission in Afghanistan

September 21, 2012 |

Written by Capt. Christina Wright
101st Combat Aviation Brigade

Bagram, Afghanistan – The 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade transferred authority to the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade during a transfer of authority ceremony at Combined Joint Task Force- 1 headquarters, Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, on September 18th, 2012.

The 101st CAB, from Fort Campbell, KY, is now charged with providing full spectrum aviation support to Regional Command East. They will play a key role in providing combat, logistical and medical evacuation support to coalition forces.

The Task Destiny and Task Force Pegasus combined color guard along with the battalion colors of the units under TF Destiny represent their units and the U.S. during a transfer of authority ceremony held at CJTF-1 headquarters on Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, September 18th, 2012. (Photo by Sgt. Duncan Brennan)

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Fort Campbell’s 101st Sustainment Brigade is Surrounded by Excellence

February 20, 2012 |

Written by Sgt. 1st Class Peter Mayes
101st Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs

Fort Campbell, KY – From the moment he arrived at the 101st Airborne Division in 2007, the 101st Sustainment Brigade was the unit that Command Sgt. Maj. David Thompson said he wanted to lead.

“I was so happy to be at Fort Campbell, but looking across the post as a logistician, I was always looking for the sustainment brigade. That was the dream brigade job, and we all know as far as logicians go, the 101st Sustainment Brigade is the premiere sustainment brigade,” he said. “There were 12 of us interviewing for this job … I felt just blessed because it was a dream come true.”

Command Sgt. Maj. David Thompson, command sergeant major of the 101st Sustainment Brigade, stands proudly next to the Designated Unit Insignia he created for the brigade. (Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Peter Mayes)

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TF Iron Rakkasan Soldier reenlists after being wounded in action

September 19, 2010 |

Written by U.S. Army 1st Lt. R.J. Peek 3rd Battalion
187th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division

Ghazni Province, Afghanistan – The Soldiers of 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry, Iron Rakkasan, has some tough Soldiers.

U.S. Army Sgt. William Bickers from Cincinnati, a mortar man for Battlehard Company, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry, epitomized that strength September 16th.

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. John Campbell, Commander of the 101st Airborne Division, stands over the bedside of U.S. Army Sgt. William Bickers Sept. 16th at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan. Campbell presented Bickers with the Combat Infantryman’s Badge for his direct engagement with the enemy and a Purple Heart for being wounded in the line of duty while on a foot patrol in Andar District, Ghazni province. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. R.J. Peek)

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