To: An.American.Expatriate
OK...let me see if I understand this right.
101st is lightly armored force transported in LOTS of helicopters. Their purpose is to put "boots on the ground" wherever needed.
Infantry and armored divisions are there to knock holes in the evildoers (so those boots can get on the ground).
Have I got it about right?
913 posted on
04/02/2003 6:08:24 AM PST by
Timeout
(...an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm--GWB inaugural address)
To: Timeout
They are also heavily anti-armor with TOW's and helos. They are a tough nut to crack.
917 posted on
04/02/2003 6:11:34 AM PST by
AppyPappy
(Caesar si viveret, ad remum dareris.)
To: Timeout
Good summation of the the 101st vs ID & AD!!
To: Timeout
101st is lightly armored force transported in LOTS of helicopters. Their purpose is to put "boots on the ground" wherever needed. They can also put some holes in the opponent's armor. Some of the helo's are attack.
928 posted on
04/02/2003 6:16:14 AM PST by
Cboldt
To: Timeout
They're lightly armored but they are an attack force. In GWI they were 13 miles into Iraq a couple of days before the ground war began. They were used to get on the ground, kill bad guys, secure locations and then get back out.
Where the 82nd and 173rd still use fixed wings for deployment(need verification) the 101st uses choppers to come in low and fast typically supported by Apache's, Blackhawks and Cobra's.
In GWI, the 101st had many Iraqi's surrender to their choppers...before troops arrived.
1,015 posted on
04/02/2003 7:07:19 AM PST by
Solson
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