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Fort Campbell, 101st Airborne gets new commander
The Associated Press
March 7
Maj. Gen. JP McGee speaks as the incoming commander of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) during the change of command ceremony, March 5, 2021, at the division parade field, Fort Campbell, Ky. (Spc. Andrea Notter/Army)
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — A new commander of the 101st Airborne Division is taking over at Fort Campbell.
Maj. Gen. Brian Winski is relinquishing command of the division and Fort Campbell to Maj. Gen. JP McGee.
A change of command ceremony took place Friday at the sprawling Army post on the Kentucky-Tennessee line.
Maj. Gen. Brian Winski, the outgoing commanding general of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), speaks during the division change of command March 5, 2021, at the division parade field, Fort Campbell, Ky. (Spc. Andrea Notter/Army)

Legionnaire: Avoid domestic use of military at all costs
Tom Moore, Adjutant, American Legion Post 86
Feb. 9, 2021
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January 6, 2021 saw one of the darkest moments of domestic history in America. Regardless of your politics, it was a day that, quoting President Roosevelt, “…will live in infamy”.
There have been calls over the last months of President Trump’s term that it may be necessary to remove him through use of the military, or more recently, that the military should have been called out to control the insurrectionists at the Capitol on January 6. I think I can speak for many of my fellow veterans and those on active duty, that this is the last thing that America needed or wanted.

Ball honors Winchester veterans
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WINCHESTER — Military veterans were honored Feb. 13 during Winchester’s first Veterans’ Ball.
Veterans, dressed in uniform or formal attire, and their guests enjoyed a night of remembrances, speeches, food and dancing.
The evening began with photos, the presentation of the flags, and a walk-in parade before Matt Barber, an Army veteran of the 101st Airborne Division, welcomed those attending.
Going table by table, guests offered toasts to those who have lost their lives in battle, to present military members, and to the wives, friends and family who write letters and send care packages to their deployed loved ones.

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Meet the New-Age Strength-Training Tool That Firefighters Swear By
Tanner Garrity, provided by
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A few months ago, the
Los Angeles Timesreported on a Southern California man who was collecting discarded dumbbells from dumps, garage sales and dark corners of the internet, then selling them for absurd profits. He detailed his process with a measure of pride: soak the weights in vinegar, scrub them with a steel brush, spray-paint them black. He sold one $50 pair of weights for $500.
It’s a predictable,
Mad Max-esque endgame in a world where demand for home fitness equipment has far outpaced the production capacity of a broken supply chain for almost a full year. The dumbbell shortage is real, it’s still going strong, and Americans — unable or unwilling to return to the gym — are paying more for someone’s 30-year-old 10-pound weights than the most respected fitness manufacturer in the country would normally charge them for a pair of

101st Airborne Division deploys Logistics Experts to aid COVID-19 effort
101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Public Affairs Staff
Fort Campbell, KY – On Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020 the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and Fort Campbell deployed about 10 Soldiers to aid in the ongoing COVID-19 Coronavirus relief effort in the northeast.
The Soldiers, logistics experts assigned to the 101st Airborne Division Sustainment Brigade, deployed from Fort Campbell to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. They follow several other groups of Fort Campbell Soldiers who have deployed in support of the COVID-19 Coronavirus response. Most recently, about 70 Soldiers from the 501st Area Support Medical Company deployed April 18th to Boston.

Contracting Professionals, Fort Campbell posturing for evolving COVID-19 requirements
 
Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, TX – Contracting professionals at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, are posturing to provide their mission partners immediate support as part of the whole-of-government effort in response to the COVID-19 Cornavirus pandemic.
Following the approval of additional forces to the Southern border by Defense Secretary Mark Esper at the end of March, leaders from the 922nd Contracting Battalion and 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) at Fort Campbell conducted a joint operational area circulation.
Lt. Col. Tony Rogers, second from right, joined members of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) earlier this month for a joint operational area circulation to accomplish mission analysis of current and future contract requirements for a southern border mission. Rogers is the commander of the 922nd Contracting Battalion at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. (Courtesy Photo)

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