<Tr> <Th> Parent unit </Th> <Td> XVIII Airborne Corps </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Components </Th> <Td> 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team 101st Combat Aviation Brigade 101st Airborne Division Artillery 101st Sustainment Brigade Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion </Td> </Tr> <P> The 101st Airborne Division ("Screaming Eagles") is an elite modular specialized light infantry division of the US Army . Trained for air assault operations, it has been referred to as "the tip of the spear ." It is the most potent and tactically mobile of the U.S. Army's divisions . The 101st Airborne is able to plan, coordinate, and execute brigade - size air assault operations capable of seizing key terrain in support of operational objectives, and is capable of working in austere environments with limited or degraded infrastructure . These particular operations are conducted by highly mobile teams covering extensive distances and engaging enemy forces behind enemy lines . Its unique battlefield mobility and high level of training have kept it in the vanguard of US land combat forces in recent conflicts . More recently, the 101st Airborne has been performing foreign internal defense and counterterrorism operations within Iraq and Afghanistan . </P> <P> The 101st Airborne Division has a history that is nearly a century long . During World War II, it was renowned for its role in Operation Overlord (the D - Day landings and airborne landings on 6 June 1944, in Normandy, France), Operation Market Garden, the liberation of the Netherlands and its action during the Battle of the Bulge around the city of Bastogne, Belgium . During the Vietnam War, the 101st Airborne Division fought in several major campaigns and battles, including the Battle of Hamburger Hill in May 1969 . </P>

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