The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) is conducting a major training event spanning various locations in Mississippi and Louisiana, including the Minden area. This past week, elements of the division conducted operations at Camp Minden.
“My guys are benefitting from the fantastic terrain that Camp Minden has to offer, said Capt. Sean Devine, commander of Bravo Company, 1-187, 3rd Mobile Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division. “It’s very dense vegetation. It mimics JRTC to an extent. So it’s been beneficial for them to get this rep.”
This exercise was designed to assess the division’s ability to conduct large-scale, long-range air assault operations in conjunction with training scenarios that will test their communication, logistical resupply and tactical abilities…