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101st Airborne Division to Deploy to Afghanistan this Spring

Fort Campbell 101st Airborne Division Patch, wikimedia commons

The 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell are deploying this spring to Afghanistan. 

The Department of the Army notified the division on Wednesday.

The 101st headquarters will replace the 3rd Infantry Division headquarters as part of a regular rotation of forces to support Operation Freedom’s Sentinel.

In a release, Maj. Gen. Andrew Poppas said this will be the division headquarters’ fourth deployment to Afghanistan in the last decade. "We know the terrain, we know our partners and we know our mission," he said.

Matt Markgraf joined the WKMS team as a student in January 2007. He's served in a variety of roles over the years: as News Director March 2016-September 2019 and previously as the New Media & Promotions Coordinator beginning in 2011. Prior to that, he was a graduate and undergraduate assistant. He is currently the host of the international music show Imported on Sunday nights at 10 p.m.
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