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101st Commander - Adaptability Key to Success

Mar-17-2004 » Filed Under: Iraq News

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By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky., March 17, 2004 — One year ago today, the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) was at Camp New Jersey, the division's holding area in Kuwait, awaiting orders to move north and cross into Iraq at the onset of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Today, with all members of the division's "Screaming Eagles" back here at their home post, division commander Maj. Gen. David H. Petraeus credited his soldiers' adaptability to ever-changing situations for ensuring the division's success in Iraq.

"The one overriding lesson out of all of this is that our flexible, adaptable soldiers are the key to everything our division and our Army did in Iraq," Petraeus said.

Throughout their deployment, Petraeus said, his soldiers continually adjusted to the situations that confronted them. "The truth is, no one approach or tactic fits everywhere in Iraq," he said. "Every place is unique, and the situations are all different. And in fact, there is no one unique tactic or approach that even works day in and day out in the same location."


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