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Lee Erwin reporting
lerwin@clarksvillenow.com

Fort Campbell, KY. – The 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment “White Currahees” were officially welcomed into the 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team (BCT) “Rakkasans” of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) in a ceremony Wednesday, May 14 at Fort Campbell.

It was an historic moment because Soldiers with the 3rd Brigade’s “Iron Rakkasans” fought together with the “White Currahees” in Vietnam in the battle of Dong Ap Bia also known as Hamburger Hill in 1969.

The 4th Brigade, 506th Infantry Regiment was inactivated in a ceremony on April 25th at Fort Campbell as part of the Army’s force reduction and reorganization strategy which will reduce its active component BCT’s from 45 to 33 by fiscal year 2017.

“Both our Soldiers, our families and our veterans from the White Currahee nation are extremely honored to come back to the 3rd BCT. It’s about two storied organizations, the Currahees and the Rakkassans coming together to make a legendary one,” said Lieutenant Colonel Scott Kirkpatrick, Commander of the 2nd Brigade.

Colonel J.B. Vowell, Commander of the 3rd BCT talked about the significance of the reuniting of the “Rakkasan” and “White Currahee” Soldiers as the Army changes the structure of the brigade combat teams.

“As a result we are gaining some combat powers, capabilities and organizations from within the 101st into our brigade combat team. The signal event for that is the 2nd Battalion 506th Infantry,” Vowell said.

The addition of the approximately 750 Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion 506th Infantry Regiment to the Bravo Battery, 3-320th Field Artillery Regiment makes the 3rd BCT the first fully transformed Brigade Combat Team in the 101st Division’s Agile Eagle II transformation process.

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