Screaming Eagles Welcome Paisley

Brad Paisley has made a little detour on his Bonfires & Amplifiers tour. Paisley’s entourage found themselves heading to Fort Campbell, Kentucky, for a recent concert that honored soldiers and family of the 101st Airborne Division. Paisley called this concert “the most important concert I will play all year” because most of these men and women will be sent to Iraq before the month is through.

The concert drew a whopping 35,000 people and also featured music from Kellie Pickler and Taylor Swift. Paisley expressed his respect for the men and women by stating “we wanted to bring a little party to you before your next deployment.” Needless to say, the 101st thoroughly enjoyed the special tour stop, and the tree country starts played all night long to a roaring crowd.

The 101st Airborne Division is also known as the “Screaming Eagles,” and is an elite airborne division of the United States Army. Their main mission is air assault operations, and they will play an integral part in the Iraq war. The air division has also been a crucial aspect of the past Vietnam War when they were formally marked as an “airmobile division.” Most of the graduates that Paisley played for are graduates of the U.S. Army Air Assault School and proud wear the “Air Assault Badge,” which designates their status. Back in the day of President Eisenhower, the 101st was a parachuting division, but today they only keep the “airborne” title as a sign of respect for their origins. It can be easily said that without this division, wars would be a much different sort of game.