Fun fact, the 101st hasn't actually been an airborne unit since the early 1970's. They lost their airborne status and transferred over to an air assault division (main difference being infil method changed from jumping out of planes to fast-roping out of helicopters). The 82nd Airborne is the only non-SOF airborne division left. ....Basically the 101st is full of dirty dirty stink nasty legs (just like nowaypablo... for now)
Tru. But they got the patch thooo. On that note, one of our FTX's had a group of NCOs with straight-up tower of power, scrolls and tabs going all up their shit. They were responsible for sneaking into our camps (while we were supposed to be pulling security) and 'killing' each member of a total of 3 platoons, one patrol base at a time, with a red sharpie, from behind. One SF guy literally bumped his nose up against an m240b and the god damn new cadet on the other end of it didnt notice.
There is a certain charm to the kickin chicken. Maybe it's the history, maybe it just looks cool. Either way I've always liked that patch. Hah, classic. I bet that's the most fun those guys have had in a while.. Nothing like a little snoopin and poopin. To be fair to the cadet, 240's do make excellent pillows. Sleep deprivation is brutal. We had a guy fall asleep on an ambush line.. Cadre took the barrel off his saw and let him sleep. After the 240 wakeup poor guy assaulted through half the objective before realizing he was missing half his weapon. Great to hear you're enjoying West Point. Sounds like a blast man.