I am highly offended by the "101st Fighting Keyboarders" moniker [View All]

[jmowreader]

that we have applied to the chickenhawk brigade.

From 1982 to 1984 I was a member of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), the Screaming Eagles. It is a proud division and a fine one.

I recall the history of the Battle of the Bulge. Anthony McAuliffe was commanding the Division. The German commander demanded McAuliffe surrender Bastogne to him. McAuliffe supposedly screamed "aw, nuts" (some reports claim that he really screamed "fuck you") then composed a written reply: "To the German commander: Nuts. The American commander." The written reply was recaptured and hangs in the Don Pratt Memorial Museum at Fort Campbell.

I recall the General Order establishing the Division. It's in the Pratt Museum as well. The General Order states "the 101st has no history, but it has a rendezvous with history." The words "Rendezvous with History" are on the Division crest and the Division song is named that...

"We've got a rendezvous with history
Our strength and courage strike the spark
that will always make men free
Jump right out into the sky of blue
Keep your eyes on the job to be done
We are the men of the one-oh-first
We'll fight till the battle's won."

The 101st has fought bravely in, among other places, World War II, Vietnam and Iraq--both times. Thousands of men died defending the honor of that fine unit.

Let's reflag the chickenhawks as the 7th Fighting Keyboardists. This is in honor of the 7th Cavalry, the unit whose most famous action was Custer's Last Stand.