March 18, 2004. U.S. Army photo by Kelly Patrice Pate

 

Troops with the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell greet

President Bush as he arrives at Campbell Army Airfield

 

White House photo by Tina Hager

President George W. Bush and Laura Bush are welcomed by military personnel, including the 101st Airborne Division,

at Fort Campbell, Ky., March 18, 2004. "

Fort Campbell was the first Army post I visited in the weeks after our country was attacked,

" said the President during his remarks. Continuing his remarks, the president said,

"Since we last met, you deployed over 5,000 vehicles, 254 aircraft, and

18,000 soldiers in Kuwait, in the fastest deployment in the history of the 101st."

 

U.S. Army photo by Gary Burton

Maj. Gen. David Petraeus, commander of the 101st Airborne Division and Fort Campbell, Ky.,

introduces President George W. Bush at Fort Campbell, March 18, the eve of the first anniversary

of the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom.