Episode 98 - “Transformation in Contact & the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)"

Major General Brett Sylvia, former commanding general of 101st Airborne Division, and Colonel (Retired) Rich Creed, Director of the Combined Arms Doctrine Directorate, join our host Lieutenant Colonel Jessamyn Jempson on this episode to discuss how the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) transformed in contact between 2024 and 2025. We discuss how the division implemented mobility brigades, fielded C2 fix, deactivated its calvary squadrons and how it operationalized new formations, equipment and technology during division and JRTC exercises. We focus on the command climate that encouraged innovation and risk taking to restructure the division under an accelerated timeline.

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Episode 98 - “Transformation in Contact & the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)" is an episode from Breaking Doctrine by TRADOC Mobile.

This episode is 69:44 long.

This episode was published on Dec 1, 2025.

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