Posted on Jan 13, 2021

Hero Capitol Police officer is a 101st Airborne veteran

LTC Eugene Chu

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"An Iraq War veteran turned Capitol Hill police officer is being hailed as a hero for his actions to delay and divert rioters as they assaulted the Capitol building earlier this month.

Eugene Goodman, who served in the Army for four years and deployed to Iraq with the 101st Airborne Division, was stationed below the Senate chamber on Jan. 6 when protestors supporting President Donald Trump moved on the Capitol."

Hero Capitol Police officer is a 101st Airborne veteran

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Capt Gregory Prickett

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Not bad for one of those choking chicken guys...

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CSM Chuck Stafford

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Bonus points for the correct terminology;-)

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Capt Gregory Prickett

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My first unit was the 36th Abn Bde. We weren't designated as a roundout brigade, but we were a divisional brigade, not a separate brigade, and there was only one airborne division at the time. We were also higher priority than a bunch of active duty units, for example we had TOW and Dragons while AD divisions were still using 106mm/90mm recoilless rifles.

The 101st had a similar setup with an airmobile brigade (39th) in Arkansas. But I don't know anything about the brawl between the 82d/36th and the 101st/39th that supposedly occurred at Fort Chaffee because someone was stupid enough to have all four units there at the same time... Also, the DZ at Chaffee is a joke, a hilltop covered with boulders.

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