Editing 101st Airborne Division (section)

===Somali Civil War (2009–present)===
In mid-April 2017, it was reported that 40 soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division were deployed to Somalia on 2 April 2017 to improve the capabilities of the [[Somali Army]] in combating Islamist militants. [[AFRICOM]] stated that the troops will focus on bolstering the Somali army's logistics capabilities; an AFRICOM spokesman said that "This mission is not associated with teaching counterextremism tactics" and that the Somali government requested the training.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stripes.com/news/middle-east/2.1198/101st-airborne-troops-deploy-to-somalia-for-training-mission-1.463504#.WPaKo_WcGUm |title=101st Airborne troops deploy to Somalia for training mission |date=14 April 2017 |website=Stars & Stripes |access-date=18 April 2017 |archive-date=19 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419072000/https://www.stripes.com/news/middle-east/2.1198/101st-airborne-troops-deploy-to-somalia-for-training-mission-1.463504#.WPaKo_WcGUm |url-status=dead}}</ref>