A soldier with 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), fires the new M17, or Modular Handgun System, at the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) indoor range. The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), the world’s only air assault division, is the first unit in the Army to field the service’s new handgun which replaces the M9 pistol, the standard Army sidearm since 1986.