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249th (The West Riding Artillery) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
The 249th Engineer Battalion (United States) is a versatile power generation battalion assigned to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that provides commercial-level power to military units and federal relief organizations during full-spectrum operations. Additionally, the commander serves as the Commandant of the U.S. Army Prime Power School, the institution responsible for the development of Army and Navy power generation specialists. Motto The battalion's motto is "Build, Support, Sustain!". Units *Headquarters and Headquarters Company – Fort Belvoir, Virginia **Heavy Maintenance Section – Fort Belvoir, Virginia *A Company – Schofield Barracks, Hawaii *B Company – Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Fort Bragg, North Carolina *C Company – Fort Belvoir, Virginia *D Company – (USAR) – Providence, Rhode Island **1st Platoon – Cranston, Rhode Island **2nd Platoon – Cranston, Rhode Island **3rd Platoon – Cranston, Rhode Island **4th Platoon – Fort Belvoir, Virginia *U.S. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regular Army (United States)
The Regular Army of the United States succeeded the Continental Army as the country's permanent, professional land-based military force. In modern times the professional core of the United States Army continues to be called the Regular Army (often abbreviated as “RA”). From the time of the American Revolution until after the Spanish–American War, state militias and volunteer regiments organized by the states (but thereafter controlled by federal authorities and federal generals in time of war) supported the smaller Regular Army of the United States. These volunteer regiments came to be called United States Volunteers (USV) in contrast to the Regular United States Army (USA). During the American Civil War, about 97 percent of the Union Army was United States Volunteers. In contemporary use, the term Regular Army refers to the full-time active component of the United States Army, as distinguished from the Army Reserve and the Army National Guard. A fourth component, the Arm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
