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20th Division (United States)
There have been two 20th Divisions in the history of the United States Army. In early 1917, the 20th Division was established as a National Guard formation consisting of units of the Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming Army National Guards. On 1 April 1917, the division was activated for federal service as the 41st Division. In August 1918, fourteen months after the American entry into World War I, another 20th Division was organized. This was a regular army and national army division intended for service in World War I. Since the war ended during their training, the 20th Division did not go overseas. It was demobilized in February 1919 at Camp Sevier, South Carolina. Its composition included the 39th Infantry Brigade ( 48th and 89th Infantry Regiments) and the 40th Infantry Brigade ( 50th, 90th Infantry Regiments), plus the 58th Artillery Regiment. (McGrath, The Brigade, p. 167) See also * 20th Armored Division *Divisions of the United States Army Thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Infantry
Infantry is a military specialization which engages in ground combat on foot. Infantry generally consists of light infantry, mountain infantry, motorized infantry & mechanized infantry, airborne infantry, air assault infantry, and marine infantry. Although disused in modern times, heavy infantry also commonly made up the bulk of many historic armies. Infantry, cavalry, and artillery have traditionally made up the core of the combat arms professions of various armies, with the infantry almost always comprising the largest portion of these forces. Etymology and terminology In English, use of the term ''infantry'' began about the 1570s, describing soldiers who march and fight on foot. The word derives from Middle French ''infanterie'', from older Italian (also Spanish) ''infanteria'' (foot soldiers too inexperienced for cavalry), from Latin '' īnfāns'' (without speech, newborn, foolish), from which English also gets '' infant''. The individual-soldier term ''infantry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
40th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (United States)
The 40th Infantry Brigade Combat Team was an infantry brigade of the United States Army National Guard in the state of California. Order of battle *1st Battalion 184th Infantry Regiment *1st Battalion 160th Infantry Regiment *1st Squadron 18th Cavalry Regiment *1st Battalion 143rd Field Artillery Regiment * 40th Special Troops Battalion *40th Brigade Support Battalion Unit history The 40th Infantry Brigade was originally made up of the 50th and 90th Infantry Regiments and served as part of the 20th Infantry Division from October 1918 to February 1919. Based on the shoulder patch used by this unit, this unit must trace its lineage to that of the 40th Armored Brigade, who was authorized use of the same SSI on 2 February 1970. Constituted in July 1917 the brigade was organized and drafted into federal service in August 1917 at Camp Kearny and was demobilized in April 1919 at the same location. June 1926 found the unit being reconstituted in the California National Guard. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military Units And Formations Established In 1917
A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. It is typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with its members identifiable by their distinct military uniform. It may consist of one or more military branches such as an army, navy, air force, space force, marines, or coast guard. The main task of the military is usually defined as defence of the state and its interests against external armed threats. In broad usage, the terms ''armed forces'' and ''military'' are often treated as synonymous, although in technical usage a distinction is sometimes made in which a country's armed forces may include both its military and other paramilitary forces. There are various forms of irregular military forces, not belonging to a recognized state; though they share many attributes with regular military forces, they are less often referred to as simply ''military''. A nation's military may f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Army Divisions Of World War I
United may refer to: Places * United, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Arts and entertainment Films * ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film * ''United'' (2011 film), a BBC Two film Literature * ''United!'' (novel), a 1973 children's novel by Michael Hardcastle Music * United (band), Japanese thrash metal band formed in 1981 Albums * ''United'' (Commodores album), 1986 * ''United'' (Dream Evil album), 2006 * ''United'' (Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell album), 1967 * ''United'' (Marian Gold album), 1996 * ''United'' (Phoenix album), 2000 * ''United'' (Woody Shaw album), 1981 Songs * "United" (Judas Priest song), 1980 * "United" (Prince Ital Joe and Marky Mark song), 1994 * "United" (Robbie Williams song), 2000 * "United", a song by Danish duo Nik & Jay featuring Lisa Rowe Television * ''United'' (TV series), a 1990 BBC Two documentary series * ''United!'', a soap opera that aired on BBC One from 1965-19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Divisions Of The United States Army
This list of United States Army divisions is divided into three eras: 1911–1917, 1917–1941, and 1941–present. These eras represent the major evolutions of army division structure (there have been several minor changes during these times). The 1911–1917 era lists divisions raised during the Army's first attempts at modernizing the division, prior to the authorization of permanent divisions, and the 1917–1941 era lists the first permanent divisions, prior to advent of specialized (armored, airborne, etc.) divisions. The 1941–present era lists all of the divisions organized, raised, or authorized since then. As much as possible, divisions are only listed in the eras in which they were first created. Some divisions, such as the 1st Cavalry Division, are listed in multiple eras, as their organizations were drastically changed from one era to the next. Many divisions overlap the years listed in the era categories, mainly due to the slow pace in which they were deactivated, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20th Armored Division (United States)
The 20th Armored Division was an armored division of the United States Army that fought in World War II. It was activated on 15 March 1943 at Camp Campbell in Kentucky. The division had no official name although it did associate itself with the nickname "Armoraiders" while in training at Camp Campbell. After certification as a liberating division by the US Army Center of Military History on 28 October 1988, and the awarding of a Liberation Certificate by the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, veterans of the division adopted the name ''Liberators." Composition The division comprised the following units: * Headquarters Company * Combat Command A * Combat Command B * Reserve Command * 9th Tank Battalion * 20th Tank Battalion * 27th Tank Battalion * 8th Armored Infantry Battalion * 65th Armored Infantry Battalion * 70th Armored Infantry Battalion * 33rd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized) * 220th Armored Engineer Battalion * 160th Armored Signal Company * 20th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
90th Infantry Regiment (United States)
The 90th Infantry Regiment was a Regular Army infantry regiment of the United States Army, which existed during World War I and World War II. The regiment was organized in 1918 during World War I with the 20th Division, but the war ended before it could be deployed overseas; it was demobilized in spring 1919. During World War II, the 90th Infantry was again activated with the 10th Light Division (the future 10th Mountain) in mid-1943, but was transferred to become a nondivisional separate training unit in early 1944, inactivating in mid-1945. World War I The 90th Infantry was constituted on 31 August 1918. It was organized during August and September at Camp Sevier, South Carolina, based on a cadre from the 50th Infantry Regiment, assigned to the 40th Infantry Brigade of the 20th Division. The regiment was initially commanded by Medal of Honor recipient Colonel Louis J. Van Schaick, who was replaced by Colonel Henry L. Wagner in early September after the former transferr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
50th Infantry Regiment (United States)
The 50th Infantry Regiment is a United States Army infantry regiment. Lineage *Constituted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as the 50th Infantry. *Organized 1 June 1917 at Syracuse, New York. *Assigned 31 July 1918 to the 20th Division. *Relieved 28 February 1919 from assignment to the 20th Division. *Inactivated 31 December 1921 in Germany. *Demobilized 31 July 1922. *Reconstituted 8 January 1942 in the Regular Army as the 50th Armored Infantry and assigned to the 6th Armored Division. *Activated 15 February 1942 at Fort Knox, Kentucky. *Regiment broken up 20 September 1943 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as elements of the 6th Armored Division as follows: **50th Armored Infantry (less 1st and 2d Battalions) as the 50th Armored Infantry Battalion **1st Battalion as the 44th Armored Infantry Battalion **2d Battalion as the 9th Armored Infantry Battalion *After 20 September 1943 the above units underwent changes as follows: **50th and 9th Armored Infantry Battalions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
89th Infantry Regiment (United States)
The 89th Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the United States Army that was partially active during World War II. History The 89th Infantry Regiment was activated piecemeal beginning in 1941, both stateside and overseas. Only Company A and the 3rd Battalion were ever active. Company A and Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC) 3rd Battalion were activated on 2 January 1941 at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Companies I and L were activated on 1 June 1941 and 20 June 1941, respectively, in Bermuda. Company M was activated on 1 September 1941 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. The elements of the regiment guarded various U.S. installations in Bermuda and the Caribbean before being inactivated beginning in 1943. The HHC, 3rd Battalion and Companies I, K, and M were inactivated on 21 October 1943 at Fort Benning, Georgia. On 15 November 1943, the regimental fund was transferred to the 131st Infantry Regiment at Fort Benning. Company A was inactivated on 19 November 1943 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division (military)
A division is a large military unit or Formation (military), formation, usually consisting of between 6,000 and 25,000 soldiers. In most armies, a division is composed of several regiments or brigades; in turn, several divisions typically make up a corps. Historically, the division has been the default combined arms unit capable of independent Military tactics, operations. Smaller combined arms units, such as the American regimental combat team (RCT) during World War II, were used when conditions favored them. In recent times, modern Western militaries have begun adopting the smaller brigade combat team (similar to the RCT) as the default combined arms unit, with the division they belong to being less important. While the focus of this article is on army divisions, in naval usage "division (naval), division" has a completely different meaning, referring to either an administrative/functional sub-unit of a department (e.g., fire control division of the weapons department) aboar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
48th Infantry Regiment (United States)
The 48th Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment in the United States Army first formed in 1917. History The 1st and 2nd Battalions, 48th Infantry, were mechanized infantry units assigned to the 3rd Armored Division (United States) (3AD) in West Germany during the Cold War. The battalions had overlapping assignments in the 3AD within the time frame 1957 to 1983 (joining the 2d of the 48th, the 1st of the 48th relocated to the 3AD at Gelnhausen in 1963 as part of the ROAD reorganization, from a prior assignment to 7th Army at Worms, Germany. In the 1963 ROAD reorganization 3d Armored Division Combat Command B at Gelnhausen was redesignated as the Second Brigade). 2lt Colin Powell served in 2nd Bn 48th at Gelnhausen c. 1959. James S. Voss served as a platoon leader, intelligence officer, and C company commander from 1975 to 1978. Following the 1963 ROAD reorganization, and along with the 1st Battalion, 33rd Armor Regiment (United States) which had been at Gelnhausen since th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
The 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (39th IBCT), also officially known as The Arkansas Brigade, is an infantry brigade combat team of the Army National Guard composed of personnel from the U.S. states of Arkansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. The unit is the largest Army National Guard command in Arkansas and is headquartered at the Camp Robinson Maneuver Training Center. It was ordered into federal service in 2003 in support of Operation ''Iraqi Freedom II''. The 39th was attached to the 1st Cavalry Division and served in and around Baghdad for a year, returning to the United States in March 2005. In late August 2005, after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast of the United States, elements of the 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team were among the first military units to provide recovery and relief efforts to citizens of New Orleans, Louisiana. The brigade combat team led the effort to evacuate an estimated 16,000 people from the New Orleans Convention Center. The 39th Infantry Brig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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