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| Note: Five armor battalions have been assigned to the 25th Division during the period 1949 through 1972. For an explanation of how Armor units are currently organized see our Regimental System page. | |||
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 | 79th Tank Battalion "Duces Semper" ("Leaders Always") | 20 March 1949 | Constituted 13 January 1941 in the Regular Army as the 75th Tank Battalion (Medium). Redesignated as the 755th Tank Battalion (Medium) on 8 May 1941 and activated on 1 June 1941 at Camp Bowie, Texas. Assigned to the 1st Tank Group, the 755th Tank Battalion entered combat on 15 December 1943 during the Naples-Foggia Campaign in support of the 45th Infantry Division near Venafro Italy. On 9 January 1944 the 755th was reassigned to the Fifth Army and attached to the French Expeditionary Corps. The battalion supported French infantry units in the breaking of the German Winter Line near Cassino. For its support of French forces during the Rome-Arno Campaign the 755th received two awards of the French Croix de Guerre. The 755th went on to participate in the North Apennines and Po Valley campaigns. The 755th was inactivated near Florence, Italy on 8 September 1945. It was redesignated the 79th Heavy Tank Battalion and assigned to the 25th Infantry Division on 20 March 1949. Only Company A was activated at Otsu, Japan and because of the fragile Japanese road and bridge network it was equipped with the M24 light tank. Company A entered combat in Korea facing superior North Korean T34 tanks. Company A saw its first combat in support of the 27th Infantry's repulse of a major North Korean attack near Hamchang on 25 July 1950. Company A received a Presidential Unit Citation for gallantry in this action at Sangnyong-Ni. Re-equipped with M4 medium tanks, Company A received a second Presidential Unit Citation at Kumyangjang-Ni while supporting the Turkish Brigade on 25-27 January 1951. In addition, Company A received a Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for its actions at Masan-Chinju in August 1950. Company A, 79th Tank battalion participated in six Korean campaigns with the 25th Division. On 5 August 1951 the battalion's WW II designation was restored when it was redesignated the 755th Tank Battalion. Two months later it was inactivated on 14 November 1951. |
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 | 89th Tank Battalion "Thrust" | 14 November 1951 | Constituted on 15 July 1940 as the 3rd Battalion, 69th Armored Regiment. Assigned to the 1st Armored Division and activated at Fort Knox, Kentucky on 31 July 1940. Inactivated 10 January 1942. Reassigned to the 6th Armored Division and reactivated on 15 February 1942 at Fort Knox. On 20 September 1943 the 69th Armored Regiment was broken up with the 3rd Battalion being redesignated as the 708th Tank Battalion. On 27 October 1943 it was reorganized and redesignated as the 708th Amphibian Tank Battalion and assigned to the 4th Armored Group, U.S. Army Forces Pacific. The battalion was reorganized in Hawaii as an amphibian tractor battalion. From 1-22 February 1944 the 708th supported operations of the 7th Infantry Division and the 27th Infantry Division in the seizure of the Marshal Islands. Reorganized as an amphibian tank battalion in June 1944, the 708th participated in the invasion of Saipan and Tinian islands in support of the 4th Marine Division. For its gallantry the battalion was awarded the Navy Presidential Unit Citation. From 26 March to 30 June 1945 the battalion supported the 77th Infantry Division and the 6th Marine Division in the invasion of Okinawa receiving a second Navy Presidential Unit Citation. The 708th was inactivated in the Philippines on 25 January 1946. The battalion was redesignated as the 89th Medium Tank Battalion assigned to the Eighth Army and activated in Korea 7 August 1950. The battalion was equipped with refurbished WW II M4 Sherman tanks Attached to the 25th Division and only fifteen days after activation, the 89th saw it's first combat defending the Pusan Perimeter near Masan in support of the 27th Infantry. The Sherman's 76mm gun with its ability to knockout attacking T34 tanks was a significant contributor in turning back the major North Korean attack designed to break through to Pusan. Company A received a Presidential Unit Citation for its support of the 35th Infantry's heroic stand at the Nam River on 1-4 September 1950. After the Inchon landings the 89th led one of the 25th Division's breakout thrusts in late September from the Pusan perimeter to the Korean west coast. Company D received a Presidential Unit Citation at Kumyangjang-Ni while supporting the Turkish Brigade on 25-27 January 1951. The 89th Tank Battalion also received a Navy Presidential Unit Citation for gallantry at Wonju-Hwachon over several periods in 1951 and a Navy Unit Commendation for operations in the Panmunjom area in 1952-53. After being attached to the Tropic Lightning since August 1950, the 89th Tank Battalion was officially assigned to the 25th Division on 14 November 1951. In addition to its awards the 89th received campaign participation credit for all ten of the Korean campaigns. The 89th Tank Battalion was inactivated on 1 February 1957 at Schofield Barracks and was concurrently consolidated with the 69th Armor Regiment. |
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 | 69th Armor Regiment (Black Panther) "Vitesse Et Puissance" ("Speed and Power") | 1 February 1957 | Constituted on 15 July 1940 as the 69th Armored Regiment. Activated with the 1st Armored Division at Fort Knox on 31 July 1940 and inactivated 10 January 42. Reassigned to the 6th Armored Division and reactivated on 15 February 1942 at Fort Knox. On 20 September 1943 the 69th Armored Regiment less the 3rd Battalion (see 89th Tank Battalion above) was reorganized and redesignated as the 69th Tank Battalion. The 69th Tank Battalion entered combat with the 6th Armored Division in Normandy on 27 July 1944. The 6th Armored then fought across northern France with Patton's Third Army. In the relief of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge, the 69th participated in bitter fighting, with Company C receiving a Presidential Unit Citation. The 69th Tank Battalion entered Germany on 20 March 1945 and with the rest of the 6th Armored continued attacking east. The battalion ended the war near Leipzig having participated in a total of five European campaigns. On 11 July 1945 the 69th was relieved from assignment to the 6th Armored and reorganized as an amphibian tractor battalion in Germany then inactivated on 8 March 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. In 1950 it was redesignated the 69th Medium Tank Battalion and served with the 6th Armored from 1950-56 at Fort Leonard Wood as a basic training battalion. On 1 February 1957 the 69th and 89th Tank Battalions and the disbanded elements of the 69th Armored Regiment were reconstituted as the 69th Armor, a parent unit under the Regimental System. On 15 February 1957 Company C, 69th Armor was reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 3rd Medium Tank Battalion, 69th Armor assigned to the 25th Division and activated using personnel and equipment of the 89th Tank Battalion. Also on 15 February 1957 Company A, 69th Armor was redesignated as HHC, 1st Medium Tank Battalion, 69th Armor and assigned to the 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley. On 1 July 1963 the 3rd Battalion was inactivated and replaced on that date at Schofield Barracks by the 1st Battalion, 69th Armor. On 13 March 1966 the 1st Battalion arrived in Vietnam. The battalion was initially based at Cu Chi less Company B supporting the 25th Division's 3rd Brigade in the Central Highlands. In May 1966 the 1st Battalion was transferred to the Central Highlands arriving at Pleiku on 22 May 1966 and commencing operations in support of the 3rd Brigade with Company A being detached to support Army units operating on the Bong Son plain. On 1 August 1967 the 1/69th Armor was reassigned to the 4th Infantry Division. The 1/69th supported operations of the 4th Division, which included the only tank-to-tank battle of the Vietnam War on 3 March 69 at Ben Het when Company B destroyed two North Vietnamese light tanks. The 1/69th Armor participated in ten Vietnam campaigns, with Company B receiving a Presidential Unit Citation and Companies A and C receiving Valorous Unit Awards. The 1/69th Armor was inactivated at Fort Lewis on 10 April 1970. It was reassigned to the 25th Division and reactivated at Schofield Barracks on 15 December 1970. The battalion was inactivated on 5 June 1972 and relieved from assignment to the 25th Division. The 1st Battalion was again reactivated on 16 October 1987 and assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division in Germany then inactivated on 15 November 1991. The 3rd Battalion was reactivated on 15 August 1983 and assigned to the 3rd Division in Germany. Inactivated on 16 April 1986 it was reassigned to the 24th Infantry Division and activated at Fort Stewart, Georgia on 16 October 1987. The 3rd Battalion participated in Operation Desert Storm in 1990-91. The 1st Brigade, including the 3rd Battalion 69th Armor, led the invasion of Iraq in March 2003 and the drive to capture Baghdad. The 3rd Battalion returned to Iraq with the 1st Brigade Combat Team for a second tour in Iraq from January 2005 to January 2006. On 1 October 2005 the 69th Armor was redesignated as the 69th Armored Regiment, its original designation when first constituted in 1940. From February 2007 to April 2008 the 1st Brigade Combat Team including the 3rd Battalion, 69th Armored Regiment served its third tour in Iraq. Read more about them |
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 | 34th Armor Regiment (Centurions) "The Strong Arm for Victory" | 1 August 1967 | Constituted 28 August 1941 as the 34th Armored Regiment assigned to the 5th Armored Division and activated on 1 October 1941 at Fort Knox and selected as its regimental motto "The Strong Arm for Victory". The regiment was broken up on 20 September 43 with the 2nd Battalion redesignated as the 34th Tank Battalion, the 3rd Battalion as the 10th Tank Battalion with both remaining assigned to the 5th Armored Division. The 1st Battalion was redesignated as the 772nd Tank Battalion and relieved from assignment to the 5th Armored Division. From 20 September 43 to 26 January 1945 the 772nd trained deploying infantry divisions in tank-infantry operations. The 772nd arrived in France on 8 February 1945 and was attached to the 44th Infantry Division on 24 March 1945. On 27 March 1945 the 44th Division crossed the Rhine into Germany. The next day the 772nd saw its first combat in supporting the 44th in a pitched battle for the city of Mannheim that lasted five days. The 772nd Tank accompanied the 44th as it then drove into southern Germany seizing Ulm and entering the Inn valley of Austria as hostilities ended. For WW II the battalion was credited with participation in the Rhineland and Central Europe campaigns. The 772nd returned to the United States and was inactivated at Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 14 November 1945 (The 34th and 10th Tank Battalions, 5th Armored Division participated in five European campaigns with the 10th Tank receiving a Presidential Unit Citation during the seizure of the Roer River dams.) On 16 January 1947 the 772nd was redesignated the 306th Tank Battalion allotted to the Organized Reserves and assigned to the Sixth Army. Activated in Seattle, Washington on 5 February 47 the 306th was inactivated 15 September 1950 and disbanded in 1952. On 27 March 1957 the 306th, 34th and 10th Tank Battalions and other disbanded elements of the 34th Armored Regiment were reconstituted, consolidated and designated as the 34th Armor, a parent regiment under the Regimental System. Former Company B, 34th Armored Regiment/772nd Tank Battalion/ 306th Tank Battalion was reconstituted as Company B, 34th Armor and activated at Fort Ord, California on 1 June 1957. It was inactivated on 25 April 1961. On 21 August 1963, Company B, 34th Armor was redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 34th Armor. The 2nd Battalion, 34th Armor was assigned to the 4th Infantry Division and activated on 1 October 1963 at Fort Irwin, California. Arriving in Vietnam on 15 September 1966 with the 4th Infantry Division, the battalion was attached to the II Field Force and operated in the III Corps Tactical Zone. Known as the "Dread Naughts" the 2/34th Armor was attached to the 25th Division at Cu Chi minus its Company B, initially attached to the 1st Infantry Division until April 1970, and Company C attached for the duration of the war to the I Corp Tactical Zone. On 1 August 1967 the battalion was reassigned from the 4th Division to the 25th Division. The 2/34th Armor participated in eleven Vietnam campaigns, receiving a Presidential Unit Citation for gallantry at the battle of Soui Tre and a Valorous Unit Award during the Cambodian incursion. On 15 December 1970 the 2/34th departed Vietnam and was reassigned to the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson. In 1979 the 34th Armor selected "Centurions" as the official nickname of the regiment. The 2nd Battalion was inactivated on 16 June 1987. On 16 August 1987 the 2nd Battalion was reactivated and assigned to the 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley. The 2nd Battalion, 34th Armor participated in Desert Storm, leading the initial VII Corps attack destroying two battalions of Iraqi armor and receiving two Valorous Unit Awards. The 2nd Battalion, 34th Armor participated in the invasion of Iraq with the 1st Brigade,1st Infantry Division from March 2003 to December 2003. From January 2005 to January 2006, the 2nd Battalion, 34th Armor was attached to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division and served a twelve month tour of duty in Iraq. On 1 October 2005 the 34th Armor was redesignated as the 34th Armored Regiment, its original designation when first constituted in 1941. The 2nd Battalion remains assigned to the 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley Kansas. Read more about them |
| CAVALRY | |||
| Note: Nine cavalry units have been assigned to the 25th Infantry Division since its activation on 1 October 1941. For further information on how cavalry regiments are currently organized see our Regimental System page. | |||
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| None authorized | 25th Reconnaissance Company | 28 October 1942 | Constituted on 28 October 1942 as the 25th Reconnaissance Troop and assigned to the 25th Infantry Division. Activated on 3 November 1942 at Schofield Barracks. Upon arrival on Guadalcanal the troop supported the 35th Infantry Regimental Combat Team's assault on Mount Austin culminating in the elimination of the Japanese forces on Mount Austin and the destruction of the Japanese strong point known as the Gifu. For its gallantry in seizing Mount Austin the 35th Regimental Combat Team including the 25th Reconnaissance Troop received a Presidential Unit Citation. The 25th Reconnaissance Troop also participated in the Northern Solomons campaign receiving credit for an amphibious assault landing on Vella Lavella island. On 1 January 1944 the troop was redesignated as the 25th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized. The troop participated with the 25th Division in the liberation of Luzon from January-August 1945 receiving a Philippine Presidential Unit Citation. While serving on occupation duty in Japan the troop was redesignated the 25th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop on 10 October 1945 and was used largely as military police. On 20 March 1949 it was reorganized and redesignated as the 25th Reconnaissance Company. In response to the North Korean invasion of South Korea the 25th Division landed in Korea in July 1950. The 25th Recon was initially used to screen and turn back enemy probes between the 27th and 24th Regiments west of Hamchang in late July. The 25th Recon was then used to search out and eliminate enemy forces that had infiltrated behind the 25th Division near Masan. The 25th Recon spearheaded the 24th Infantry as it led one of the two 25th Division mounted breakout columns from the Pusan perimeter on 24 September 1950. Both columns linked up at the western port city of Kunsan on 30 September. Throughout the remainder of the Korean War the 25th Recon was in the thick of the fighting. It was awarded two Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citations and received campaign participation credit for all ten Korean campaigns. On 15 February 1957 the 25th Reconnaissance Company was consolidated with Troop C, 4th Cavalry and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Reconnaissance Squadron, 4th Cavalry. The 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry carries the battle honors awarded to the 25th Reconnaissance Troop/Company in WW II and Korea. |
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 | 4th Cavalry Regiment "Paratus et Fideles" ("Prepared and Loyal") | 15 February 1957 | Constituted on 3 March 1855 as the 1st Cavalry Regiment. Organized 26 March 1855 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. From 1855-1861 the regiment campaigned against the Cheyenne and other Indian tribes in the Kansas Territory. On 3 August 61 the regiment was redesignated the 4th U.S. Cavalry. From 1862-1865 the 4th Cavalry saw extensive action in the Civil War receiving participation credit for twenty campaigns. In 1873 the 4th Cavalry was sent to Texas where it defeated several major Indian tribes under the leadership of Colonel Ranald Mackenzie. By 1884 the regiment was in Arizona where it fought the Apaches and participated in the capture of Geronimo in 1886. From 1898 to 1907 the 4th Cavalry participated in nine campaigns of the Philippine Insurrection. Prior to and during WW I the 4th Cavalry served at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii from 1913-1919. In 1940 the 4th was reorganized as corps reconnaissance regiment with one squadron horse mounted and the other mechanized. In 1942 the regiment was completely mechanized. Upon arrival in England in late 1943 the regiment was reorganized and redesignated as the 4th Cavalry Group consisting of the 4th and 24th Cavalry Squadrons and assigned to the VII Corps. On D-Day two troops of the 4th Cavalry Group were the first sea-borne American forces to land on French soil when they seized the St. Marcouf Islands off Utah Beach at 0430 hours 6 June 44. During the liberation of the Cherbourg peninsula the 4th Cavalry fought dismounted at Cape de la Hague with both squadrons receiving a French Croix de Guerre with Silver Star. In the battle for the Hurtgen Forest the 4th Squadron received a Presidential Unit Citation for gallantry in fierce fighting for the town of Bogheim which included a dismounted charge across two hundred yards of fire-swept open ground. The 4th Cavalry Group then participated with the VII Corps in the Battle of the Bulge contributing to the successful blunting of the German attack. Resuming the advance back into Germany, the 4th Cavalry Group defeated a large German force defending the Harz Mountains as WWII came to a close. Ordered to Austria to be part of the occupation force, the 4th Cavalry Group was reorganized and redesignated on 1 May 1946 as the 4th Constabulary Regiment consisting of the 4th and 24th Constabulary Squadrons with headquarters near Linz and units stationed throughout the American zone. In 1949 the regimental headquarters was inactivated. On 16 December 1952 the 24th Constabulary Squadron was inactivated in West Germany. The 4th Constabulary Squadron, which had been redesignated as the 4th Armored Cavalry Reconnaissance Battalion on 1 December 1951, was inactivated in Austria on 1 July 1955. To preserve the 4th Cavalry on the active roles, the battalion headquarters and headquarters company was redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Armor Group and activated the same date at Frankfurt, West Germany. The 4th Armor Group was inactivated on 1 April 1963. On 15 February 57 the 4th Cavalry became a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System. Four squadrons and a battle group were initially activated. Troop C, 4th Cavalry was consolidated with the 25th Reconnaissance Company and activated at Schofield Barracks as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Reconnaissance Squadron, 4th Cavalry. Troops A, B and C, 3rd Squadron were also activated on 15 February 57. Troop D (Air) was added to the squadron on 26 July 1963. The 3rd Squadron completed deployment to Vietnam on 24 March 1966. It was based at Cu Chi, northwest of Saigon minus the squadron's Troop C. It operated with the 3rd Brigade, 25th Division in the Central Highlands and in Quang Tri Province receiving a Valorous Unit Award. Troop C rejoined the squadron at Cu Chi in 1967. The 3rd Squadron known as "Mackenzie's Raiders" participated in twelve Vietnam campaigns from 24 March 66 to 8 December 70 receiving a Presidential Unit Citation (PUC) for its magnificent defense of Tan Son Nhut air base during Tet 1968 and two subsequent Valorous Unit Awards. Troop D received a PUC for gallantry in Tay Ninh Province. The 1st Platoon, Troop A received a PUC while attached to the 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry at Ben Cui. Troop F, 4th Cavalry was activated on 10 February 71 in Vietnam and assigned to the 25th Division as a separate air cavalry troop. Initially it supported the 2nd Brigade then served with the 11th and 12th Aviation Groups in support of South Vietnamese forces. It was one of the last U.S. Army units to leave Vietnam on 26 February 73. On 8 December 1970 the 3rd Squadron returned to Schofield Barracks at color-guard strength. It remained assigned to the 25th at zero strength until April 1972 when it was reorganized and brought up to strength as the division's reconnaissance squadron consisting of a headquarters and headquarters troop, an armored cavalry troop and two air cavalry troops. The 3rd Squadron was inactivated on 16 March 87 at Schofield Barracks. It was reassigned to the 3rd Infantry Division and activated in Germany on 16 June 1989. The 3rd Squadron's maneuver elements consisted of three ground and two air troops. The squadron then served a peacekeeping tour in Bosnia. On 16 February 1996 the 3rd Squadron was reassigned back to the 25th Infantry Division as the division reconnaissance squadron and stationed at Wheeler Army Air Field, Hawaii. The squadron's maneuver elements consisted of two air cavalry troops and one motorized ground troop mounted on heavily armed Humvees. Troop F was reactivated on 16 January 1999 and assigned as the ground reconnaissance troop of the 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division in Germany. It served a tour of duty in Iraq with the 3rd Brigade from February 2004-March 2005. Troop F was awarded a Presidential Unit Citation for extraordinary heroism in action during the battle for Fallujah from 8 November to 20 November 2004. The 3rd Squadron served a one year tour of duty in Afghanistan from April 2004-2005. The squadron was based at Kandahar Airfield. Operating as Task Force Saber under the operational control of the 25th Division's Task Force Bronco (3rd Brigade Combat Team), the squadron conducted security and stability operations in Kandahar Province and in the city of Herat. For its accomplishments in Afghanistan, the 3rd Squadron was awarded a Meritorious Unit Commendation. As part the modular conversion of the 25th Infantry Division the 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry was reorganized as a brigade combat team reconnaissance squadron and assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division on 16 November 2005. The squadron is organized with a headquarters and headquarters troop, two motorized reconnaissance troops mounted on Humvees and a dismounted reconnaissance troop. In July, 2006 the 3rd Squadron began a tour of duty in Iraq with the 3rd Brigade Combat Team. For the majority of its Iraq tour of duty the 3rd Squadron served under the operational control of the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division and was based in Tal Afar in western Nineveh Province near the Syrian border. The 3rd Squadron 4th Cavalry returned to Schofield Barracks in October 2007. On 16 April 2007 at Fort Hood Texas, Troop F, 4th Cavalry was reorganized and activated as the 6th Squadron, 4th Cavalry and assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division. In July 2008 the 6th Squadron began a fifteen month tour of duty in Afghanistan. In October 2008 the 3rd Squadron returned to northern Iraq for a twelve month tour of duty. 3rd Squadron Lineage and Honors. Additional history of the 4th Cavalry. Read more about them. |
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 | 10th Cavalry Regiment (Buffalo Soldiers) "Ready And Forward" | 6 December 1969 | Constituted 28 July 1866 and organized at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 21 September 1866 with African-American enlisted personnel. In 1867 the 10th Cavalry was given the mission of protecting the building of the Kansas-Pacific Railroad. In 1869 the regiment established what is now Fort Sill, Oklahoma. In 1875 and for the next seven years the regiment served in Texas and the Indian Territory. Known as the "Buffalo Soldiers" by the Indians, the 10th distinguished itself in numerous engagements with the Cheyenne, Comanche and Kiowa Indians. In1880 the 10th engaged Victorio's Mescalero Apache band in New Mexico. A forced march followed by a surprise flank attack on his main column forced Victorio into Mexico never to return to American soil. Assigned to Fort Apache, Arizona in 1885, the 10th participated in the capture of Geronimo in 1886. Soon thereafter Troop H captured the remnants of Geronimo's band led by Chief Mangus Colorados. During the War with Spain the Buffalo Soldiers participated in the charge up San Juan Hill and the siege of Santiago, Cuba. They then served in the Philippines. In 1916 the 10th took part in General John Pershing's Mexican expedition in the pursuit of the insurgent Pancho Villa. On 31 August 1918 U.S. Army units including Troops A and C of the 10th Cavalry participated in a day-long engagement repelling Mexican forces at Nogales, Arizona. From 1931 to 1940 the 10th served with the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Cavalry Divisions. In 1940 it returned to the 2nd Cavalry Division. On 20 March 1944 the 10th Cavalry was inactivated in North Africa. On 17 November 1950 the 10th Cavalry was redesignated and reorganized as the 510th Tank Battalion with African-American personnel and activated at Camp Polk, Louisiana. The battalion was then integrated and served in Germany until inactivated on 1 May 1958 when it was redesignated as the 10th Cavalry, a parent regiment under the Regimental System. Initially three squadrons were activated. The 1st Squadron participated in eleven Vietnam campaigns with the 4th Infantry Division. Troop H, 10th Cavalry was assigned to the 4th Brigade, 25th Infantry Division and activated at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii on 6 December 1969 as a ground reconnaissance troop. It was inactivated on 15 March 1972 and then reactivated in Vietnam on 30 April 1972 as an air cavalry reconnaissance troop assigned to the 17th Aviation Group. Troop H served in support of South Vietnamese forces and received a Valorous Unit Award for actions in Binh Dinh and Binh Thuan provinces. Inactivated on 26 February 1973, it was one of the last U.S. Army units to serve in Vietnam. Reactivated in 2000, Troop H was assigned as a brigade ground reconnaissance troop in the 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized) at Fort Hood, Texas. It participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom. On March 11, 2005 Troop H was redesignated and reorganized as Headquarters Troop, 8th Squadron, 10th Cavalry and assigned to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division at Fort Hood, Texas. |
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 | 9th Cavalry Regiment "We Can We Will" | 16 March 1987 | Constituted 28 July 1866 and organized on 21 September 1866 at Greenville, Louisiana with African-American enlisted personnel. In June 1867 the 9th was sent to south and western Texas with garrisons at Brownsville, Fort Stockton and Fort Davis. The regiment's principal missions were to protect the mail and stage route between San Antonio and El Paso and to keep the peace along the Rio Grande. In 1875 the 9th was transferred to New Mexico with headquarters in Santa Fe and the regiment widely dispersed throughout the territory engaging roving Apache bands. In 1881 the 9th was transferred to Kansas and the Indian Territory for garrison and patrolling duty. Then in 1885 a portion of the regiment saw action against the Sioux in Montana and South Dakota. The regiment also participated in putting down the Sioux uprising in the winter of 1890-91. During the War with Spain the 9th Cavalry participated in the charge up San Juan Hill and the siege of Santiago, Cuba. They then served against the insurrectionists in the Philippines. The 9th Cavalry was assigned to the 3rd Cavalry Division from 1933 to 1940 when it was assigned to the 2nd Cavalry Division. On 7 March 1944 the 9th Cavalry was inactivated in North Africa. On 1 November 1950 the 9th Cavalry was redesignated and reorganized as the 509th Tank Battalion with African-American personnel and activated at Camp Polk, Louisiana. The battalion was then integrated and served until inactivated at Fort Knox, Kentucky on 10 April 1956. On 1 December 1957 the 509th Tank Battalion was reorganized and redesignated as the 9th Cavalry, a parent regiment under the Regimental System. Five squadrons were initially activated. The 1st Squadron served in thirteen Vietnam campaigns with the 1st Cavalry Division. Troop E, 9th Cavalry was redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop (HHT), 5th Squadron and assigned to the 194th Armored Brigade. On 21 December 1962 the 5th Squadron was activated at Fort Ord and then inactivated on 4 January 1968. On that date HHT, 5th Squadron was redesignated and reorganized as Troop E, 9th Cavalry and activated at Fort Ord. Troop E was inactivated on 1 July 1973. On 16 March 1987 Troop E was redesignated as HHT, 5th Squadron 9th Cavalry. On that date the 5th Squadron was assigned to the 25th Infantry Division and activated as an air reconnaissance squadron at Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii. On 15 September 1996 the 5th Squadron was inactivated. In 1999 HHT, 5th Squadron was again reorganized and redesignated as Troop E, 9th Cavalry and was assigned to the 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized) at Fort Stewart, Georgia as the brigade reconnaissance troop. It participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Troop E was inactivated in 2004. |
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 | 14th Cavalry Regiment "Suivez Moi" ("Follow Me") | 16 May 2002 | Constituted 2 February 1901 in the Regular Army as the 14th Cavalry. Organized 19 February 1901 at Fort Leavenworth Kansas. From 1903-06 during the Philippine Insurrection the 14th Cavalry saw its first combat participating in successful pacification operations on the islands of Mindanao and Jolo. In 1906 the 14th resumed garrison duties in the western U.S. with elements participating in rescue efforts during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. From 1909-1912 the regiment returned to the Philippines for garrison duty at Fort Stotsenburg, Luzon. The 14th was next assigned to security duty along the U.S.-Mexican border in Texas from 1912-1920. The regiment was then stationed at Fort Des Moines, Iowa from 1920-1939 with one squadron at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. In October 1940 the 14th was transferred to Fort Riley Kansas and assigned to the 3rd Cavalry Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division. When WWII was declared, the 14th was sent to patrol the Mexican border in Arizona. Returning to Fort Riley the 14th was inactivated on 15 July 1942, with its personnel used to activate the 14th Armored Regiment, 9th Armored Division. The 14th Armored Regiment was broken up into the 14th and 711th Tank Battalions on 9 October 1943. The 14th Tank served in three European campaigns with the 9th Armored Division receiving a Presidential Unit Citation for its participation in the seizure of the Remagen Bridge over the Rhine River. The 711th Tank served in the Pacific on Leyte and made an amphibious assault during the Ryukyus campaign. Headquarters and Headquarters Troop (HHT), 14th Cavalry was reactivated on 12 July 1943 as HHT, 14th Cavalry Group at Fort Lewis with the 18th and 32nd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadrons attached. The 14th Cavalry Group was committed to combat in the Ardennes on 20 October 1944 and took heavy losses in slowing the initial thrust of the German Ardennes counteroffensive 16-31 December 1944. The 14th then participated in the defeat of German units caught in the Ruhr pocket. On 1 May 1946 the 14th was reorganized and redesignated as the 14th Constabulary Regiment consisting of the 10th, 22nd and 27th Constabulary Squadrons. From 1946-1948 the 14th stationed at Kitzingen, West Germany performed law and order and border security missions. On 20 December 1948 it was reorganized and redesignated as the 14th Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR). In 1951 the inactive 14th and 711th Tank Battalions were consolidated with the 14th ACR. From 1949-1972 the 14th ACR served as the border security force in the Fulda Gap area of West Germany. On 17 May 1972, the 14th ACR was inactivated. The regiment was reorganized as the 14th Cavalry, a parent regiment under the U.S. Army Regimental System in 2000. On 16 May 2002, Troop B, 14th Cavalry was reorganized, redesignated and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry with the other organic elements of the squadron concurrently constituted and activated. The 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry was assigned to the 25th Infantry Division as the reconnaissance squadron of the 1st Brigade consisting of a headquarters troop, three ground reconnaissance troops and a surveillance and target acquisition troop. The 2nd Squadron served with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division in and around the city of Mosul, Iraq beginning in October 2004. After seeing extensive combat the squadron returned to Fort Lewis in late September 2005. The 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry was inactivated on 1 June 2006 at Fort Lewis with its personnel and equipment transferred to the 2nd Cavalry Regiment (Stryker). Troop E,14th Cavalry was redesignated and reorganized as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 5th Squadron, 14th Cavalry (organic elements organized) assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team (Stryker), 25th Infantry Division and activated at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii on 16 October 2005. On 15 December 2006 the 5th Squadron, 14th Cavalry was inactivated and its personnel and equipment were transferred to the 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry which was reactivated on 16 December 2006 and assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team (Stryker), 25th Infantry Division at Schofield Barracks. The 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry served a fifteen-month tour of duty in Iraq with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team (Stryker) from November 2007 to February 2009. |
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 | 40th Cavalry Regiment "By Force And Valor" | 16 October 2005 | The 1st Squadron (Airborne), 40th Cavalry Regiment was first activated on 15 April 1941 as Company A, 4th Armored Regiment at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana and assigned to the 3rd Armored Division. On 8 May 1941 the 4th Armored Regiment was redesignated the 40th Armored Regiment and then inactivated on 1 January 1942. The 40th Armored Regiment was reactivated on 2 March 1942 at Camp Polk, Louisiana and assigned to the 7th Armored Division. The regiment moved to Fort Benning and on 20 September 1943 it was broken up to form the 40th and 709th Tank Battalions. The battalions were equipped with the M4 medium and M5 light tanks. The 40th Tank Battalion remained with the 7th Armored Division arriving in France on 11 August 1944. The 40th entered combat on 15 August fighting across northern France into Belgium where it made a significant contribution to the defeat of German forces at St. Vith during the Battle of the Bulge. The 40th then drove into Germany linking up with the Russians on the Baltic coast. The 40th Tank Battalion received participation credit for four European campaigns from Northern France to Central Europe and was awarded the Belgian Fourragere. On 25 July 1945 the 40th was reorganized and redesignated the 40th Amphibian Tractor Battalion then returned to Camp Kilmer NJ and inactivated on 22 February 1946. The 709th Tank Battalion serving as a separate tank battalion entered combat in France on 11 July 1944. While attached to the 8th Infantry Division during the battle for the Hurtgen Forest it received a Presidential Unit Citation for gallantry during the period 21-28 November 1944. The battalion participated in five European campaigns from Normandy to Central Europe. The 709th was inactivated on 10 April 1946 at Camp Kilmer. On 28 June 1948 the 40th was reactivated at Fort Ord, California as a heavy tank battalion and assigned to the 4th Infantry Division. It was inactivated on 1 April 1957 at Fort Lewis, Washington. The 709th was reactivated as the 86th Tank Battalion on 30 July 1948 joining the 3rd Armored Division at Fort Knox. In 1953 it was redesignated as the 709th and then inactivated in Germany on 1 October 1957. On 15 October 1957 the 40th and 709th Tank Battalions were consolidated, reorganized and redesignated as the 40th Armor, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System. On 16 December 1963 Company A, 40th Armor equipped with the M41 light tank, served with the 171st Infantry Brigade at Ladd Air Force Base, Alaska from 16 December 1963-13 November 1972. Redesignated as the 1st Battalion, 40th Armor it served at Fort Polk from 5 January 1978 -16 December 1987. From January 1996 to September 1997 it served as an experimental test battalion at Fort Hunter Leggett, California. In 2005 the 40th Armor was redesignated as the 40th Cavalry. The former Company A, 40th Armor was reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron (Airborne), 40th Cavalry Regiment (organic elements constituted). The 1st Squadron was assigned to the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division and activated on 16 October 2005 at Fort Richardson, Alaska. |
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 | 17th Cavalry Regiment "Forward" | 16 November 2005 | The 6th Squadron (Recon/Attack), 17th Cavalry Regiment was first constituted and activated as Troop F, 17th Cavalry Regiment on 1 July 1916 at Fort Bliss Texas. The 17th Cavalry was transferred to Douglas, Arizona on 17 May 1917 in response to the need for additional border security and to quiet labor unrest in the Arizona copper mines. In April, 1919 the 17th was ordered to Schofield Barracks Hawaii relieving the 4th Cavalry Regiment. The 17th was charged with the defense of the island of Oahu's shoreline less Honolulu and Pearl Harbor until September 1921 when the regiment was transferred to the Presidio of Monterey, California where it was inactivated on 21 September 1921. In WWII the 17th Armored Group served in the Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace and Central Europe campaigns while attached to the XII Corps. The 17th Armored Group was inactivated on 30 April 1946 in Germany. On 9 March 1951 Headquarters and Headquarters Troop (HHT), 17th Cavalry was consolidated with Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 17th Armored Group as HHC, 17th Armored Cavalry Group and activated on 20 March 1951 at Camp Polk, Louisiana. The Group was inactivated on 4 May 1959 at Fort Stewart, Georgia. In 1959 reconstituted line troops of the 17th Cavalry Regiment and HHC, 17th Armored Cavalry Group were consolidated to form the 17th Cavalry a parent regiment in the Combat Arms Regimental System. Troop F, 17th Cavalry was reconstituted on 15 September 1965 as a brigade reconnaissance troop, assigned to the 196th Light Infantry Brigade (LIB) and activated at Fort Devens, Massachusetts. Troop F arrived in Vietnam on 26 August 1966 with the 196th LIB which was attached to the 25th Infantry Division as its fourth maneuver brigade and based at Tay Ninh. The 196th including Troop F participated with the 25th Infantry Division in some of the largest operations of the Vietnam War including Attleboro, Cedar Falls and Junction City with Troop F conducting reconnaissance and security missions throughout the brigade's areas of operations. In late April and early May 1967 the 196th was sent north to Task Force Oregon (later redesignated Americal Division) and initially stationed at Chu Lai in Military Region 1. From 1967 to 1972 Troop F distinguished itself in the conduct of cavalry operations in support of 196th Brigade elements operating in the areas of Chu Lai, Tam Ky, Hoi An and Da Nang . Troop F received four awards of the Republic of Vietnam's Cross of Gallantry with Palm and received campaign participation credit for fourteen Vietnam campaigns. Troop F was the last ground cavalry troop to leave Vietnam departing on 31 March 1972 and then was inactivated. On 16 November 2005 Troop F was reorganized, redesignated and activated as HHT, 6th Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment (squadron organic elements constituted and activated) at Wheeler Army Air Field, Hawaii and assigned to the Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division as a reconnaissance/attack helicopter squadron. The squadron is composed of a headquarters and headquarters troop, three air cavalry troops each equipped with ten OH58D helicopters, an aviation support troop and a forward support troop. While remaining assigned to the division's Combat Aviation Brigade, the 6th Squadron,17th Cavalry was transferred to Fort Wainwright, Alaska effective 30 June 2006 to provide combat aviation support to the Tropic Lightning's 1st and 4th Brigade Combat Teams. The 6th Squadron, 17th Cavalry departed Fort Wainwright in July 2008 for a twelve month tour of duty in Iraq. Organized as Task Force Saber, the 6-17th has a nondivisional assault helicopter company and an intermediate level aviation maintenance company attached. Read more about them. |
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 | 6th Cavalry Regiment (The Fighting Sixth) "Ducit Amor Patriae" ("Led by Love of Country") | 6 June 2006 | The 2nd Squadron (Recon/Attack), 6th Cavalry Regiment was organized in the Regular Army on 16 August 1861 as Company B, 6th Cavalry Regiment at Camp Scott, Pa. The 6th Cavalry Regiment participated in 16 Civil War campaigns particularly distinguishing itself at the Battle of Gettysburg where the regiment suffered severe casualties in successfully repulsing two Confederate cavalry brigades' attempts to capture the Union supply trains. In 1865 the regiment began over thirty years of service in the American west maintaining law and order and participating in ten campaigns of the Indian Wars in Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and South Dakota. In 1898 during the Spanish-American War the 6th participated in the charge up San Juan Hill and the capture of the city of Santiago, Cuba. In 1900 the 6th joined an international force in quelling the Boxer Rebellion in Peking, China. During the Philippine Insurrection the regiment served two tours of duty from 1900-1903 and again in 1909. In 1916 the 6th participated in the Mexican Expedition in pursuit of the bandit Pancho Villa. In WWI the 6th Cavalry served in France as a rear area security force. From 1919-1942 the 6th was stationed at Fort Oglethorpe, GA. In 1943 the 6th was reorganized as a mechanized cavalry regiment and then while in Northern Ireland was reorganized as the 6th Cavalry Group consisting of the 6th and 28th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadrons. Arriving in France on 6th July 1944 as part of Patton's Third Army, the 6th participated in the Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe campaigns, receiving a Presidential Unit Citation for extraordinary heroism on 9-13 January 1945 in day and night attacks both mounted and dismounted, in defeating German forces near Harlange, Luxembourg. On 1 May 1946 the 6th was reorganized and redesignated as the 6th Constabulary Regiment and performed occupation duties in Germany until 1948 when it was reorganized and redesignated as the 6th Armored Cavalry Regiment. The 6th performed border security until 1957 when it returned to Fort Knox, KY. Inactivated in 1963 it was reactivated at Fort Meade, MD from 1967-1971. The 6th Cavalry was designated a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System in 1973. On 1 July 1973 Troop B, 6th Cavalry was redesignated, reorganized and activated as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry (squadron organic elements constituted and activated concurrently) at Fort Knox, Ky. Inactivated on 30 May 1986 it was reactivated at Fort Hood, Texas on 16 July 1986 as an attack helicopter squadron equipped with the Apache helicopter. In 1988 the squadron was assigned to the 11th Aviation Brigade at Illesheim, Germany from which it participated in Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm receiving a Valorous Unit Award. In 1996 it served in Bosnia and in 1999 in Albania. The 2-6th Cavalry participated in the invasion of Iraq in 2003 with the 11th Aviation Brigade. From February 2005 to February 2006 the 2nd Squadron served in Afghanistan as part of Task Force Griffin. On 6 June 2006 the 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment was reassigned to the Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division with station at Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii as a reconnaissance/attack squadron equipped with the OH58D helicopter. The 2nd Squadron was selected by the Department of the Army to receive the Brigadier General Carl I. Hutton Memorial Award for 2006 in recognition of the squadron's outstanding professionalism and its contributions to the advancement of flight safety. The award is given annually by the Order of Daedalians, a military aviator society founded in 1921. From August 2006 to October 2007 the 2nd Squadron served in Iraq with the Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division. The squadron was based at Kirkuk and supported combat operations of the Multinational Division-North including those of the Tropic Lightning's 3rd Brigade Combat Team. |
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 | 1st Cavalry Regiment (1st Regiment of Dragoons) "Animo Et Fide" ("Courageous and Faithful") | 16 December 2006 | The 5th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment was first constituted on 2 March 1833 in the Regular Army as Company E, United States Regiment of Dragoons. Company E was organized on 29 June 1833 in New York city and joined the regiment at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 4 August 1833. Elements of the regiment were first stationed in the Arkansas Territory and at Forts Leavenworth and Des Monies. On 15 May 1836 the regiment was redesignated as the 1st Regiment of Dragoons. During the period from activation to 1846 the regiment conducted explorations of new territory and preserved law and order among Indian tribes and settlers. In the Mexican War 1846-1847several companies of the 1st Dragoons participated in the defeat of Mexican forces defending New Mexico and southern California while other companies accompanied American forces invading Mexico including Company E which fought in the battle of Coahuila in 1846 and in the battle of Buena Vista in 1847. The regiment then returned to the West with the regimental headquarters first located at Fort Union, New Mexico in 1854 and then at Fort Tejon, California near Los Angeles in 1856. Companies of the regiment were stationed in the Pacific Northwest as well as New Mexico and California engaged in fighting Indian tribes with Company E serving primarily in the Oregon Territory. On 3 August 1861 the regiment was redesignated as the 1st Cavalry Regiment. In 1862 with the start of the Civil War the regiment boarded ships in Los Angeles and sailed to Washington DC. The 1st Cavalry distinguished itself in many of the most famous battles of the Civil War including Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Petersburg and Appomattox. Upon conclusion of the Civil War the 1st Cavalry returned to the West Coast by ship. Headquartered at Fort Vancouver, Washington Territory, the regiment was scattered at company-sized posts in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, California and Arizona from which campaigns against hostile Indian tribes were undertaken. Company E served in Arizona from 1866 to 1873 against the Apaches. In 1877 the 1st Cavalry participated in the intense and bloody campaign to subjugate the Nez Perces Indians in Idaho and Montana and then against the Bannocks Indians in Idaho in 1878. In 1884 the regiment was transferred to the Dakotas and participated in the Pine Ridge campaign of 1890-91. In the War with Spain the 1st Cavalry participated in the invasion of Cuba in June - July 1898 seeing dismounted action at Las Guasimas, San Juan Hill and Santiago. From 1900-1903 the regiment with its horses was sent to the Philippine island of Luzon to engage Filipino insurgents in what became known as the Philippine Insurrection. During WWI the regiment provided border protection against Mexican bandits. In August 1921 the 1st Cavalry Regiment was assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Bliss Texas. In January 1933 the 1st Cavalry Regiment was reassigned to the 7th Cavalry Brigade (Mechanized) at Fort Knox, Kentucky as a mechanized cavalry regiment. On 15 July 1940 the regiment was redesignated as the 1st Armored Regiment and assigned to the 1st Armored Division. In WWII the 1st Armored Regiment first saw action in the Allied invasion of North Africa in 1942 participating in intense combat with the German Afrika Corps at Kasserine Pass and other locations in Tunisia. The 1st Armored Regiment next saw action in Italy beginning on 6 January 1944 in the Naples-Foggia campaign. Then on 24th January the 1st was inserted into the Allied beachhead at Anzio and was instrumental in stopping German attempts to drive the Allies into the sea. The Allies successfully broke out of the Anzio beachhead led by the 1st Armored Division in May 1944 and fought to and liberated Rome on 4 June 1944. The 1st Armored Division then drove north to the Arno River. On 20 July 1944 the 1st Armored Division went into reserve and was reorganized from regiments into separate battalions. In the reorganization the 2nd Battalion, 1st Armored Regiment including Company E was disbanded. The remainder of the regiment was organized and designated as the 1st Tank Battalion. The battalion subsequently participated in the stiff fighting in the North Apennines and Po Valley campaigns. Upon the surrender of German forces in northern Italy on 2 May 1945 the 1st Tank Battalion moved to Germany for occupation duty. On 1 May 1946 the 1st Tank Battalion was relieved from assignment to the 1st Armored Division, reorganized and redesignated as the 1st Constabulary Squadron, 15th Constabulary Regiment with station at Knielingen, West Germany. The squadron conducted law enforcement and security missions around the city of Karlsruhe until its inactivation on 20 December 1948. On 1 March 1951 it was reorganized and redesignated as the 1st Medium Tank Battalion and assigned to the 1st Armored Division at Fort Hood Texas. On 27 February 1951, Company E, 2nd Battalion, 1st Armored Regiment was reconstituted as Company B, 100th Tank Battalion and activated at Fort Hood as an element of the 1st Armored Division then was inactivated on 15 February 1957 at Fort Polk, Louisiana. On 15 February 1957 the 1st Cavalry was designated a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System. On 15 April 1966 Troop E, 1st Cavalry was activated as the brigade reconnaissance troop of the 11th Infantry Brigade at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. Troop E arrived in Vietnam on 19 December 1967 and participated in extensive ground combat in Quang Ngai and Quang Tin provinces through eleven campaigns, receiving the Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry for service in 1969-1970 with the 11th Infantry Brigade, 23rd Infantry Division (Americal). Troop E was inactivated in Vietnam on 13 November 1971. On 31 December 1972 Troop E was reactivated as an air cavalry reconnaissance troop and assigned to the 172nd Infantry Brigade at Fort Wainwright, Alaska. It was inactivated on 15 March 1987. It was reactivated on 16 April 1998 as a ground reconnaissance troop at Fort Wainwright with the 172nd Infantry Brigade and inactivated on 15 November 2003. On 16 December 2006, Troop E, 1st Cavalry Regiment was reorganized, redesignated and activated as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 5th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment (organic squadron elements concurrently constituted and activated) and assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team (Stryker), 25th Infantry Division at Fort Wainwright, Alaska. Read more about them. |
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 | 25th Aviation Regiment "Lele Makou No Na Puali" ("We Fly For The Troops") | 1 February 1957 | Constituted 1 February 1957 as the 25th Aviation Company assigned to the 25th Infantry Division and activated at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. The company was equipped with both fixed wing light observation aircraft and helicopters and performed general aviation support for the division. On 12 August 1963 the 25th Aviation Battalion was activated with the 25th Aviation Company reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 25th Aviation Battalion. Companies A and B were also constituted and activated. The 25th Aviation Battalion arrived in Vietnam on 30 April 1966. Company A transferred to Vietnam less personnel and equipment. Upon arrival Company A was organized, manned and equipped with UH-1 helicopters using the assets of the 175th Aviation Company arriving from Fort Benning. The 175th was then inactivated on 5 May 66. The 25th Aviation Battalion was based at Cu Chi. Company A (Little Bears) served as an assault helicopter company and Company B (Diamond Head) served as an attack/support helicopter company. The battalion participated in twelve Vietnam campaigns receiving two Valorous Unit Awards and two Meritorious Unit Commendations. In addition Company B received a Presidential Unit Citation. In 1969 the battalion received the Outstanding Aviation Unit Award. The award, established by the Army Aviation Association of America, is given on an annual basis to recognize the best aviation unit in the active Army. The 25th Aviation Battalion received the award for the period 31 March 68-31 March 69 primarily in recognition of a 70 percent increase in flying hours with a 28 percent reduction in accidents in support of the combat operations of the 25th Division. The 25th Aviation Battalion departed Vietnam on 7 December 1970 for Schofield Barracks. On 17 June 1979 Company C, 25th Aviation Battalion was activated. As part of the reorganization of the 25th Division to a light infantry configuration the 25th Aviation Battalion was briefly inactivated from 15 October 1985 to16 January 1986. On 16 May 1988, the 25th Aviation Battalion was redesignated as the 25th Aviation Regiment, a parent regiment under the Army's Regimental System. Company A was redesignated as HHC 1st Battalion, 25th Aviation and remained assigned to the 25th Division. Company B was redesignated as HHC, 2nd Battalion, 25th Aviation, Company C was redesignated as HHC, 3rd Battalion, 25th Aviation and the 25th Aviation Battalion's HHC was redesignated as Company D, 25th Aviation. Both the 2nd and 3rd Battalions and Company D were reassigned to the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, NY. The 2nd Battalion served in Somalia with the 10th Division, receiving a Valorous Unit Award. The 3rd Battalion served in Haiti in Operation Restore Hope, receiving a Joint Meritorious Unit Award. To replace these units, Company F (UH 60), Company G (UH1) and Company H (Aviation Maintenance) were activated on 16 May 1988 and assigned to the 25th Division. On 15 September 1990 Companies F and G were inactivated. On 16 September 1990 Company D was redesignated as HHC, 4th Battalion, 25th Aviation. The 4th Battalion was assigned to the 25th Division and activated at Wheeler Army Airfield. On 15 March 1996 the 4th Battalion and Company H were inactivated. The 2nd Battalion and HHC 3rd Battalion which was redesignated as Company C (Aviation Maintenance), 25th Aviation were reassigned from the 10th Mountain Division to the 25th Division. The 1st Battalion (Attack) served in Iraq from January 2004-January 2005. The battalion was based at Camp Taji and supported security and stability operations in and around Baghdad flying more then 6,000 combat missions. For its service in Iraq the 1st Battalion (Attack) was awarded a Meritorious Unit Commendation. The 2nd Battalion (Assault) served in Afghanistan as Task Force Diamondhead from May 2004-2005 and was based at Kandahar Air Field. The battalion had operational control of five additional aviation companies. The task force flew in the excess of 26,000 hours in support of security and stability operations in Regional Command South. For its service in Afghanistan the 2nd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment was awarded a Meritorious Unit Commendation. Company C of the 2nd Battalion and Company C (Aviation Maintenance), 25th Aviation Regiment operated with Task Force Pirate charged with aviation support to Regional Command North. On 16 November 2005 Company C (Aviation Maintenance) 25th Aviation Regiment was reorganized and redesignated as HHC, 3rd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment (organic battalion elements constituted), assigned to the Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division and activated at Wheeler Army Airfield as a general support aviation battalion. In addition to the HHC the battalion is composed of a command aviation company, a CH47 helicopter heavy lift company, a medevac company, an aviation support company, a forward support company and an air traffic services company. On 6 June 2006 the 1st Battalion, 25th Aviation was inactivated. The 2nd Battalion (Assault) and the 3rd Battalion (General Support) served with the Combat Aviation Brigade in Iraq from August 2006-October 2007 in support of Multinational Division-North in Kirkuk. Read more about them. |
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 | Headquarters and Headquarters Company Combat Aviation Brigade 25th Infantry Division | 16 October 1985 | Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division was constituted and activated on 16 October 1985 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. The Aviation Brigade controls the aviation assets of the 25th Infantry Division. Since 1996 and until 16 November 2005, the Brigade consisted of the 3rd Squadron (Air), 4th Cavalry Regiment, the 1st Battalion (Attack), 25th Aviation Regiment, the 2nd Battalion (Assault), 25th Aviation Regiment, Company C (Aviation Maintenance), 25th Aviation Regiment and Company G (Air Traffic Services), 58th Aviation Regiment. The Brigade Headquarters and Headquarters Company served a one year tour of duty in Afghanistan from April 2004 to April 2005 as Task Force Wings consisting of two aviation battalion task forces, Diamondhead and Pirate, two Marine helicopter squadrons and four separate Army aviation companies. Its mission was to furnish aviation support to Combined/Joint Task Force 76 for all security and stability operations throughout Afghanistan. In doing so, JTF Wings flew over 80,000 combat hours. For its service in Afghanistan Headquarters and Headquarters Company was awarded a Meritorious Unit Commendation. On 16 November 2005 the brigade was reorganized and redesignated as the Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division consisting of the 6th Squadron (Recon/Attack) 17th Cavalry Regiment, the 1st Battalion (Recon/Attack), 2nd Battalion (Assault) and 3rd Battalion (General Aviation Support), 25th Aviation Regiment, 209th Support Battalion (Aviation). On 6 June 2006 the 1st Battalion, 25th Aviation was inactivated and replaced by the 2nd Squadron (Recon/Attack), 6th Cavalry Regiment. From August 2006-October 2007 the Combat Aviation Brigade served a fifteen month tour of duty in Iraq. The brigade was based in Kirkuk at Contingency Operating Base Speicher and Forward Operating Base Warrior. The brigade flew over 200,000 hours in combat and support operations for Task Force Lightning. For its exemplary service the Combat Aviation Brigade was awarded a second Meritorious Unit Commendation and credit for the Iraq National Resolution campaign. In September 2009 the Combat Aviation Brigade returned to Iraq for a twelve month deployment again as the as the aviation task force for the Multi National Division-North at Contingency Operating Base Speicher near Tikrit. |
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 | 53rd Aviation Battalion "Support Everywhere" | 16 October 1985 | Constituted and activated on 25 August 1966 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 53rd Aviation Battalion at Fort Rucker, Alabama. The battalion primarily served as the controlling headquarters for non-aviation branch support units assigned to the Aviation Center. The battalion was inactivated at Fort Rucker on 2 April 1972. In 1985 Department of the Army in anticipation of second aviation battalion being assigned to the 25th Division allotted the 53rd designation to the 25th Infantry Division. The activation of a second aviation battalion was then put on hold pending final decisions on the composition of the light division organization. But through an administrative error at an intermediate headquarters orders were issued on 16 October 1985 inactivating the 25th Aviation Battalion and activating the 53rd Aviation Battalion. The error was corrected on 15 January 1986 with the inactivation of the 53rd and the reactivation of the 25th Aviation Battalion. |
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| None authorized | 17th Aviation Company | 16 October 1985 | Constituted in the Regular Army as the 17th Aviation Company assigned to the Sixth Army and activated on 10 October 1958 at Fort Ord California as a fixed wing transport company equipped with the U-1A Otter. In 1964 the company was reorganized and re-equipped with the CV-2 Caribou transport aircraft and was reassigned to Fort Benning Georgia. The 17th deployed with the 1st Cavalry Division to Vietnam on 3 September 1965. Initially the 17th was based at Pleiku and then later at An Khe. The 17th Aviation Company participated in three Vietnam campaigns, receiving a Presidential Unit Citation for its gallantry in supporting units of the 1st Cavalry Division in Pleiku Province. In 1967 all Army CV-2 aircraft were transferred to the U.S. Air Force, resulting in the inactivation of the 17th Aviation Company on 1 January 1967 in Vietnam. On 1 May 1967 the 17th was reactivated at Fort Riley, Kansas as an assault helicopter company equipped with the UH-1 helicopter. The company arrived in Vietnam on 25 September 1967. It was initially assigned to the 308th Aviation Battalion and based at Long Binh. It was then transferred to Camp Eagle near Phu Bai in March 1968. The 17th, known as the Kingsmen, participated in four Vietnam campaigns receiving a Meritorious Unit Commendation and the Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm. The company was inactivated in Vietnam on 1 July 1968 with its personnel and equipment assigned to Company B, 101st Aviation Battalion, 101st Airborne Division. On 16 October 1985 the 17th Aviation Company was assigned to the 25th Infantry Division and activated at Schofield Barracks. It was organized as an assault helicopter company and equipped with the UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter. The company was inactivated on 16 May 1988. Its personnel and equipment were then assigned to Company F, 25th Aviation Regiment. |
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| None authorized | 184th Aviation Company | 16 October 1985 | Constituted in the Constituted in the Regular Army and activated at Fort Sill Okalahoma on 31 July 1971 as a surveillance airplane light company equipped with the O-1 Bird Dog aircraft. The capabilities of the company included aerial surveillance, radio relay, and artillery forward observation. The 184th arrived in Vietnam on 13 August 1966 and was initially assigned to the 145th Aviation Battalion based at Bien Hoa. In June 1967 the 184th was reassigned to the 11th Aviation Battalion and based at Phu Loi. On 1 December 1968 the 184th was reorganized as a utility airplane company with greater emphasis on its surveillance mission. The company was then known as the 184th Reconnaissance Airplane Company. The company participated in twelve Vietnam campaigns receiving a Meritorious Unit Commendation, two awards of the Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm and the Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Medal, First Class. The 184th was inactivated in Vietnam on 31 July 1971. On 16 October 1985 the 184th Aviation Company was assigned to the 25th Division and activated at Schofield Barracks. It was organized as an assault helicopter company and equipped with the UH-1 helicopter. The company was inactivated on 16 May 1988. Its personnel and equipment were then assigned to Company G, 25th Aviation Regiment. |
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 | 58th Aviation Regiment "Safe Orderly Expeditious" | 16 September 1994 | Constituted on 22 January 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 58th Aviation Battalion. Activated in Vietnam on 1 March 1968 as an airfield operations command battalion. The battalion was stationed in the Saigon area and consisted of the 5th Command and Control Detachment, the 125th Aviation Company (Air Traffic Control) and the 16th Signal Company. The battalion received campaign participation credit for four Vietnam campaigns. The 58th Aviation Battalion was inactivated in Vietnam on 17 February 1969 with its organic units being transferred to the 165th Aviation Group. On 1 October 1979 the 58th Air Traffic Control Battalion (Corps) was activated and assigned to the XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg. The battalion was redesignated on 16 July 1987 as the 58th Aviation Regiment, a parent regiment under the U.S. Army Regimental System. Company G, 58th Aviation Regiment was constituted and activated on 16 September 1994 at Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii as an air traffic services company. Company G was inactivated at Wheeler Army Air Field on 24 February 2006 with the personnel and equipment used to activate Company F (Air Traffic Services), 3rd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment. |
| CORPS OF ENGINEERS | |||
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 | 65th Engineer Battalion "First In, Last Out" | 1 October 1941 | Constituted 18 October 1927 in the Regular Army as the 65th Engineer Battalion. The battalion remained inactive until assigned to the 25th Infantry Division and activated as a combat engineer battalion at Schofield Barracks, Territory of Hawaii on 1 October 1941 using the personnel and equipment of the 1st Battalion, 3rd Engineer Regiment of the Hawaiian Division. The 65th Engineers received their baptism of fire during the Japanese attack on Hawaii on 7 December 1941. In WW II and Korea its three line companies were primarily placed in direct support of the 25th Division's three infantry regimental combat teams. In the Pacific campaigns of WW II and in the Korean War the 65th Engineers were called upon to clear mines and booby traps and to assist combat elements in emplacing friendly -- or reducing enemy -- obstacles and fortifications. The battalion also performed missions to improve roads, trails and to build bridges for the re-supply of the front lines and to speed the evacuation of casualties. As necessary, the 65th Engineers were prepared to and did on occasion fight as infantry. In WW II Companies A, B, and C, each received a Presidential Unit Citation for gallantry on Luzon. In Korea Company A received a Presidential Unit Citation at Sangnyong-Ni in support of the Wolfhounds in defending the Pusan Perimeter. Company B received a Presidential Unit Citation for its support of the 35th Regimental Combat Team's gallant stand at the Nam River. Company C received a Presidential Unit Citation in support of 25th Division operations near the city of Taegu. The 65th Engineer Battalion participated in all ten campaigns of the Korean War, receiving a Meritorious Unit Commendation and two awards of the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation. The first element of the 65th to depart for Vietnam was Company C, which was sent ahead of the rest of the 25th Division to aid in the development of the port at Cam Ranh Bay. Next to go was Company D with the 3rd Brigade to the Central Highlands in December 1965. The battalion headquarters and Companies A and B arrived at Cu Chi on 17 January 1966. Missions assigned to the 65th in Vietnam were similar to those carried out in WW II and Korea, with line companies operating in direct support of the three maneuver brigades. In addition, the battalion conducted firebase and base camp construction and land clearing operations. For their Vietnam service Company B received two Valorous Unit Awards and Companies A, C and D each received a Valorous Unit Award. The 65th Engineer Battalion participated in twelve Vietnam campaigns, receiving a Meritorious Unit Commendation, two awards of the Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry and the Civil Action Honor Medal. The battalion departed Vietnam on 8 December 1970. Company A, 65th Engineers served as the combat engineer company for the 1st Brigade at Fort Lewis from 16 August 1995 until its inactivation on 16 June 2002. The inactivation was a result of the reorganization of the 1st Brigade from light infantry to a wheeled light armored configuration now known as a Stryker Brigade that calls for the assignment of a separate combat engineer company. The personnel and equipment of Company A were used to man the 73rd Engineer Company. The 65th Engineer Battalion is headquartered at Schofield Barracks. The battalion elements have served in either Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom. Company B served a thirteen month tour of duty with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team in Iraq. Company C served a one year tour of duty with the 3rd Brigade Combat Team in Afghanistan. As part of the modular reorganization of the 25th Infantry Division, the 65th Engineer Battalion was inactivated on 15 August 2005 after serving with the Tropic Lightning for 64 years. On 16 July 2007 the 65th Engineer Battalion was reactivated and stationed at Schofield Barracks. The battalion was temporarily assigned to the 8th Sustainment Command. The 65th Engineer Battalion will be assigned to the 130th Engineer Brigade upon the brigade's activation at Schofield Barracks. |
| Distinctive Unit Insignia | Unit Designation Motto | First Assigned to | Unit History |
| None authorized | 77th Engineer Company | 5 February 1947 | Constituted in the Regular Army on 1 October 1933. Activated at Fort Custer, Michigan on 2 June 1942 with African-American personnel. On 1 April 1942 the unit was redesignated as the 77th Engineer Light Ponton (Pontoon) Company. In WW II the 77th was assigned to the China-Burma-India Theater of operations. The company participated in the India-Burma and the Central Burma campaigns supporting U.S. and Allied forces with the capability to rapidly cross streams and rivers as they drove the Japanese out of central Burma. The 77th was inactivated 27 November 1945 upon arriving at the New York Port of Embarcation. On 15 November 1946 the 77th was redesignated and reorganized as the 77th Engineer Combat Company. The company was activated in Japan on 6 December 1946 with African-American personnel. On 5 February 1947 the 77th was assigned to the 25th Infantry Division as the direct support engineer company for the 24th Infantry Regimental Combat Team (RCT). Accompanying the 24th RCT to Korea the 77th Engineer Company participated in the 25th Division's first offensive combat action when the 24th RCT attacked and seized the vital road junction of Yechon. Significantly contributing to the success of the attack were the actions of the commanding officer of the 77th Engineer Company, 1st Lieutenant Charles Bussey who manned a machine gun and caused over two hundred North Korean causalities. The 77th went on to support the 24th RCT through bitter fighting in six Korean campaigns. Upon the inactivation of the 24th Infantry the 77th continued to serve with the 25th Division as an integrated combat engineer company for three additional campaigns until its inactivation in Korea on 15 April 1953. From 1956-1958 the 77th was assigned to the 1st Infantry RCT at West Point NY. From 1961-1963 the company was assigned to the U.S. Army Alaska at Fort Wainwright. In 1966 the 77th was assigned to Fort Belvoir, VA as a port construction company, then was inactivated on 21 February 1973. The 77th Engineer Company was reactivated on 16 September 2006 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri as a facilities construction company. |
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| None authorized | 76th Engineer Company | 6 December 1969 | Constituted 1 October 1933 as the 76th Engineer Company. Activated 1 June 1941 at Fort McClellan, Alabama with African-American personnel. Reorganized and redesignated as the 76th Engineer Light Ponton (Pontoon) Company upon arriving in India on 12 November 1942. The company supported U.S. and Allied forces in India and Burma in facilitating the crossing of water obstacles during the campaign to drive the Japanese out of Burma. The 76th was inactivated at the New York Port of Embarkation on 27 November 1945. The 76th was reorganized and redesignated as the 76th Engineer Panel Bridge Transport Company and activated at Camp Campbell Kentucky with African-American personnel on 15 January 1948. On 3 March 1949 the 76th was again reorganized and redesignated as the 76th Engineer Dump Truck Company. The 76th arrived in Korea on 26 September 1950. Assigned to the Eighth Army the 76th participated in all ten campaigns of the Korean War receiving a Meritorious Unit Commendation. In 1954 it was redesignated as the 76th Engineer Company and then inactivated in Korea in 1955. From 1957-1962 the company was active at Fort Belvoir and Fort Sill. The 76th Engineer Company was reactivated in 1964 at Fort Lee, VA as a direct support maintenance company. Arriving at Na Trang, Vietnam on 8 June 1966 it was inactivated one month later on 6 July 1966. On 6 December 1969 the 76th was assigned to the 4th Brigade, 25th Infantry Division and activated at Schofield Barracks. The company consisted of two dump truck platoons and a bridge platoon. Upon the inactivation of the 4th Brigade on 15 December 1970 the 76th Engineer Company remained assigned to the 25th Division as a separate company. On 5 April 1972 the company's personnel and equipment were assigned to the 65th Engineer Battalion and the 76th Engineer Company was inactivated. The 76th Engineer Company was reactivated on 16 October 2005 at Fort Knox, Kentucky. |
| Distinctive Unit Insignia | Unit Designation Motto | First Assigned to | Unit History |
| None authorized | 54th Engineer Company | 10 February 1971 | Upon the departure of the 25th Division on 8 December 1970 from Vietnam, the 2nd Brigade remained under the operational control of II Field Force. The 54th Engineer Company was activated in Vietnam on 10 February 1971 as the combat engineer company for the 2nd Brigade. The company was based at Long Binh in direct support of the combat elements of the brigade located at Long Binh and Xuan Loc. The company was inactivated in Vietnam on 14 April 1971. |
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| None authorized | 73rd Engineer Company | 16 June 2002 | Constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army. The company was first activated at Fort Lewis Washington on 1 August 1941. It initially participated in the construction of the Alaska-Canada Highway known as the ALCAN Highway for which it received a Meritorious Unit Commendation and credit for participation in the WWII American and Asiatic Pacific Theaters of Operation. The company was reorganized as a light pontoon bridge company on 8 June 1942. After service in Alaska the 73rd was sent to the European theater where it served in the Rhineland and Central Europe campaigns in 1944-45. The company was inactivated on 9 January 1946 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia only to be reactivated eleven months later as an engineer light equipment company on 10 December 1946 in Japan. The 73rd was once again inactivated on 1 June 1949 in Japan and then shortly after reactivated as an engineer heavy equipment company at Fort Belvoir, Virginia on 19 September 1949. The company was reorganized and redesignated as the 73rd Engineer Company (Construction Support) on 28 September 1953. The company arrived in Vietnam from Fort Belvoir on 1 October 1966 and was based at Qui Nhon. It was inactivated in Vietnam on 16 January 1972. The 73rd was credited with participating in thirteen Vietnam campaigns and was awarded a Meritorious Unit Commendation and the Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class. The 73rd was reactivated on 1 April 1984 and served at Fort Lewis until inactivated on 15 March 1994. With the reorganization of the 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division from light infantry to what was formally known as an Interim Brigade Combat Team now called a Stryker Brigade, the Department of the Army directed that the engineer company supporting the 1st Brigade would no longer be from the division combat engineer battalion but rather would be a separate company. Consequently the 73rd Engineer Company was reactivated on 16 June 2002 as a separate engineer combat company using the personnel and equipment of Company A, 65th Engineer Battalion which was inactivated. The 73rd served with the 1st Brigade in and around the city of Mosul, Iraq beginning in October 2004 in support of combat operations and stability initiatives. The company returned to Fort Lewis with the 1st Brigade in September 2005. On 1 June 2006 the 1st Brigade Combat Team including the 73rd Engineer Company was inactivated; with personnel and equipment transferred to the 2nd Cavalry Regiment (Stryker). The 1st Brigade Combat Team including the 73rd Engineer Company was reactivated on 16 December 2006 with station at Fort Wainwright, Alaska. Read more about them. |
| Distinctive Unit Insignia | Unit Designation Motto | First Assigned to | Unit History |
| None authorized | 66th Engineer Company | 16 November 2005 | Constituted in the Regular Army on 1 July 1940 as the 66th Engineer Company and activated at Fort Jackson, SC on 8 July 1941 then redesignated as the 66th Engineer Topographic Company on 1 April 1942. In WWII the 66th served in North Africa, landing in Algeria in November 1942. The 66th Engineers then participated in the invasion of Sicily and subsequently participated in all four campaigns on the Italian mainland, receiving a Meritorious Unit Commendation. Post-WWII the 66th served briefly in Japan and then Germany in the years 1946-1948 until inactivated on 20 June 1948 in Germany. The company was reactivated at Fort Meade, Maryland on 15 December 1950. The 66th Engineer Company (Topographic) (Corps) arrived in Vietnam on 2 September 1966 from Fort Bragg, NC and was stationed at Long Binh with Headquarters, US Army Vietnam. The company produced and provided maps and topographic intelligence in support of combat operations in the III and IV Corps Tactical Zones. For its exceptional achievements through 13 campaigns of the Vietnam War the company was awarded two Meritorious Unit Commendations and the Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal First Class. The 66th Engineer Company (Topographic) (Corps) was inactivated in Vietnam on 20 March 1972. The company was reactivated on 21 December 1976 as the 66th Engineer Company (Atomic Demolition Munitions) (Corps) and was stationed at Fort Hood, Texas until inactivated on 15 June 1987. On 16 November 2005 the 66th Engineer Company was reorganized as a combat engineer company assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team (Stryker), 25th Infantry Division and activated at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. |
| MILITARY INTELLIGENCE CORPS | |||
| Distinctive Unit Insignia | Unit Designation Motto | First Assigned to | Unit History |
 | 125th Military Intelligence Battalion "Eyes of Lightning' | 16 June 1983 | The history of Military Intelligence in the 25th Infantry Division considerably predates the activation of the 125th Military Intelligence Battalion. The 25th Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC) Detachment was activated on 10 August 1944 on New Caledonia using personnel of the provisional CIC detachment supporting the 25th Division at that time. The 25th CIC Detachment was attached to the 25th Division and supported the Tropic Lightning during the Luzon Campaign, for which it received a Philippine Presidential Unit Citation. On 25 February 1946 the 25th CIC Detachment was inactivated in Japan. The need for a military intelligence support for the 25th Division as they battled the North Koreans in the summer and fall of 1950 led to the reactivation of the 25th CIC on 6 October 1950 in Korea. The 25th CIC Detachment participated in nine Korean campaigns while attached to the 25th Division, receiving a Meritorious Unit Commendation. Remaining attached to the 25th, the detachment was redesignated as the 25th Military Intelligence (MI) Detachment on 24 December 1958 as the capability of the detachment increased from counter intelligence to include intelligence collection in support of combat operations. In Vietnam the 25th MI Detachment supported the division in furnishing a counterintelligence capability as well as performing the collection and analysis of intelligence in support of combat operations. On 26 December 1969 the detachment was reorganized and redesignated as the 25th MI Company. The 25th MI Detachment/Company participated in all twelve campaigns of the 25th Division, receiving four Meritorious Unit Commendations and three Republic of Vietnam awards. In 1978 the policy of not assigning MI units below major command level was changed, leading to the assignment of the 25th MI Company to the 25th Division on 21 August 1978. It was redesignated Company B, 125th MI Battalion on 16 June 1983. On 25 June 1962 Company A, 303rd Army Security Agency Battalion was activated at Fort Carson Colorado. It was reorganized and redesignated as the 372nd Army Security Agency Company on 15 October 1966. The 372nd was a radio research company supporting the 25th Division in intercepting enemy communications and locating enemy units. The 372nd participated in twelve Vietnam campaigns receiving five Meritorious Unit Commendations and four Republic of Vietnam awards. The company was inactivated in Vietnam on 6 March 1971. It was reactivated on 1 July 1974 at Helemano Military Reservation, Hawaii. On 16 June 1983 it was reorganized and redesignated as Company A, 125th MI Battalion. On 16 August 1995 Company A was assigned to the 1st Brigade, 25th Division at Fort Lewis WA. On 7 October 2003 Company A rejoined the battalion at Schofield less personnel and equipment. Company A was organized as an intelligence production company with the mission of providing timely intelligence in support of combat operations. All elements of the battalion have served tours of duty in either Iraq or Afghanistan. Company B served a thirteen month tour of duty in Iraq from January 2004- February 2005 furnishing intelligence support for the 2nd Brigade Combat Team. The rest of the battalion served a one year tour of duty from April 2004-2005 in Afghanistan. The battalion was organized as a task force consisting of more then 600 personnel from all branches of the Armed Forces and performed decentralized intelligence support to combat forces at forward operating bases throughout the country. As part of the modular reorganization of the 25th Infantry Division the 125th Military Intelligence Battalion was inactivated on 15 August 2005 after serving with the Tropic Lightning for 22 years. |
| Distinctive Unit Insignia | Unit Designation Motto | First Assigned to | Unit History |
| None authorized | 184th Military Intelligence Company | 16 May 2002 | Constituted 19 March 1966 in the Regular Army as the 184th Military Intelligence Company. It was activated on 1 June 1966 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina as an intelligence collection company. The company arrived in Vietnam on 4 October 1966 and was based at Tan Son Nhut Airbase, Saigon. The 184th was attached to the 145th Military Intelligence Group. It received a Meritorious Unit Commendation for its support of counter-insurgency operations and support to combat operations and participated in eight Vietnam campaigns. The 184th MI Company was inactivated in Vietnam on 25 September 1969. The company was active at Fort Lewis Washington from 1 February 1970 to 21 September 1972. With the reorganization of the 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division from light infantry to what was formally known as an Interim Brigade Combat Team now called a Stryker Brigade, the Department of the Army directed that the military intelligence company supporting the 1st Brigade would no longer be from the division military intelligence battalion but rather would be a separate company. Consequently the 184th Military Intelligence Company was reactivated on 16 May 2002 as a separate company using the personnel and equipment of Company A, 125th Military Intelligence Battalion which was inactivated. The 184th served with the 1st Brigade in and around the city of Mosul, Iraq beginning in October 2004 in support of combat operations and stability initiatives. The company returned to Fort Lewis with the 1st Brigade in September 2005. On 1 June 2006 the 1st Brigade Combat Team including the 184th Military Intelligence Company was inactivated; with personnel and equipment transferred to the 2nd Cavalry Regiment (Stryker). The 1st Brigade Combat Team including the 184th Military Intelligence Company was reactivated on 16 December 2006 with station at Fort Wainwright, Alaska. Read more about them. |
| Distinctive Unit Insignia | Unit Designation Motto | First Assigned to | Unit History |
| None authorized | 185th Military Intelligence Company | 16 October 2005 | The 185th Military Intelligence Company was constituted in the Regular Army on 19 March 1966 and activated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 1 June 1966 as an image interpretation company. The company arrived in Vietnam on 1 September 1966 and was stationed at Tan Son Nhut Airbase, Saigon. The company participated in eight Vietnam campaigns before it was inactivated in Vietnam on 25 September 1969. On 16 October 2005 the 185th Military Intelligence Company was reorganized as a combat support military intelligence company, assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team (Stryker), 25th Infantry Division and activated at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. |
| MILITARY POLICE CORPS | |||
| Distinctive Unit Insignia | Unit Designation Motto | First Assigned to | Unit History |
| 25th Military Police Company | 1 October 1941 | Activated at Schofield Barracks, as the Military Police Platoon, 25th Infantry Division on 1 October 1941. The Platoon received its baptism of fire during the Japanese attack on Hawaii on 7 December 1941 when Japanese aircraft strafed Schofield Barracks. In WW II besides its traditional police responsibilities, the platoon was also responsible for guarding prisoners of war, traffic control of convoys, protection of the division command post and if necessary to fight as light infantry. The platoon participated in the Guadalcanal, Northern Solomon's and Luzon campaigns receiving a Philippine Presidential Unit Citation. At the end of WW II the platoon undertook military police duties in Osaka, Japan. On 20 March 1949, the Military Police Platoon was reorganized and redesignated as the 25th Military Police Company. During the Korean War the 25th Military Police Company participated in all ten campaigns receiving two Meritorious Unit Commendations and two Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citations. In 1957 the Army reorganized the infantry division for atomic warfare. Under this organization no military police unit was assigned at the division-level. Consequently on 1 February 1957 the 25th Military Police Company was inactivated. In the subsequent reorganization of the infantry division in 1963 a military police company was once again authorized and the 25th Military Police Company was reactivated on 21 June 1963 and reassigned to the 25th Division. The 3rd Platoon attached to the 3rd Brigade was the first element of the 25th MP Company in Vietnam arriving on 28 December 1965. The platoon received a Valorous Unit Award for actions in Quang Ngai Province before returning to the company on 1 August 1967 less personnel and equipment. The rest of the 25th MP Company arrived in Vietnam on 13 March 1966 and was based at Cu Chi. Besides police duties the company provided for base camp gate security, convoy escorts, control of indigenous laborers and the guarding of prisoners of war throughout the division's area of operations. The company received campaign participation credit for twelve Vietnam campaigns receiving a Meritorious Unit Commendation, two awards of the Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry and the Vietnamese Civil Action Medal. From January 2004 to February 2005 the 2nd Platoon, 25th MP Company served in Operation Iraqi Freedom furnishing military police support to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team in Kirkuk. The 3rd Platoon served in Operation Enduring Freedom furnishing support to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team April 2004-2005 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The 1st Platoon also participated in Operation Enduring Freedom supporting the Division Artillery (Task Force Thunder). As part of the modular conversion of the 25th Infantry Division the 25th Military Police Company was inactivated on 15 August 2005 at Schofield Barracks with its personnel and equipment to be assigned to division and brigade special troops battalions. |
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| SIGNAL CORPS | |||
 | 125th Signal Battalion Leokani Okauwila "Voice of Lightning" | 1 October 1941 | Constituted as the 25th Signal Company assigned to the 25th Infantry Division and activated at Schofield Barracks on 1 October 1941. The company received its baptism of fire on 7 December 1941 during the Japanese attack on Hawaii. The 25th Signal Company went on to participate in the Guadalcanal, Northern Solomon's and Luzon campaigns receiving a Philippine Presidential Units Citation for its operations during the Luzon campaign. After occupation duty in Japan the 25th Signal Company responded with the 25th Division to the North Korean invasion of South Korea in June 1950. The 25th Signal Company participated in all ten campaigns of the Korean War receiving two Meritorious Unit Commendations and two Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citations. Returning to Schofield Barracks in 1954 the 25th Signal Company was redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 125th Signal Battalion on 1 February 1957. The organic elements of the battalion were concurrently constituted and activated on 1 February 1957. Company B, 125th Signal Battalion accompanied the 3rd Brigade to the Central Highlands of Vietnam in December 1965. The remainder of the battalion arrived in Vietnam on 11 March 1966. The battalion was based at Cu Chi from which it provided a division-wide area communications system. Battalion elements were also routinely placed in direct support of divisional units conducting combat operations. The 125th Signal Battalion participated in twelve Vietnam campaigns receiving two Meritorious Unit Commendations, and two awards of the Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry. Company B received a Valorous Unit Award for its support of the 3rd Brigade in Quang Ngai Province. The 125th Signal Battalion departed Vietnam on 8 December 1970 for Schofield Barracks. All elements of the battalion have served tours of duty in either Iraq or Afghanistan. Company B served a thirteen month tour of duty in Iraq from January 2004-February 2005 providing signal communications support to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team. The rest of the battalion served a one year tour of duty in Afghanistan April 2004-2005. The battalion headquarters and Company C furnished signal communications support for the headquarters of the Joint/Combined Task Force 76 at Bagram Air Field while Company A supported the 3rd Brigade Combat Team at Kandahar Airfield. Detachments of both companies were located at forward operating bases to provide communications connectivity between combat units and headquarters. As part of the modular conversion of the 25th Infantry Division, the 125th Signal Battalion was inactivated on 15 November 2005 after 64 continuous years of service with the Tropic Lightning. |
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| None authorized | 532nd Signal Company | 10 February 1971 | Constituted and activated in England as the 3251st Signal Service Company on 27 April 1944, the company participated in the Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace and Central Europe campaigns receiving a Meritorious Unit Commendation. In 1948 while serving in Austria the company was redesignated as the 532nd Signal Service Company. During the Korean War the 532nd served as a signal construction company in six Korean campaigns receiving a Meritorious Unit Commendation. The company then went through a series of activations and inactivations serving in the U.S., France and Germany from 1952-1967. The 532nd Signal Company initially arrived in Vietnam on 1 October 1968 and served as an automatic secure voice company at Tan Son Nhut. It was inactivated in Vietnam on 1 March 1970. When the 25th Division departed Vietnam the 2nd Brigade remained and was transferred to Long Binh where it operated under II Field Force. On 10 February 1971 the 532nd Signal Company was reactivated and reorganized as a combat support signal company and assigned to the 2nd Brigade with station at Long Binh. The company was inactivated in Vietnam on 25 April 1971 upon the departure of the 2nd Brigade. The 532nd was reactivated in 1973 and served in Germany and the Netherlands until inactivated on 15 September 1994. |
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| None authorized | 176th Signal Company | 16 January 2002 | Constituted 13 January 1941 in the Regular Army as the 2nd Signal Repair Company. The company was activated on 10 February 1941 at Fort Ord, California. On 7 August 1941 the company was redesignated as the 176th Signal Repair Company. The 176th received WWII campaign participation credit for the New Guinea campaign and was inactivated on Okinawa on 30 May 1947. Reorganized and redesignated as the 176th Signal Company it was active in Germany from 1 April 1951 to 1 October 1961. On 25 March 1963 the company was reactivated and served in the continental United States until inactivated on 15 June 1991 at Fort Lewis. It was again active at Fort Lewis from 16 May 1993 to 15 June 1999. The composition of what was formally known as the Interim Brigade Combat Team now called Stryker Brigade calls for a separate signal company assigned to the brigade. Consequently the 176th Signal Company was reactivated at Fort Lewis on 16 January 2002 and assigned to the 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division. The 176th served with the 1st Brigade in and around the city of Mosul, Iraq beginning in October 2004 in support of combat operations and stability initiatives. The company returned to Fort Lewis with the 1st Brigade in September 2005. On 1 June 2006 the 1st Brigade Combat Team including the 176th Signal Company was inactivated; with personnel and equipment transferred to the 2nd Cavalry Regiment (Stryker). The 1st Brigade Combat Team including the 176th Signal Company was reactivated on 16 December 2006 with station at Fort Wainwright, Alaska. Read more about them. |
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| None authorized | 556th Signal Company | 16 October 2005 | The 556th Signal Company was constituted on 3 February 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 556th Signal Depot Company and activated on 1 April 1944 at Camp Polk, Louisiana. During WWII the 556th served in Hawaii and on Saipan Island returning to Hawaii in 1946 where it was inactivated on 31 October 1946. For its WWII service the company was awarded a Meritorious Unit Commendation. Redesignated as the 556th Signal Radio Relay Company it was reactivated in Korea on 10 November 1951 and assigned to the Eighth Army. The company served in four campaigns of the Korean War receiving two Meritorious Unit Commendations before being inactivated on 12 March 1953 in Korea. Redesignated as the 556th Signal Company, it was reactivated in Korea from 15 March 1960 to 15 December 1962 as a radio relay company assigned to the Eighth Army. On 1 March 1970 the 556th Signal Company (Support) was reactivated in Vietnam. Stationed at Dalat, the company was assigned to the U.S. Army Strategic Communications Command and participated in five Vietnam campaigns before being inactivated on 26 January 1972 in Vietnam. The 556th later served on active duty at Fort Huachuca, Arizona from 16 April 1993 to 15 September 1998 where it received an Army Superior Unit Award. On 16 October 2005 the 556th Signal Company was officially reactivated and assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team (Stryker), 25th Infantry Division at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. |
| SPECIAL TROOPS | |||
| Note: As a result of the reorganization of the 25th Infantry Division in 2005 three Special Troops Battalions have been activated in the Tropic Lightning. See History of Special Troops for an understanding of the past and present roles of Special Troops in U.S.Army Divisions. | |||
| Distinctive Unit Insignia | Unit Designation Motto | First Assigned to | Unit History |
 | Special Troops Battalion, 25th Infantry Division "Strike With Honor" | 12 October 1943 | Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Special Troops Battalion, 25th Infantry Division was first constituted 12 October 1943 as Headquarters, Special Troops, 25th Infantry Division and activated in New Zealand on 21 January 1944. Headquarters, Special Troops had the mission of providing administrative support to the separate combat support and combat service support companies of the Tropic Lightning. These were the Division Headquarters Company, the Military Police Platoon, the 25th Signal Company, the 25th Quartermaster Company, the 725th Ordnance Company and the 25th Division Band. In WW II, Headquarters, Special Troops participated in the Luzon Campaign and received a Philippine Presidential Unit Citation. On 20 March 1949, Headquarters, Special Troops was inactivated in Osaka, Japan. It was concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 25th Replacement Company and activated in Osaka on 25 September 1949. The replacement company mission was to process incoming and outgoing divisional personnel. The 25th Replacement Company participated in all ten campaigns of the Korean War and was awarded a Meritorious Unit Commendation and two awards of the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation. On 1 February 1957 the 25th Replacement Company was reorganized and redesignated as the 25th Administration Company. The company had a wide-range of the responsibility in support to division elements. These included personnel, finance, staff judge advocate, chaplain, information, postal and special services. The 25th Admin arrived in Vietnam on 30 March 1966 and was based at Cu Chi. The Company participated in all twelve Vietnam campaigns receiving three awards of the Meritorious Unit Citation, two awards of the Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry and the Civil Action Honor Medal. On 21 April 1972 the 25th Administration Company was redesignated and reorganized as the 25th Adjutant General Company. The 25th Division Band was assigned to the company and the company's mission was reduced to Adjutant General Corps duties. The 25th Adjutant General Company was inactivated on 16 July 1986 at Schofield Barracks. On 16 November 2005, the 25th Adjutant General Company was reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), Special Troops Battalion, 25th Infantry Division and activated at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. In addition to the HHC, the battalion consists of a signal company and the division band. The mission of the battalion is to support Headquarters, 25th Infantry Division. |
 | Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division "By Courage And Arms" | 21 June 1963 | Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division was first constituted and organized in 1921 as Headquarters Company, 195th Infantry Brigade, 98th Division at Albany, NY. In 1942 it was reorganized and redesignated as the 98th Reconnaissance Troop (less 3rd Platoon) and ordered into Federal service. The 98th Infantry Division initially served from April 1944 to May 1945 as the defense force for the Hawaiian Islands. After V-J Day, the 98th Division was sent to Japan for occupation duty. Inactivated in1946, the 98th Reconnaissance Troop was reactivated in the Organized Reserves in 1947. It was redesignated as the 98th Reconnaissance Company and then disbanded 1 May 1959. Concurrently reconstituted (less 3rd Platoon) in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 195th Infantry Brigade. It was redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade 25th Infantry Division on 21 June 1963. The 3rd Brigade was sent to Pleiku, Vietnam by a massive airlift named Operation Blue Light from 28 December 1965 to 17 January 1966. Under the operational control of I Field Force, the 3rd Brigade composed of the 1/14th Infantry, 1/35th Infantry, 2/35th Infantry, 2/9th Artillery, 1/69th Armor and Troop C, 3/4th Cavalry operated along the Cambodian border. In April 1967 the 3rd Brigade was attached to Task Force Oregon and engaged Viet Cong units in Quang Ngai Province receiving a Valorous Unit Award. On 1 August 1967 Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade less personnel and equipment rejoined the 25th Division and was based at Dau Tieng. The 3rd Brigade assumed command of the former 3rd Brigade, 4th Division units, the 2/12th Infantry, 2/22nd Infantry (Mechanized), and 3/22nd Infantry. The 2/14th Infantry replaced 3/22nd Infantry in Feb. 1970. The 3rd Brigade received credit for twelve Vietnam campaigns. On 8 December 1970 it returned to Schofield Barracks less personnel and equipment and was inactivated on 24 July 1972. The 3rd Brigade was reactivated on 16 November 1985 at Schofield Barracks. The Brigade was composed of the 2nd Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, and 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment. The 3rd Brigade Combat Team served a one year tour of duty in Afghanistan from April 2004 -April 2005. The brigade was organized as Task Force (TF) Bronco. It included the 2-5 Infantry, 2-35 Infantry, 3-7 Field Artillery and the 3-4 Cavalry. All of these units were also organized as task forces. TF Bronco was based at Kandahar Airfield and was responsible for security and stability operations for the Regional Command South. On 16 November 2005, Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade was reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team on 16 November 2005. (Organic battalion elements constituted and activated). |
 | Special Troops Battalion (Airborne), 4th Brigade (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division "Duco Undique" ("Influence Everywhere") | 6 December 1969 | Special Troops Battalion (Airborne), 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division was first constituted as Headquarters Company, 4th Brigade, 25th Infantry Division and activated at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii on 6 December 1969. The mission of the 4th Brigade, 25th Infantry Division was to serve as the strategic reserve for contingencies in the Pacific area other than Vietnam. The 4th Brigade was composed of the 2nd Battalion, 5th Infantry, 3rd Battalion, 14th Infantry, 3rd Battalion, 27th Infantry, 5th Battalion, 13th Artillery, Troop H, 10th Cavalry, 76th Engineer Company and the 425th Support Battalion. Upon the return of the 25th Infantry Division from Vietnam the 4th Brigade was inactivated on 15 December 1970. On 16 October 2005, Headquarters Company, 4th Brigade was reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Special Troops Battalion (Airborne), 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division and activated at Fort Richardson, Alaska (Organic battalion elements constituted and activated). |
| COMPOSITE SERVICE SUPPORT | |||
| Composite combat service support units of the 25th Infantry Division are primarily composed of personnel and equipment from several branches of the Army including the Quartermaster Corps, the Ordnance Corps, the Transportation Corps, the Medical Corps and the Chemical Corps. For the evolution of combat service support in the 25th Division since 1941 see our page detailing that evolution. | |||
| Distinctive Unit Insignia | Unit Designation Motto | First Assigned to | Unit History |
 | 25th Support Battalion "Without Delay" | 1 October 1941 | Constituted, organized and activated as the 325th Quartermaster Battalion at Schofield Barracks on 1 October 1941 using personnel and equipment of the 11th Quartermaster Regiment, Hawaiian Division. The 325th Quartermaster Battalion came under fire during the Japanese attack on Hawaii on 7 December 1941. On 1 November 1942 the 325th Quartermaster Battalion less the Ordnance Platoon was redesignated as the 25th Quartermaster Company and organized as a truck company. The 25th Quartermaster Company served in all four World War II campaigns of the 25th Division receiving a Meritorious Unit Commendation and a Philippine Presidential Unit Citation. The 25th Quartermaster Company accompanied the 25th Division to Korea and served in all ten campaigns of the Korean War receiving two Meritorious Unit Commendations and two Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citations. On 1 July 1963, as part of the reorganization of the 25th Division, the 25th Quartermaster Company was reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters Company, 25th Supply and Transport Battalion. The battalion was organized with a headquarters company, a supply company and a motor transport company and was responsible for furnishing all classes of supply to Tropic Lightening units and for division motor transport. The 25th Supply and Transport Battalion arrived in Vietnam on 30 March 1966 and was based at Cu Chi. The battalion supported the 25th Division through all twelve Vietnam campaigns receiving three Meritorious Unit Commendations, two awards of the Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm and the Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal. On 16 April 1992 the battalion was redesignated as the 25th Support Battalion. It was reorganized as a forward support battalion to consist of a headquarters and supply company, a maintenance company and a medical company with the mission of providing forward service support to the 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division. The 25th Support Battalion was reassigned to Fort Lewis, Washington upon the transfer of the 1st Brigade to Fort Lewis in 1995. As a result of the reorganization of the 1st Brigade from light infantry to a wheeled, light armored organization now known as a Stryker Brigade; the 25th Support Battalion was reorganized as a separate brigade support battalion on 16 September 2002. Beginning in October 2004, the 25th Support Battalion furnished combat service support to 1st Brigade elements conducting combat operations and stability initiatives in and around the city of Mosul, Iraq. For its support of combat operations in Iraq the 25th Support Battalion received a Valorous Unit Award. The battalion returned with the 1st Brigade to Fort Lewis in September 2005. On 1 June 2006 the 1st Brigade Combat Team including the 25th Support Battalion was inactivated; with personnel and equipment transferred to the 2nd Cavalry Regiment (Stryker). The 1st Brigade Combat Team including the 25th Support Battalion was reactivated on 16 December 2006 with station at Fort Wainwright, Alaska. Read more about them. |
| Distinctive Unit Insignia | Unit Designation Motto | First Assigned to | Unit History |
 | 325th Support Battalion "Lightning Medics" | 1 October 1941 | Constituted, organized and activated as the 25th Medical Battalion at Schofield Barracks on 1 October 1941 using personnel and equipment of the 11th Medical Regiment, Hawaiian Division. The battalion was organized with a headquarters and headquarters detachment, three collecting companies and a clearing company. The battalion received its baptism of fire during the Japanese attack on Hawaii 7 December 1941. Landing on Guadalcanal with the division in December 1942, the 25th Medical Battalion faced daunting challenges in getting the wounded off jungle covered mountains. Using all available resources including sliding litters down cables off mountains and using rafts as transportation down rivers, the 25th Medical Battalion set new standards in evacuating casualties of jungle warfare. The 25th Medics went on to perform equally heroic acts in casualty care and evacuation in the Northern Solomon's and Luzon campaigns. For its service in the liberation of the Philippines the battalion received the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation. During the early stages of the Korean War the 25th Medical Battalion was inundated with casualties as the 25th Division saw fierce combat in the defense of the Pusan Perimeter. The 25th Medical Battalion went on to participate in all ten campaigns of the Korean War receiving a Meritorious Unit Commendation and two awards of the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation. The first element of the 25th Medical Battalion to go to Vietnam was Company B which accompanied the 3rd Brigade to the Central Highlands in December 1965. The rest of the battalion arrived at Cu Chi in March 1966. During Vietnam, the companies of the battalion were generally collocated with surgical and evacuation hospitals as casualties were evacuated by helicopter directly from the field to a hospital. The 25th Medical Battalion served in twelve Vietnam campaigns receiving two Meritorious Unit Commendations, two awards of the Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm and the Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal. Additionally Company B and Company D each received a Valorous Unit Award. On 16 April 1992 the battalion was redesignated as the 325th Support Battalion and organized as a forward support battalion consisting of a headquarters and supply company, a maintenance company and a medical company with the mission of furnishing forward service support to the 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division. The battalion served in Afghanistan from April 2004-2005 in support of the 25th Division's Task Force Bronco (3rd Brigade Combat Team) and all units in Regional Commands South and West. Based at Kandahar Air Field the battalion was organized as Logistics Task Force 325 and included five non-25th Division combat service support units. LTF 325 provided for all classes of supplies as well as maintenance support to security and stability operations. In addition it operated a combat hospital and trained Afghan army logistics personnel. For its service in Afghanistan the 325th Support Battalion was awarded a Meritorious Unit Commendation. On 16 November 2005 the battalion was assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team. Read more about them. |
| Distinctive Unit Insignia | Unit Designation Motto | First Assigned to | Unit History |
 | 725th Support Battalion "Service to the Line" | 1 October 1941 | Constituted, organized and activated at Schofield Barracks on 1 October 1941 as the Maintenance Platoon, Headquarters Company, 325th Quartermaster Battalion using the personnel and equipment of the 11th Ordnance Company, Hawaiian Division. On 1 August 1942 it was reorganized and redesignated as the Ordnance Maintenance Platoon. On 1 November 1942 the platoon was reorganized and redesignated as the 725th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company, a separate company of the 25th Division. The primary mission of the company was vehicle repair. The company accompanied the 25th Division to Guadalcanal where it supported the division's units during that campaign and subsequent campaigns in the Northern Solomons and on Luzon. For its service in the liberation of the Philippines the company was awarded the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation. On 20 March 1946 the company was reorganized and redesignated as the 725th Ordnance Maintenance Company to reflect additional ordnance maintenance capabilities. During the Korean War the 725th participated in all ten campaigns with the 25th Division receiving a Meritorious Unit Commendation and two Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citations. During the late stages of the war on 1 February 1953 the 725th was reorganized and redesignated as the 725th Ordnance Battalion to meet the increased requirements for ordnance maintenance support throughout the division. In the reorganization of the 25th Division in 1963 the battalion was reorganized and redesignated as the 725th Maintenance Battalion to perform maintenance support on a wide variety of divisional equipment. The first unit of the 725th to arrive in Vietnam was Company D which accompanied the 3rd Brigade to the Central Highlands in December 1965. The rest of the battalion arrived on 1 April 1966 and was based at Cu Chi. During combat operations a mobile direct support company of the battalion would accompany each brigade providing maintenance and repair parts supply to the line units. The 725th Maintenance Battalion served in twelve Vietnam campaigns receiving two Meritorious Unit Commendations, two awards of the Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm and the Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal. Additionally Company B received a Valorous Unit Award and a Meritorious Unit Commendation; Company C received a Valorous Unit Award and Company D received a Valorous Unit Award and a Meritorious Unit Commendation. On 16 April 1992 the battalion was redesignated as the 725th Support Battalion and was reorganized as a main support battalion consisting of a headquarters and supply company, a motor transport company, an ordnance maintenance company and a medical company. Elements of the battalion supported the 2nd Brigade Combat Team in Iraq from January 2004-February 2005 as part of Logistics Task Force 225. The reminder of the Battalion served in Afghanistan from February 2004-2005 and was based at Bagram Air Field. The battalion was organized as Logistics Task Force 725 and included four non-25th Division combat service support units. LTF 725 provided full-spectrum combat service support to 18 Forward Operating Bases in Regional Command East including maintenance and medical support. On 16 November 2005 the battalion was temporarily inactivated. On 16 September 2006 the 725th was reorganized and redesignated as the 725th Support Battalion (Airborne) and assigned to the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division with home station at Fort Richardson, Alaska. The battalion served a fifteen month tour of duty in Iraq from October 2006 to December 2007 with the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne). The battalion's Company F received a Valorous Unit Award for extraordinary heroism in support of Task Force 3 Geronimo's defeat of insurgent activity in Babil Province, Iraq during the period June-November 2007. |
| Distinctive Unit Insignia | Unit Designation Motto | First Assigned to | Unit History |
| Headquarters and Headquarters Company 25th Infantry Division Support Command | 1 February 1957 | Activated on 1 February 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 25th Infantry Division Trains at Schofield Barracks with the mission of command and control of the combat service support elements of the 25th Division. On 1 July 1963 it was consolidated with the 25th Infantry Division Band and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment and Band, 25th Infantry Division Support Command. In Vietnam, the Headquarters Detachment and Band of the Division Support Command was based at Cu Chi. The Support Command consisted of the 25th Supply and Transport Battalion, the 25th Medical Battalion, the 725th Maintenance Battalion and the 25th Administration Company. It participated in twelve Vietnam campaigns and was awarded two Meritorious Unit Commendations, two awards of the Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm and the Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Medal. While in Vietnam, the increasing responsibilities of the Support Command led to the Headquarters Detachment and Band being reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters Company and Band on 15 November 1967. Soon after returning from Vietnam the 25th Division Band was reassigned from Headquarters Company to the 25th Adjutant General Company. In 1981 a Transportation Corps aircraft maintenance company was assigned and in 1986 a Chemical Corps decontamination/smoke generator company was assigned. In April 1992 the Division Support Command was responsible for the massive reorganization of the supply and transportation, medical and maintenance battalions into support battalions. At that time, the 25th Infantry Division Support Command was composed of the 225th , 325th, 725th Support Battalions and the 71st Chemical Company. The Support Command Headquarters arrived in Afghanistan in March-April 2004 for a one year tour of duty as the Joint Logistics Command for the Combined/Joint Task Force 76. The Support command had the responsibility for all logistic support throughout the Combined Joint Operations Area. Decentralization of the maintenance support was provided by the formation of Mobile Maintenance Support Teams that were located in forward operating bases. In addition distribution points for all classes of supply were set up at forward operating bases. The effectiveness of these and other initiatives were attested to by the fact all security and stability operations received full-spectrum logistical support throughout the Support Command's tour of duty. As part of the modular conversion of the 25th Infantry Division, HHC, Support Command was inactivated on 15 November 2005 after 47 years of continuous service with the Tropic Lightning. |
| Distinctive Unit Insignia | Unit Designation Motto | First Assigned to | Unit History |
 | 425th Support Battalion "Total Support" | 6 December 1969 | Constituted, organized and activated on 6 December 1969 as the 425th Support Battalion. Assigned to the 4th Brigade, 25th Infantry Division at Schofield Barracks as the brigade support battalion. The battalion organization was that of the support battalion of a separate infantry brigade consisting of a headquarters detachment, an administration company, a supply and maintenance company and a medical company. Upon the return of the 25th Division from Vietnam to Schofield Barracks, the 4th Brigade was inactivated on 15 December 1970. The 425th Support Battalion remained on active duty until 1972 when it was inactivated on 5 April. |
| Distinctive Unit Insignia | Unit Designation Motto | First Assigned to | Unit History |
 | 225th Support Battalion "Warrior Support" | 10 February 1971 | Constituted, organized and activated in Vietnam on 10 February 1971 as the 225th Support Battalion. It was assigned to the 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division which remained in Vietnam after the departure of the 25th Division in December 1970. Based at Long Binh the 225th was organized as a separate brigade support battalion consisting of a headquarters detachment, an administration company, a supply and maintenance company and a medical company. Upon the departure of the 2nd Brigade from Vietnam in April 1971 the 225th Support Battalion was inactivated in Vietnam on 30 April 1971. The 225th received Vietnam campaign participation credit for the Counteroffensive, Phase VII campaign. The 225th Support Battalion was reactivated on 16 April 1992 at Schofield Barracks and was organized as a forward support battalion consisting of a headquarters and supply company, a maintenance company and a medical company with the mission of furnishing forward service support to the 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division. The 225th Support Battalion served in Iraq from January 2004-February 2005 as Logistics Task Force 225 in support of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team. The battalion provided logistical and medical support to the battalions of the 2nd Brigade. The task force performed highly effective decentralized maintenance, supply and medical service support enabling Brigade security and stability operation to be effectively conducted. In recognition of its achievements the battalion received a Meritorious Unit Citation. On 16 October 2005 the battalion was assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team. |
| Distinctive Unit Insignia | Unit Designation Motto | First Assigned to | Unit History |
| None authorized | 125th Combat Service Support Company | 16 September 2002 | The Tables of Organization and Equipment for a Stryker Brigade does not include a combat service support company. The 125th Combat Service Support Company was constituted and activated on 16 September 2002 to provide an organization to which heavy support equipment could be assigned that is not authorized for the Stryker Brigade but needed in support of its development, training and maintenance. The company was inactivated prior to the 1st Brigade departing for Iraq. |
| Distinctive Unit Insignia | Unit Designation Motto | First Assigned to | Unit History |
 | 167th Support Battalion "Strength Through Support" | 16 August 2005 | The 167th Support Battalion (Airborne) was originally organized in October 1917 at Fort Bliss Texas as the Mechanical Repair shop No.305. It served in the continental United States in WWI. In 1922 it was reorganized as the 2nd Motor Repair Battalion. In 1936 it was reorganized and redesignated as the 36th Quartermaster Regiment. In 1940 the regiment was broken up with the 1st Battalion being redesignated as the 67th Quartermaster Battalion with battalion headquarters being activated at Fort Bragg on 1 June 1941. On 1 August 1942 the Headquarters was redesignated as Headquarters, 67th Ordnance Medium Maintenance Battalion. The battalion landed in North Africa in early November 1942 receiving assault landing credit for the Algeria-French Morocco campaign. The battalion next participated in the Sicily campaign from 9 July to 17 August 1943. During its participation in the Rome-Arno campaign the battalion was redesignated as the 67th Ordnance Battalion on 5 September 1943. The 67th then participated in the final two campaigns of the war in Italy the North Apennines and the Po Valley campaigns. After hostilities ended the battalion was inactivated in Italy on 25 September 1945. The 67th was reactivated on Okinawa on 5 December 1948. Upon the North Korean invasion of South Korea in June 1950 the battalion was sent to Korea and furnished ordnance maintenance support to Eighth Army units through all ten campaigns of the Korean War receiving three Army Meritorious Unit Commendations. The battalion was again inactivated on 24 June 1955 in Korea. On 20 March 1957 the 67th was reactivated at Sandia Base New Mexico where it furnished ordnance maintenance support for nuclear weapons. The 67th then served at Seneca Ordnance Depot, New York, the Dominican Republic and Fort Ord, California where the battalion was inactivated on 27 February 1992. The battalion was redesignated and reorganized as the 167th Support Battalion (Airborne) assigned to the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division and activated at Fort Richardson, Alaska on 16 August 2005. On 15 September 2006 the battalion was relieved from assignment to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, redesignated as the 67th Maintenance Battalion and inactivated. |
| Distinctive Unit Insignia | Unit Designation Motto | First Assigned to | Unit History |
 | 209th Support Battalion "Service Behind The Sword" | 16 November 2005 | The 209th Support Battalion was first constituted in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment (HHD), 1st Battalion, 54th Quartermaster Regiment (Heavy Maintenance) on 1 May 1936 and activated at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 1 June 1941. On 1 August 1942 it was converted and redesignated as HHD, 1st Battalion, 54th Ordnance Heavy Maintenance Regiment and on 7 October 1942 it was redesignated as HHD, 185th Ordnance Heavy Maintenance Battalion. On 26 May 1943 the battalion was redesignated as HHD, 185th Ordnance Battalion. In WWII the 185th participated in five major European campaigns; Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace and Central Europe. The battalion was inactivated in France on 16 October 1946. The battalion was reactivated on 28 May 1954 and stationed at the Red River Arsenal, Texas. The 185th was stationed at Fort Hood Texas when it was ordered to Vietnam. Arriving in Vietnam on 2 August 1965 the battalion was assigned to the 29th General Support Group and based at Long Binh outside of Saigon. HHD, 185th Ordnance Battalion was reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Main Support Company 185th Maintenance Battalion (Direct Support) on 20 July 1966. The battalion remained based at Long Binh where it performed maintenance and supply support for non-divisional units throughout Military Region III both at Long Binh and through mobile contact teams. The 185th Maintenance Battalion is one of only a very few US Army units to hold the distinction of participating in 16 of the 17 campaigns of the Vietnam War from Vietnam Defense to Cease Fire. The battalion also received a Meritorious Unit Commendation. The 185th departed Vietnam on 21 October 1972 and was inactivated on 10 November 1972 at the Oakland Army Base, California. On 4 May 2004 Headquarters and Main Support Company 185th Maintenance Battalion was redesignated and reorganized as Headquarters and Support Company, 209th Support Battalion (organic elements concurrently constituted). The 209th Support Battalion was activated at Wheeler Army Air Field, Hawaii on 16 November 2005 as an aviation support battalion and assigned to the Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division. In addition to the headquarters and support company, the battalion consists of a distribution company, an aviation maintenance company and a signal company. |
| ADJUTANT GENERAL CORPS | |||
| Distinctive Unit Insignia | Unit Designation Motto | First Assigned to | Unit History |
| 25th Infantry Division Band | 1 January 1944 | Constituted on 12 October 1943 as Band, 25th Infantry Division. Activated in New Zealand on 1 January 1944 while the 25th Division was refitting and training after completion of the Northern Solomons campaign using the personnel and equipment of regimental-level bands which then were inactivated. The primary mission of the Band was to provide music for military ceremonies and for troop entertainment. In addition the Band had the combat mission of protecting the division headquarters. The Band participated in the Luzon Campaign receiving a Philippine Presidential Unit Citation. In the Korean War the Band participated in all twelve campaigns receiving two Meritorious Unit Commendations for their superior performance of combat duties. The Band also received two awards of the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation. On 1 July 1963 the Band was consolidated with Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 25th Infantry Division Support Command. The Band arrived in Vietnam on 30 March 1966 and was based at Cu Chi. On 15 November 1967 the unit designation was changed to Headquarters and Headquarters Company and Band, 25th Infantry Division Support Command. The Band participated in twelve Vietnam campaigns performing its musical duties as well as base camp defense. It was awarded two Meritorious Unit Commendations, two awards of the Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry and one award of the Civil Action Medal. The Band returned to Schofield Barracks in December 1970. On 21 April 1972 the Band was reassigned to the 25th Adjutant General Company. On 16 July 1986 the Band was withdrawn from the 25th Adjutant General Company and made a separate unit of the 25th Infantry Division. The Band served several temporary periods of duty in Afghanistan providing music for ceremonies and entertainment for 25th Division units as well as providing the same support for unit functions at Schofield Barracks. On 16 November 2005 the 25th Infantry Division Band was assigned to the Special Troops Battalion, 25th Infantry Division. |
| Distinctive Unit Insignia | Unit Designation Motto | First Assigned to | Unit History |
| 25th Adjutant General Company | 21 January 1944 | Constituted 12 October 1943 as Headquarters, Special Troops, 25th Infantry Division. Activated in New Zealand on 21 January 1944 while the 25th was refitting and training after the Northern Solomons campaign. Headquarters, Special Troops had the mission of providing administrative support to the separate combat support and combat service support companies of the Tropic Lightning. These were the Division Headquarters Company, the Military Police Platoon, the 25th Signal Company, the 25th Quartermaster Company, the 725th Ordnance Company and the 25th Division Band. In WW II, Headquarters, Special Troops participated in the Luzon Campaign and received a Philippine Presidential Unit Citation. On 20 March 1949, Headquarters, Special Troops was inactivated in Osaka, Japan. It was concurrently converted and redesignated as the 25th Replacement Company and activated in Osaka on 25 September 1949. The replacement company mission was to process incoming and outgoing divisional personnel. The 25th Replacement Company participated in all ten campaigns of the Korean War and was awarded a Meritorious Unit Commendation and two awards of the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation. On 1 February 1957 the 25th Replacement Company was reorganized and redesignated as the 25th Administration Company. The company had a wide-range of the responsibility in support to division elements. These included personnel, finance, staff judge advocate, chaplain, information, postal and special services. The 25th Admin. arrived in Vietnam on 30 March 1966 and was based at Cu Chi. The Company participated in all twelve Vietnam campaigns receiving three awards of the Meritorious Unit Citation, two awards of the Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry and the Civil Action Honor Medal. On 21 April 1972 the 25th Administration Company was redesignated and reorganized as the 25th Adjutant General Company. The 25th Division Band was assigned to the company and the company's mission was reduced to Adjutant General Corps duties. The 25th Adjutant General Company was inactivated on 16 July 1986 at Schofield Barracks. On 16 November 2005, the 25th Adjutant General Company was reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Special Troops Battalion, 25th Infantry Division and activated at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. |
| Distinctive Unit Insignia | Unit Designation Motto | First Assigned to | Unit History |
 | 556th Personnel Services Battalion (Lightning Service) "Service Always First" | 16 October 1999 | Constituted and activated on 25 August 1944 in North Africa during WW II as the 556th Replacement Company. The company served in Italy and received participation credit for the Rome-Arno Campaign. It was disbanded in Italy on 8 August 1945. During the Korean War the 556th Replacement Company was reconstituted and activated on 7 November 1951 and was stationed in Japan. For its support of the Korean War effort the 556th was awarded a Meritorious Unit Commendation. The 556th was inactivated in Japan on 15 June 1953. Redesignated as the 556th Personnel Services Company, it was briefly reactivated at Schofield Barracks from 10 January to 1 October 1968. On 16 July 1986, the 25th Adjutant General Company was inactivated and the 556th Personnel Services Company was reactivated using the personnel and equipment of the 25th Adjutant General Company. On16 September 1995 the 556th was reorganized and redesignated as the 556th Personnel Services Battalion and attached to the 25th Division. The battalion was organized as a corps-level asset. It furnished personnel support to the 25th Infantry Division. The United States Army, Pacific officially assigned the 556th Personnel Services Battalion to the 25th Infantry Division on 16 October 1999. The battalion served a one year tour of duty in Afghanistan April 2004-2005. Upon arrival in country the battalion was organized as a task force with a Bravo and Charlie detachments and several non-divisional units. The task force elements were located at Bagram and Kandahar Air Fields as well as Forward Operating Base Salerno providing full-spectrum personnel service support to all elements of Combined/Joint Task Force 76. As part of the modular conversion of the 25th Infantry Division the battalion was relieved from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division on 16 November 2006. The 556th Personnel Services Battalion was officially inactivated on 29 February 2008 at Schofield Barracks. |
| CHEMICAL CORPS | |||
| Distinctive Unit Insignia | Unit Designation Motto | First Assigned to | Unit History |
| None authorized | 71st Chemical Company | 16 October 1986 | Constituted and activated on 25 May 1942 at Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland. The 71st Chemical Company was redesignated as the 71st Chemical Smoke Generator Company on 10 November 1942. The company participated in the Ryukyus Islands campaign in WWII and was then inactivated on Okinawa on 25 January 1946. On 10 April 1946 the 71st was reactivated at Edgewood Arsenal and allotted to the Regular Army on 20 November 1951. The company served in the closing phases of the Korean War in 1952-1953 receiving campaign participation credits for the Third Korean Winter and for Korea Summer 1953. For its Korean service the 71st was awarded a Meritorious Unit Commendation. On 15 March 1954 the company was redesignated and reorganized as the 71st Chemical Company. The company was inactivated in Korea on 28 March 1955. On 16 October 1986 the 71st Chemical Company was reactivated and assigned to the 25th Infantry Division and stationed at Schofield Barracks. The mission of the company is to provide the division with a smoke generating capability as well as nuclear, biological and chemical reconnaissance and decontamination support. Company elements furnished chemical support to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team in Iraq from January 2004-February 2005 and to the Combined/Joint Task Force 76 in Afghanistan from March 2004-2005. As part of the modular conversion of the 25th Infantry Division the 71st Chemical Company was reassigned to the 8th Sustainment Command at Schofield Barracks on 16 November 2005. |
| FINANCE CORPS | |||
| Distinctive Unit Insignia | Unit Designation Motto | First Assigned to | Unit History |
| 125th Finance Company | 15 March 1972 | Constituted as the 125th Finance Company, assigned to the 25th Infantry Division and activated on 15 March 1972 at Schofield Barracks. In 1972 the Army inactivated division administration companies and split the functions into an adjutant general company for personnel matters and a finance company for pay and other financial matters. In 1986 the Army decided to move the division's finance capability to corps level. Hence on 16 June 1986 the 125th Finance Company was relieved from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division. On 16 August 1986 the company was reorganized and redesignated as the 125th Finance Battalion. From 2004-2005 during Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom, the battalion furnished financial support to the 25th Infantry Division. The 125th Finance Battalion is assigned to the 8th Sustainment Command (Theater) and stationed at Schofield Barracks. |
| TRANSPORTATION CORPS | |||
| Distinctive Unit Insignia | Unit Designation Motto | First Assigned to | Unit History |
 | 33rd Transportation Battalion "Hele Kakou Mao" (This Way to the Line) | 1 February 1957 | Constituted as the 33rd Transportation Battalion, assigned to 25th Infantry Division and activated on 1 February 1957. As part of the reorganization of the infantry divisions for atomic warfare the Army added a transportation battalion to each division to give it the capability to transport infantry by truck or by armored personnel carrier (APC) depending on the tactical situation. The battalion consisted of a Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Company A (Truck) and Company B (APC). In the reorganization of the 25th Infantry Division in 1963 the 33rd Transportation Battalion was inactivated on 12 August 1963 with the personnel and equipment of Company A (Truck) and the 25th Quartermaster Company used to form the 25th Supply and Transportation Battalion. |
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| None authorized | 56th Transportation Company | 16 October 1985 | Constituted as Company B, 51st Quartermaster Truck Battalion and activated in Puerto Rico on 3 January 1941. The company went through four designations changes and a transfer to the Transportation Corps while remaining as a truck company from 1941-1950. On 25 May 1950 the company, then designated as the 56th Transportation Truck Company, was inactivated in Puerto Rico. The 56th was reactivated on 14 December 1951 at Camp Pickett Virginia, redesignated as the 56th Transportation Company and then inactivated at Letterkenny Ordnance Depot Pennsylvania on 20 June 1956. On 20 June 1963 the 56th was reactivated at Fort Lewis Washington as a direct support aircraft maintenance company. The 56th arrived in Vietnam on 16 October 1964 and was initially based at Tan Son Nhut Airbase, Saigon. In 1965 it was assigned to the 765th Transportation Battalion (Aircraft Maintenance and Supply) and based at Long Than North airfield in Military Region 3. The 56th provided direct support maintenance to both rotary and fixed-wing aircraft in southern MR 3 and northern MR 4. The 56th is one of a very few US Army units credited with service in all 17 Vietnam campaigns. For its Vietnam service the 56th received five awards of the Meritorious Unit Commendation and also received the Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal. The company was inactivated in Vietnam on 30 April 1972. On 16 October 1985 the 56th Transportation Company (Aircraft Maintenance) was reactivated and assigned to the 25th Infantry Division. The company was inactivated on 16 May 1988 with its personnel and equipment being used to man and equip Company H (Aviation Maintenance), 25th Aviation Regiment. |
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