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This was the first deployment of an element of The Old Guard's 1st Battalion since World War II. Bravo Company, also called Task Force Bravo and Team Battlehard, arrived in the US Central Command area of operations to take up duty in Djibouti on the Horn of Africa on 17 December 2003.
The 54th Infantry Regiment (for a time, known as the 54th Armored Infantry Regiment) is a United States Army Regimental System parent regiment of the United States Army. It is represented in the active Army by the 2nd and 3rd Battalions, which conduct Infantry One Station Unit Training (OSUT) at Fort Moore (formerly Fort Benning), Georgia.
The 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, also known as the Iron Rakkasans, is a battalion of the US Army 187th Infantry Regiment.The battalion was activated on 25 February 1943 and first saw action in the Pacific Theater of the Second World War, during the battle to regain US control of the Philippines.
The regiment was originally constituted as the 187th Glider Infantry Regiment [2] on 12 November 1942, and activated on 23 February 1943 at Camp Mackall, North Carolina.It was originally a two battalion glider regiment assigned to the 11th Airborne Division, the men of the 187th trained both as glider and parachute troops.
[3] According to the United States Army, Security Force Assistance Brigades are the dedicated conventional organisations for conducting security force assistance around the world. Each SFAB would have a regional focus and its capabilities would enable it to perform with minimal cultural and regional orientation.
The Battle of Hard was the first large-scale battle in the Swabian War, waged between the Imperials under the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I and the Swiss Confederates.The battle was fought on 20 February 1499, a cold and foggy day, between 10,000 Imperial troops, mostly from the Swabian Circles, and a smaller number of Swiss troops, often called Reisläufer.
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The regiment also had 3 Medal of Honor awardees: . Private Thomas Evans, Co. D, Captured the flag of the 45th VA at the Battle of Piedmont, 5 June 1864; Private John Mostoller, Co. B, Led a charge against a rebel battery of artillery at the Battle of Lynchburg, 18 June 1864