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The 325th Infantry Regiment [1] is an infantry regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division.The regiment serves as the 82nd Airborne's light infantry parachute insertion fighting force of the United States Army, with a long and distinguished history, having taken part in World War I, World War II, the Vietnam War, the invasions of Grenada and Panama, as well as the Gulf and Iraq Wars.
The 82nd Airborne Division consists of a division headquarters and headquarters battalion, three infantry brigade combat teams, a division artillery, a combat aviation brigade, and a division sustainment brigade. [125] [126] The 82nd DIVARTY commands all artillery battalions. [127] 82nd Airborne Division, in Fort Liberty, North Carolina
The 172d light infantry was assigned the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry, an airborne infantry battalion, one of only three existing outside of the 82nd Airborne Division. [25] The other two battalions were part of the 173d Airborne Brigade based in Italy.) [ 25 ] The 172d Infantry Brigade was designed as a "Pacific theater contingency ...
Paratroopers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division load onto a UH-60 Black Hawk provided by paratroopers assigned to the 82nd ...
The 73rd Cavalry Regiment is a Cavalry Regiment in the United States Army, first formed in 1941.Three squadrons of the 73rd Cavalry Regiment ("Airborne Thunder" [1]) provided reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition to the Brigade Combat Teams of the 82nd Airborne Division through July 2024 when the last of the three squadrons was deactivated.
Both 1st and 2nd Battalions deployed as components of 3rd Brigade Combat Team (BCT) "Panthers", 82nd Airborne Division to Iraq in support of Operation Inherent Resolve from January to September 2015. [5] An automatic rifleman assigned to 1-505 PIR secures a landing zone for a CH-47 Chinook helicopter in Afghanistan.
The 82nd Airborne Division ... no stranger to the division and had a “defining moment” during the battle of Mosul when he was commander of the 2 nd Brigade Combat Team, 82 nd Airborne Division.
The 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division is an inactive Airborne Brigade of the United States Army. The brigade was active from 1968-1969, and from 2006-2014. The brigade conducted three rotations to Afghanistan, in 2007 and 2008, 2009 and 2010, and 2012. The brigade's two infantry battalions deployed for a fourth time in 2013-2014 ...