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The 4th Infantry Division is a division of the United States Army based at Fort Carson, Colorado. It is composed of a division headquarters battalion, three brigade combat teams (two Stryker and one armor), a combat aviation brigade, a division sustainment brigade, and a division artillery.
Description: On a light khaki square, each side 2 inches (5.08 cm) in width overall and with one angle up, four green ivy leaves arranged per cross issuing from a small open circle (one leaf in each angle of the square and the vertical and horizontal axis each 2 11/32 inches (5.95 cm) in length) all within a 1/8-inch (.32 cm) light khaki border.
The 5th Medical Battalion was assigned on 1 July 1940 to the 4th Division, the "Ivy Division" (later re-designated as the 4th Infantry Division) and activated at Fort Benning, Georgia as the 4th Medical Battalion. The unit was reorganized and re-designated on 7 July 1942 as the 4th Medical Battalion, Motorized and then again on 4 August 1943 as ...
The nearly 350 4th Infantry Division troops were joined by three additional battalions of active-duty, National Guard and Reserve soldiers once in theater, increasing the Brigade's total strength to approximately 4,000 soldiers. [2] Throughout 2006, the command was responsible for the training of support units for the Iraqi Army.
4th Infantry Division "Ivy Division" [6] 5th Infantry Division "Red Diamond" [6] 6th Infantry Division "Sightseeing Sixth" [6] 6th Airborne Division
The Ivy Leaf on the battalion's insignia represented its long standing relationship with the 4th Infantry Division. The 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery continued this relationship as the command and control headquarters for "Task Force Thunder", an element of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
4th Infantry Division. The division's patch is four ivy leaves pointing up, down, and to the sides "Ivy" – play on the Roman numeral "IV" ("4"). Also, ivy leaves are symbolic of tenacity and fidelity, the basis of the division's motto, "Steadfast and Loyal". [13] From the Vietnam Era "Funky Fourth". "Poison Ivy".
4th Infantry Division: Nickname(s) Ivy Eagles: Insignia; Distinctive unit insignia: The 4th Combat Aviation Brigade is a Combat Aviation Brigade of the United ...