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  2. 503rd Infantry Regiment (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The 503rd Infantry Regiment, formerly the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment (503rd PIR) and the 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment (503rd AIR), is an airborne infantry regiment of the United States Army. The regiment served as an independent regiment in the Pacific War during World War II; at Fort Campbell, Kentucky; in Okinawa, Japan; and in ...

  3. 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment - Wikipedia

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    The 1st ABG, 503rd Inf remained with the 82nd Airborne Division until 26 March 1963, when it was relieved from assignment to the 82nd and joined 2–503rd in its assignment to the 173rd Airborne Brigade. Shortly thereafter, on 25 June 1963, it was reorganized and redesignated as the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry.

  4. 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment - Wikipedia

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    From December 1986 to September 1990, the 2-503rd was assigned to Camp Hovey, Korea, along with the 1-503rd, as a Light Infantry battalion. Together, the two battalions comprised the 2nd Brigade of the 2nd Infantry Division. While there the battalion participated in annual rotations for patrol, guardpost, and quick-reaction force duty at the DMZ.

  5. 11th Airborne Division - Wikipedia

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    Each group took off from a different airfield in the Carolinas. The four groups deployed a total of 4,800 troops in the first wave. Eighty-five percent were delivered to their targets without navigational error, [ 20 ] and the airborne troops seized the Knollwood Army Auxiliary Airfield and secured the landing area for the rest of the division ...

  6. Army Orders West Point to Disband Cadet Clubs - AOL

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    New cadets march during Reception Day at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., on June 27, 2016. Credit - Drew Angerer—Getty Images If you’re a member of the Society of Black ...

  7. List of known U.S. combat parachute jumps - Wikipedia

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    505th Regimental Combat Team (RCT), including 505th PIR, 456th Parachute Field Artillery (PFA), 307th Engineering Battalion (Engr.), Company B. Husky I 3,406 Italy Gela, Sicily 10 July 1943 504th RCT, including 504th PIR, 1st & 2nd Btn.; 376th PFA, 307th Engr., Co. A Husky II 2,304 Italy Gela, Sicily 5 September 1943 503th PIR 1,700 New Guinea

  8. Moral Injury: The Grunts - The Huffington Post

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    Can we imagine ourselves back on that awful day in the summer of 2010, in the hot firefight that went on for nine hours? Men frenzied with exhaustion and reckless exuberance, eyes and throats burning from dust and smoke, in a battle that erupted after Taliban insurgents castrated a young boy in the village, knowing his family would summon nearby Marines for help and the Marines would come ...

  9. Trump's military deportation flights cost more, carry fewer ...

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    The Trump administration's use of military aircraft for deportation flights is costing more, while at the same time moving fewer migrants than lower-priced commercial charter flights. Flying C-17 ...