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  2. 49th Armored Division (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The 49th Armored Division —nicknamed the "Lone Star"— was an armored division of the Texas Army National Guard during the Cold War. Active from 1947, the division formed part of the Texas Army National Guard together with the 36th Infantry Division. It was called up for active duty between 1961 and 1962 during the Berlin Crisis. In 1968 ...

  3. 141st Infantry Regiment (United States) - Wikipedia

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    By 1979, all three battalions of the 141st were assigned to the 1st Brigade, 49th Armored Division. In 1984, the 1/141 and 2/141 continued to be assigned to the 49th Armored, and 3d/141st was assigned to Texas National Guard Troop Command. In 1995, 2/141 was demobilized and the 3/141 was assigned to the 36th Brigade of the 49th Armored Division.

  4. Texas Army National Guard - Wikipedia

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    The 49th Armored Division was ordered to active federal service in October 1961 at Dallas, for the 1961 Berlin Crisis, and reverted to state control in August 1962. [2] The 36th and 49th were inactivated in 1968 and reorganized into three separate brigades, the 36th Infantry Brigade , 71st Infantry Brigade and 72d Infantry Brigade (Mechanized ...

  5. 49th Infantry Regiment (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The 49th Infantry Regiment was reconstituted in the Regular Army as the 49th Armored Infantry on 18 July 1941 and assigned to the 8th Armored Division. It was activated 1 April 1942 at Fort Knox, Kentucky. The regiment was broken up on 20 September 1943, and its elements were reorganized and redesignated as elements of the 8th Armored Division ...

  6. The regiment was reorganized on 31 January 1963 to consist of the 1st and 2nd Battalions, elements of the 50th Armored Division; on 1 July 1975 it added a 3rd Battalion, also an element of the 50th Armored Division; on 16 October 1984 it dropped the 1st Battalion, 2nd and 3rd Battalions remaining with the 50th AD; withdrawn from the Combat Arms ...

  7. Forward Operating Base Grizzly - Wikipedia

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    They were in charge of the FOB from October 2005 until October 2006 and their call sign was "Grizzly" dubbed after the California Grizzly Bear on the State Flag, TASK FORCE 49, 49th Military Police Battalion and Forward Operating Base Commander, LTC Anthony Palumbo and CSM Paul George conducted operations with over 2,000 U.S. and Coalition and ...

  8. 285th Aviation Regiment (United States) - Wikipedia

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    In October 1986 the unit was released from the 49th Armored Division and redesignated as the 551st Aviation Battalion. A year later it was reorganized and redesignated as the 285th Aviation, a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System, to consist of the 1st Battalion. It was equipped with AH-64A Apache aircraft in 1991.

  9. 124th Cavalry Regiment (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The unit included the 1st Squadron, part of the 36th Division, and the 2nd Squadron, part of the 49th Armored Division. On 15 January 1968, the 124th was reorganized to consist of Troop A, part of the 71st Airborne Brigade; Troop E, part of the 36th Infantry Brigade; and Troop F, part of the 72nd Infantry Brigade. [2]