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To round-out the division the 6th Battalion, 297th Infantry, of the Alaska Army National Guard was activated on 1 September 1989. [10] At the end of the Cold War parts of the division were organized as follows: 6th Infantry Division (Light), Fort Richardson, Alaska Headquarters & Headquarters Company; 1st Brigade, Fort Richardson
The 6th ID (L) Division headquarters moved to Fort Wainwright in 1990. The 6th 1D (L) maintained an Arctic focus in its unit training and was actively involved in training exercises in Japan and Thailand, at the Joint Readiness Training Center in Arkansas and Louisiana, and throughout Alaska until its inactivation in July 1994.
In 1986, the 6th Infantry Division (light) was assigned to Fort Richardson and assumed the role of overall Army Command in Alaska from the 172nd Infantry Brigade. The 6th ID provided a rapid-deployment worldwide strike force and participated in worldwide training events. [4] [8]
6th Infantry Division (Light) in 1989 (click to enlarge) 6th Infantry Division (Light), Fort Richardson, Alaska. Headquarters & Headquarters Company; 1st Brigade, Fort Richardson, Alaska. Headquarters & Headquarters Company; 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry [1] 2nd Battalion, 17th Infantry (reflagged 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry (Airborne) on 16 ...
The post then had barracks for 500 soldiers, a rifle range, a few warehouses, a hospital, and bachelor officer quarters. From 1986 to 1994 the fort was headquarters of the 6th Infantry Division (Light). Fort Richardson was formerly headquarters for United States Army Alaska (USARAK), a subordinate unit of United States Army Pacific Command. For ...
In 1974 the 172nd Infantry Brigade was reorganized again to include three light infantry battalions. [22] US Army Alaska was known as USARAL through the 60s and 70s, whereas after the activation of the 6th Infantry Division it was known as USARAK.
It was reorganized to add the 6th Battalion (Light) at Juneau on 1 September of that year, which was assigned on the same date to the Fort Richardson-based 1st Brigade, 6th Infantry Division (Light) as a roundout unit. The 6th Battalion was formed from the existing 4th Battalion units, [10] and a new 4th Battalion organized in western Alaska ...
From 1963 to 1972 it was home to the 171st Infantry Brigade, mechanized until 1969, then light. During that time, the 172nd Infantry Brigade was at Fort Richardson, in Anchorage. From 1986 to 1998 Fort Wainwright was the home of the 6th Infantry Division (Light), and served as the division's headquarters from 1990 to 1994.