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The 1st Armored Division, nicknamed "Old Ironsides", [1] is a combined [broken anchor] arms division of the United States Army. The division is part of III Armored Corps and operates out of Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas. It was the first armored division of the United States Army to see battle in World War II.
1st Armored Division – "Old Ironsides" (official, 1941); Devised by its first commander, Major General Bruce Magruder, after he saw a picture of the USS Constitution, which bears the same nickname [3]
1st Armored Division "Old Ironsides" [6] March 1932 – April 1946. March 1951 – today. 2nd Armored Division ... 15th Armored Division
At Fort Riley, Kansas in March 1996, 3rd Battalion, 37th Armor Regiment cased its colors and reflagged as the 1st Battalion, 13th Armored Regiment, with the Soldiers exchanging their 1st Infantry Division patches for the "Old Ironsides" patches of the 1st Armored Division. LTC Richard G. Jung Sr. commanded the "Dakota" Battalion from 1996 to ...
Its headquarters was concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 1st Aviation, a parent regiment in the United States Army Regimental System. 2nd Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment was activated at Katterbach Kaserne, Federal Republic of Germany, under the 1st Armored Division (Old Ironsides)
1st Armored Division "Old Ironsides" 2nd Armored Division "Hell On Wheels" 3rd Armored Division "Spearhead Division" 4th Armored Division "Breakthrough Division" 5th Armored Division "Victory" 6th Armored Division "Super Sixth", "Bulgebusters" 7th Armored Division "Lucky Seventh" 8th Armored Division "Showhorse" 9th Armored Division "The ...
The brigade itself was a round-out brigade for the 1st Armored Division and served as "Old Ironsides" lead element 1st brigade. The 4th battalion consisted of 4 companies of the new M2-A2 Bradley Fighting Vehicles, of which three companies had some augmented mix of M1 Abrams tanks attached from the brigade's 4th Battalion- 66th Armor Regiment .
1st Infantry Division (The Big Red One) 1st Cavalry Division (The First Team) 1st Armored Division (Old Ironsides) 2d Infantry Division (Indian Head) 3d Infantry Division (Marne Division) 4th Infantry Division (Ivy Division) 7th Infantry Division (Bayonet Division) 10th Mountain Division; 25th Infantry Division (Tropic Lightning)