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The 5th Infantry Regiment was created by an Act of Congress of 3 March 1815, [2] which reduced the Regular Army from the 46 infantry and 4 rifle regiments it fielded in the War of 1812 to a peacetime establishment of 8 infantry regiments (reduced to 7 in 1821). The Army's current regimental numbering system dates from this act.
Shoulder sleeve insignia (SSI) are cloth emblems worn on the shoulders of US Army uniforms to identify the primary headquarters to which a soldier is assigned. The SSI of some army divisions have become known in popular culture. [1] [2] [3]
The formation patch worn by the 2nd Army Group Royal Canadian Artillery, a component of II Canadian Corps. The formation patch worn by the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division during World War II. By the time of the Second World War, the various armies did not feel a perceived need to identify individual battalions on battledress uniforms.
The 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized)—nicknamed the "Red Diamond", [1] or the "Red Devils" —was an infantry division of the United States Army that served in World War I, World War II and the Vietnam War, and with NATO and the U.S. Army III Corps. It was deactivated on 24 November 1992 and reflagged as the 2nd Armored Division. [2]
The three stripes are in the colors of, and refer to, the basic combat arms; they also refer to the components of the "One Army" concept: Active Army, Army Reserve and Army National Guard. Background The shoulder sleeve insignia was originally approved for the Replacement and School Command on 1943-03-22 .
The United States Army Institute of Heraldry notes that "the three stripes are in the colors of, and refer to, the basic combat arms (infantry, cavalry/armor and artillery); they also refer to the components of the "One Army" concept: Active Army, Army Reserve and Army National Guard." [7]
A shoulder sleeve insignia (SSI) is an embroidered emblem worn on the sleeves of some United States Army uniforms to identify the primary headquarters to which a soldier is assigned. Like division sized units, separate brigades of the U.S. Army are allowed their own SSI to distinguish their wearers from those of other units.
In 1967, a memo from the Adjutant General of the Army authorized the wearing of the 81st Infantry Division's patch by the 81st Army Reserve Command (ARCOM) of the United States Army Reserve. This authorization is extended today to the 81st Readiness Division (RD) currently located at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. [5]