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The 11th Airborne Division ("Arctic Angels" [1]) is a United States Army multirole infantry division made up of specialized light infantry and airborne infantry based in Alaska. Currently, this unit specializes in arctic warfare, airborne operations, combined arms, maneuver warfare, and urban warfare.
In a May 5, 2022 Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth announced that in the summer of 2022, the U.S. Army Alaska headquarters would be redesignated as the 11th Airborne Division, and the two Brigade Combat Teams in Alaska, the 1st Brigade Combat Team and 4th Brigade Combat Team 25th Infantry Division ...
US Army Alaska order of battle Staff Sgt. Timothy Bennett, a cavalry scout with Blackjack Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, packs his parachute up after a night airborne training jump at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, 8 December 2015.
2nd Battalion, 17th Infantry (reflagged 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry (Airborne) on 16 October 1989) [2] [3] 2nd Brigade, Fort Wainwright, Alaska. Headquarters & Headquarters Company; 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry [4] 5th Battalion, 9th Infantry; 6th Battalion, 297th Infantry (Alaska Army National Guard assigned 1 September 1989) [5]
X Army Corps Lieutenant General Franklin C. Sibert Left: 24th Infantry ("Taro") Division Right: 1st Cavalry Division Southern landing area XXIV Army Corps Lieutenant General John R. Hodge Left: 7th Infantry ("Bayonet") Division Right: 96th Infantry ("Deadeye") Division Reserve: 11th Airborne ("Angels") Division Reserves
This new configuration for the 11th Airborne Division lasted only until 1 July 1958 when it was reorganized and reflagged as the 24th Infantry Division. Three of the battle groups were reflagged with non-Airborne regimental designations while 1-187th and 1-503d temporarily remained assigned to the 24th. On 7 January 1959 1-503d was reassigned ...
The 377th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army.A parent regiment under the U.S. Army Regimental System, the regiment's 2nd Battalion, 377th Field Artillery Regiment is assigned to the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division.
Previously known as United States Army Alaska (USARAK), 11th Airborne Division is a subordinate element of I Corps, headquartered at Joint Base Lewis–McChord. The division's mission is to be prepared to deploy rapidly in the Arctic as well as the Pacific Theater as directed in support of contingency operations, U.S. Pacific Command objectives ...