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The 40th Infantry Division ("Sunburst Division") [2] is a modular division of the California Army National Guard.Following the Army's modularization in the mid-2000s, the division has become a modular unit consisting of three brigade combat teams, with National Guardsmen from throughout the Pacific and Western United States and Oceania.
This is a list of current formations of the United States Army, which is constantly changing as the Army changes its structure over time. Due to the nature of those changes, specifically the restructuring of brigades into autonomous modular brigades, debate has arisen as to whether brigades are units or formations; for the purposes of this list, brigades are currently excluded.
For the first time, the division was the base element of the United States Army and remained as such until the Global War on Terrorism, when the Army switched its emphasis to brigades and brigade combat teams. Since the authorizations of permanent divisions, the United States Army has raised 128 separate divisions with unique lineages.
Major General Laura L. Yeager (née Brandt; born 1963 or 1964) is an active officer in the United States Army National Guard. [2] She became the commander of the National Guard's 40th Infantry Division on June 29, 2019 and served in that role until May 15, 2022. [3] [4] She is the first woman to command a United States Army infantry division ...
The 40th and 49th Infantry and the 40th Armored Brigades were deactivated and the 40th Infantry Division was reformed. [5] [6] The 40th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) was activated in 2005 as part of the reorganization of the California National Guard, which in turn was part of the restructuring of the total US Army.
The 159th Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the United States Army. It served as a part of the 40th Infantry Division for most of its history before deploying in World War II as a part of the 7th Infantry Division .
40th Cavalry Regiment - 40th Armor Regiment was an armored regiment of the United States Army from 1941 until 1997. It was redesignated and reactivated in 2005 as the 40th Cavalry Regiment serving in the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division. [2]
46th Infantry Division (United States)-"Ironfist" 49th Infantry Division (United States)-"49'ers", "Argonauts" 47th Infantry Division – "Viking" – a unit of the Minnesota Army National Guard. 51st Infantry Division (United States)-"Rattlesnake" 63rd Infantry Division – "Blood and fire"; This is today's 63rd Regional Support Command.