The Infantry Division 7 is the United States Army infantry division. Today, there is a unique 250-person administrative headquarters based in Joint Base Lewis-McChord that oversees several units, although none of the 7th Armored Divisions of the 7th Infantry Division are active.
The division was first activated in December 1917 in World War I, and is based in Fort Ord, California for most of its history. Although divisional elements saw brief active service in World War I, he was renowned for his participation in the World War II Pacific Ocean theater where he took many victims involving the Japanese Imperial Army in the Aleutian Islands, Leyte and Okinawa. After the Japanese surrender in 1945, the division was stationed in Japan and Korea, and with the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950 was one of the first units to act. It took part in Inchon Landing and progressed north until Chinese troops struck back and nearly overwhelmed the scattered divisions. The 7th then went on to fight at the Battle of Pork Chop Hill and the Old Baldy Battle.
After the Korean War ended, the division returned to the United States. In the late 1980s, he briefly looked at overseas acts in Operation Golden Pheasant in Honduras and Operation Just Cause in Panama. In the early 1990s, he provided domestic support to civilian authorities in Operation Sweep Green and during the Los Angeles Riot 1992. The division's final role was as a training and evaluation unit for the National Defense Brigade, which was carried out until inactivation in 2006.
On April 26, 2012, the Ministry of Defense announced the headquarters of the 7th Infantry Division to be reactivated as an administrative unit.
Video 7th Infantry Division (United States)
Histori
Perang Dunia I
The 7th Infantry Division was activated on December 6, 1917, exactly eight months after the American entry into World War I, as the 7th Division of the Regular Army at Camp Wheeler, Georgia. A month later, he is ready to spread to Europe as part of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF). Most of the divisions sailed to Europe aboard the SS Leviathan ship.
While in the Western Front, the 7th Division saw no action with full division power, although the infantry and reconnaissance elements involved German troops. On October 11, 1918, first came under fire and then, at Saint-Mihiel, was under chemical attack. The seventh elements were checked toward Prà © ny near the Moselle River, taking positions and moving German troops out of the region. At that moment the first division received his shoulder arm badge.
In early November, the 7th Division began preparing an attack on the Hindenburg Line as part of the Second Army. This division launched the reconnaissance that prevailed in the plains of Voça, but the main attack was never carried out because the hostilities ended on 11 November 1918 with the signing of the Armistice with Germany. For 33 days on the front line, Division 7 suffered 1,709 casualties, including 204 killed in action and 1,505 injured in action. and given a campaign streamer for Lorraine. The divisions then serve the occupation duties as they begin preparations for returning to the continent of the United States.
Interwar Period
Division 7 arrived home at the end of 1919, served at Camp Funston, Kansas, until July 1920, and moved to Camp Meade, Maryland until 22 September 1921, when largely inactive due to funding cuts.
The 7th Division was represented in an active Regular Army from 1921 to 1939 by an even numbered (14th) infantry brigade and selecting support elements. The other units of the division are placed on the regular Regular Army list and managed by Organized Backup personnel. The reserve units are sometimes trained with the 14th Infantry Brigade at Fort Riley, Fort Crook, Fort Snelling, and Fort Leavenworth, and holds a Citizens Military Training Camp in the division's territory. The division was formed on a temporary basis during maneuvers in the 1920s and 1930s, and the headquarters was activated for the Fourth United States maneuver in 1937 at Camp Ripley, Minnesota, with the 92nd Infantry Brigade of the Minnesota National Army.
World War II
On July 1, 1940, the 7th Division was reactivated in Camp Ord, California, under the command of Major General Joseph W. Stilwell. Most of the early troops in the division were conscripted as part of the first military drill of the US military. The 12th and 13th Brigades are not reactivated as part of the abolition of brigade orders throughout the military division. The division was centered around three infantry regiments.
Battle sequence
Division 7 was assigned to the Fourth Army Corps of the United States Fourth, and transferred to Longview, Washington, in August 1941 to participate in tactical maneuvers. After this training, the division returned to Fort Ord, California, where it was located when the Japanese Pearl Harbor attack caused the United States to declare war. The formation soon began to San Jose, California, arriving on December 11, 1941 to help protect the west coast and dispel the civil fears of the invasion. The 53rd Infantry Regiment was removed from the 7th Division and replaced with the 159th Infantry Regiment, newly deployed from the California Army National Guard. For the early part of the war, this division primarily plays a role in construction and training. Subordinate units also practice ship loading in Monterey Wharf and amphibious attack techniques on the Salinas River in California.
On April 9, 1942, the division was officially redesigned as the 7th Motor Division. and moved to Camp San Luis Obispo on April 24, 1942. Three months later, division training began in the Mojave Desert in preparation for his planned placement to the African theater. It was again established by the 7th Infantry Division on January 1, 1943, when motorized equipment was removed from the unit and it became a light infantry division once again, as the Army eliminated the concept of motorized division fearing it would be difficult logistics and that troops were no longer needed in North Africa. The 7th Infantry Division began a rigorous amphibious assault training under the US Marines of the Armada Navy, before being deployed to fight in the Pacific theater, not in Africa. USMC General Holland Smith oversees unit training.
Aleutian Islands
The elements of the 7th Infantry Division first saw the battle in amphibious assault on Attu Island, Japan's westernmost fortress on the Aleutian island chain. The element landed on May 11, 1943, spearheaded by the 17th Infantry Regiment. The initial landing was not countered, but the Japanese troops counterattacked the next day, and the 7th Infantry Division fought a fierce battle against the tundra against a strong Japanese resistance. The division was hampered by lack of experience and poor weather and terrain conditions, but was finally able to coordinate effective attacks. The struggle for the island culminated in the battle at Chichagof Harbor, when the division destroyed all Japanese resistance on the island on May 29, after the cost of the Japanese bayonet committed suicide. During the first war of the war, 600 division soldiers were killed, while killing 2,351 Japanese and taking 28 prisoners. After American troops secured the island chain, the 159th Infantry Regiment was ordered to remain on the island, and the 184th Infantry Regiment took its place as the Seventh Division's third infantry regiment. The 184th Infantry remained with the division until the end of the war. The 159th Infantry Regiment stayed on the island for some time longer until returning to the United States, where it remained until the end of the war.
American troops then began preparing to move against nearby Kiska island, called Operasi Pondok, the final fight in the Aleutian archipelago campaign. In August 1943, elements of the 7th Infantry Division took part in an amphibious assault on Kiska with a brigade from the 6th Canadian Infantry Division, only to find the island abandoned by the Japanese. It was later learned that Japan had withdrawn its 5,000-strong garrison on the night of July 28, under fog protection.
Marshall Islands
After the campaign, the division moved to Hawaii where he trained new amphibious attack techniques on the island of Maui, before returning to Barrack Schofield on Oahu for a short leave. It was transferred to the V Amphibious Corps, a command of the US Marine Corps. The division left Pearl Harbor on January 22, 1944, for an attack on Japanese territory. On January 30, 1944, the division landed on the islands of the Kwajalein Atoll along with the 4th Marine Division, code named Operation Flintlock. Division 7 landed on the island of namesake while 4th Marine Division troops attacked the remote islands of Roi and Namur. The division made landfall on the island's west coast at 9:30 am on 1 February. It advanced half way through the island at night the next day, and reached the east coast at 1335 hours on February 4, after seizing the island from Japan. The victory puts the V Amphibious Corps in control of all 47 islands on the atoll. The 7th Infantry Division suffered 176 deaths and 767 wounded. On February 7th, the division departed from the atoll and returned to the Schofield Barracks.
Elements took part in Engebi's capture in Eniwetok Atoll on February 18, 1944, code named Operation Catchpole. Due to the speed and success of the attack on Kwajalein, the attack was carried out several months ahead of schedule. After a week of fighting, the division secured the atoll islands. The division then returns to Hawaii to continue the training. There, in June 1944, General Douglas MacArthur and President Franklin Roosevelt personally reviewed the division.
Leyte
The 7th Infantry Division left Hawaii on October 11, headed for Leyte and included Philippine troops from the Commonwealth of the Philippines and the Philippine Police assisted against Japan. Currently under the command of the XXIV Corps of the Sixth US Army. On October 20, 1944, the division made a landing at Dulag, Leyte, initially facing only mild resistance. After the sea defeat on October 26, Japan launched a large and uncoordinated counterattack against the Sixth Army. After a fierce battle, the 184th Infantry secured the airstrip at Dulag, while the 17th Infantry secured San Pablo, and the 32nd Infantry took Buri. The 17th Infantry Forces moved north to take Dagami on October 29, in intensive forest battles that resulted in high casualties. The division then shifts to the west coast of Leyte on November 25 and strikes north toward Ormoc, securing Valencia on 25 December. The amphibious landing by the 77th Infantry Division affected Ormoc's capture on December 31, 1944. The 7th Infantry Division joined the city's occupation, and was involved in the 26th Japanese Infantry Division, which had held back the progress of the 11th Airborne Division.. The 7th Division attack was successful in allowing the 11th Airborne Division to move, but the Japanese forces proved difficult to get out of the area. Thus, the operation to secure Leyte continued until early February 1945. After that, the division began training for the invasion of the Ryukyu island chain throughout March 1945. He was released from the sixth Army and Philippine Commonwealth military, which later attacked Luzon..
Okinawa
The division was transferred to XXIV Corps, the United States Army Tenth, a newly formed commando, and began preparations for the offensive in Okinawa. The Battle of Okinawa began on April 1, 1945, L-Day, when the 7th Infantry Division participated in the landing attack in southern Hagushi, Okinawa with the 96th Infantry Division, and the 1st and 6th Division. of the III Amphibian Corps. These divisions spearheaded an attack that would eventually land 250,000 people ashore. The 7th Division quickly moved to Kadena, took its airfield, and drove from the west to the island's east coast on the first day. The division then moves south, facing a fierce resistance from the fort at Shuri a few days later. Japan has moved 90 tanks, many of their artillery, and heavy weapons from shore and into the region. Finally, the XXIV Corps destroyed the defenses after a 51-day battle in the southern Okinawa hills, which were weathered by harsh weather and terrain. During the operation, the division was bombarded with tens of thousands of field artillery fire, meeting with armed Japanese soldiers while continuing its battle on the island. Japan also struggled to use irregular war techniques, relying on hidden cave systems, snipers, and ambush small units to delay the 7th Infantry Division. After the fight, the division began capturing large numbers of Japanese detainees for the first time in the war, due to low spirit, high casualties, and poor equipment. It lasts for five days in a row to secure the area around Nakagusuku Wan and Skyline Ridge. This division also secures the 178th Hill in battle. Then move to Kochi Ridge, securing it after two weeks of fighting. After 39 days of continuous battle, the 7th Infantry Division was sent to the reserve, after suffering heavy casualties.
After the 96th Infantry Division secured Conical Hill, the 7th Infantry Division returned to the line. It pushes into position in the southern hills of Ozato Mura, where Japan's toughest resistance. It was placed on the extreme left side of the Tenth Army, taking the Ghinen peninsula, Sashiki, and Hanagusuku, fending off a series of Japanese counterattacks. Despite heavy Japanese resistance and prolonged bad weather, the division continued its progress until June 21, 1945, when the battle was over, after seeing 82 days of fighting. Island troops and surrendered secured the next day. During the Battle of Okinawa, the soldiers of the 7th Infantry Division killed between 25,000 and 28,000 Japanese troops and took 4,584 detainees. Balanced against this, the 7th Division suffered 2,340 dead and 6,872 wounded with a total of 9,212 battle casualties during 208 days of fighting. The division is scheduled to participate in Operation Downfall as part of the XXIV Corps under the US First Army, but this plan was canceled after Japan surrendered following the use of nuclear weapons in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
During World War II, the 7th Infantry Division soldiers were awarded three Medal of Honor, 26 Cross Distinguished Service, one Distinguished Service Medal, 982 Silver Stars, 33 Legion Medal Merits, 50 Soldier Medals, 3,853 Bronze Star Medals, and 178 Air Medals. The division received four campaign bands and a Quote of the Presidential Unit of the Philippines during the war. Three Medals of Honor were given to Leonard C. Brostrom, John F. Thorson, and Joe P. Martinez.
Japanese Jobs
A few days after V-J Day, the division moved to Korea to accept the surrender of the Japanese Army in South Korea. After the war, this division served as an occupation force in Korea and Japan. Seven thousand, five hundred unit members returned to the United States, and the 184th Infantry Regiment was transferred to the California Armed Forces National Guard, cutting the division into half the combat power. To replace him, the 31st Infantry Regiment was assigned to the division. The 7th Infantry Division remained in the occupation duties in Korea patrolling the 38th parallel until 1948, when it was assigned back to the colonial occupation in Japan, in charge of the northern Honsh? and all of Hokkaido. During this time, the US Army suffered a drastic reduction in size. By the end of World War II, it contained 89 divisions, but in 1950, the 7th Infantry Division was one of only 10 active divisions in the army. It was one of four divisions occupying occupation duties in Japan with the 1st Cavalry Division, 24th Infantry Division, and 25th Infantry Division, all under the control of the Eighth United States Army.
Korean War
At the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950, the commander of the 7th Infantry Division, Maj. Gen. David G. Barr, drafted the division at Camp Fuji near Mount Fuji. The division has been exhausted due to human shortage and postwar equipment and is diminishing as it sends a large number of troops to strengthen the 25th Infantry Division and 1st Cavalry Division, which was sent into combat in South Korea in July. The division was reduced to 9,000, half of his wartime powers. To replenish the understrength division, the Republic of Korea assigns more than 8,600 trained Korean troops to the division. The Colombian battalion sometimes attached to the division. With the addition of priority reinforcements from the United States, the division eventually increased to 25,000 when entering the battle. Also fought with the 7th Infantry Division for most of the war were members of three Kagnew battalions sent by Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia as part of UN forces.
The division is paired with the Marine Division 1 under X Corps to participate in Inchon Landing, code named Operation Chromite. Both divisions will be supported by the 3rd Infantry Division in the reserve. Supported by 230 US Navy ships, X Corps began landing in Inchon on September 15, 1950, capturing the North Korean Army with surprise. The 7th Infantry Division began landing on September 18, after the 1st Marine Division, securing its right wing. X Corps quickly advanced to Seoul, and the Marine Division 1 attacked 20,000 city defenders from the north and southwest, while the 7th Infantry Infantry Regiment of the Infantry Division struck from the southeast. The 31st Infantry trailed behind. Seoul falls to America after suffering a moderate toll, especially for the Marines. The division then began to advance south to bypass North Korea's supply routes. The 32nd Infantry crossed the Han River on September 25 to make the bridge, and the next day, the division advanced to 30 miles south of Seoul and connected with the 1st Cavalry Division in Osan. Radio miscommunication and attacks from nearby North Korean forces caused miscommunication, the soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and the 7th Infantry briefly engaged in a small gunfight with each other, unable to communicate. Seoul was released one day later with the help of air assets from the 1st Cavalry Division. The combined forces of the Eighth Soldiers cut and captured North Korean troops from Pusan. X Corps is kept separate from the rest of the Eighth Army to avoid putting a load on the logistics system. It retreats back through Inchon and Pusan ​​ports, as part of a plan to carry out another amphibious strike in North Korea. All battles for Inchon and Seoul weighs 106 divisions dead, 411 injured and 57 American soldiers missing, and 43 dead, 102 South Korean soldiers wounded.
In mid-October, the North Korean army was almost completely destroyed, and US President Harry S. Truman ordered General MacArthur to advance all units to Korea as soon as possible to end the war. The 7th Infantry Division, still part of the X Corps, participated in a second amphibious attack on the east coast of North Korea, landed on Wonsan on October 26, and Iwon on October 29. The landing was delayed because of a mine, and by the time X Corps arrived, the South Korean troops had occupied the harbor. This division advanced to Hyesanjin, on the China-North Korea border by the Yalu River, one of the most northerly advances for the UN war army. Many X Corps follow behind. On November 21st, the 17th Infantry reached the banks of the Yalu river. Fast forward to the 7th Infantry Division and South Korean troops while the Marines can not progress quickly. The division halted its progress until November 24 while other units from the Eighth Corps IX and South Korean Corps following and supply lines were established. During this time, the 7th Division regiment was scattered on the front lines. The 31st Infantry Regiment stays in the Chosin Reservoir with the 1st Marine Division while the 32nd and 17th Infantry Regiment farther to the northeast, closer to the South Korean Corps. It is at this time that this division is served by a new type of unit, the First Army Surgery Hospital (M.A.S.H.).
Chinese Intervention
On November 25, Chinese troops entered the war against the United Nations, advancing across the Yalu border and attacking IX Corps IX and South Korea II Corps in the west and X Corps in the east. X Corps found himself attacked from the 20th, 26th, and 27th field soldiers, ordered a total of 12 divisions. During the furious action that followed, the 7th Infantry Division dispersed the regiment unable to withstand the remarkable Chinese troops. The three infantry battalions of the division were attacked from all sides the next day. The 1st Battalion, the 32nd Infantry (Task Force dubbed Faith) was caught with two other battalions by the 80th and 81st Chinese infantry divisions of the 27th Field Army. In the next Chosin Reservoir Battle, three battalions were destroyed by an extraordinary Chinese army that caused more than 2,000 casualties. The 31st Infantry suffered many victims who tried to fight the Chinese troops farther north, but the 17th Infantry escaped a severe attack, retreating along the coastline of Korea, beyond the offensive range. By the time X Corps ordered the retreat, most of the 7th Infantry Division, rescuing the 17th Infantry Regiment, had suffered 40 percent of the victims. The scattered elements of the division saw repeated attacks as they attempted to pull into the port of Hungnam in December 1950. These attacks cost another 100 divisions dead before being fully evacuated. The division suffered 2,657 people dead and 354 people were injured during the retreat. Most of the dead were members of Task Force Faith.
The division returned to the frontline early in 1951, pioneered by the 17th Infantry, which had suffered the least casualties from the Chinese attack. The advanced element division through Tangyang in South Korea, and block enemy attacks from the northwest. The division reaches its full strength and sees action around Cheehon, Chungju, and Pyeongchang as part of efforts to push North Korean and Chinese troops back into the 38th parallel and away from Seoul. The 7th Infantry Division was involved in a series of successful "limited" attacks in the early weeks of February, a series of small unit attacks and ambushes between the two sides. It will continue to slowly advance and clean up the enemy hilltop position until April. In April the entire Eighth Army marched north as a line stretching across the peninsula, reaching the 38th parallel in May. The division, assigned to IX Corps, then attacked and fought for three days that culminated in retaking the lost territory near the Hwachon Reservoir just above the 38th parallel in North Korea. In capturing the city bordering the dam it cut off thousands of enemy troops. The division fought on the front lines until June 1951 when it was assigned to the reserve to rest for a moment and repair.
Stuck with a deadlock
When the division returned to the line in October, after another assignment in the reserve, he moved to the Heartbreak Ridge sector that was recently vacated by the 2nd Infantry Division, where he was supported by the 3rd Infantry Division and 1st Cavalry Division. During this new deployment, the division fought in Battle for Heartbreak Ridge, to take a footing ground for Korean and Chinese soldiers. It remained static in the area until February 23, 1952 when it was sent to reserve and released by the 25th Infantry Division. The following year saw the 7th Division involved in an extended campaign to land nearby, the Old Baldik Battle. The 7th Division continued to defend the "Missouri Line" until September 1952, although later known as the "Static Line" when UN forces made some meaningful profits at the time.
Operation Showdown The 7th Infantry Division was launched in the morning hours of October 14, 1952, with the 31st Infantry and 32nd Infantry at the head of the attack. The target of the attack was the Triangle Hill complex in northeast Kumhwa. The 7th Infantry Division remained in the Triangle Hill area until the end of October, when it was relieved by the 25th Infantry Division. The 7th Infantry Division was highly praised by the commander for his tenacity through the fight.
The division continued patrolling around Old Baldy Hill and Pork Chop Hill in 1953, digging tunnels and building networks of outposts and bunkers on and around the hills. In April, the North Korean Army began to step up its operations against the UN forces. During the Battle of Porkchop Hill, the 67th and 141st Chinese divisions seized Pork Chop Hill using infantry and mass artillery fire. The hill is under the control of the 31st Infantry. The 31st attack with help from the 17th Infantry and recapture the area the next day. On July 6, North Koreans and Chinese launched a determined attack on the Pork Chop which resulted in five days of fierce fighting with some meaningful results. At the end of July, five infantry battalions from 31 and 17 defended the hill, while the Chinese division was in a position to attack it. During this impasse, the UN ordered the 7th Infantry Division to retreat from the hill in preparation for a ceasefire, which would end the enormous hostilities.
During the Korean War, the division witnessed a total of 850 battle days, suffering 15,126 victims, including 3,905 who were killed in action and 10,858 wounded. For the next few years, the division remains on defensive duty along the 38th parallel, under the command of the Eighth Army. Thirteen division members received Medal of Honor for their actions during the Korean War: Charles H. Barker, Raymond Harvey, Einar H. Ingman, Jr., William F. Lyell, Joseph C. Rodriguez, Richard Thomas Shea, Daniel D Schoonover, Jack G. Hanson, Ralph E. Pomeroy, Edward R. Schowalter, Jr., Benjamin F. Wilson, Don C. Faith, Jr., and Anthony T. Kaho? Ohanohano.
Cold War
From 1953 to 1971, the 7th Infantry Division defended the Korean Demilitarized Zone. The main garrison is Camp Casey, South Korea.
On 1 July 1963, the division was reorganized as Reorganization of the Army of Destination Division (ROAD). Three Brigade Headquarters have been activated and Infantry units reorganized into battalions. The company's former headquarters grew into the First Brigade, the 7th Infantry Division while the 13th Infantry Brigade was reactivated as the 2nd Brigade, the 7th Infantry Division. The 14th Infantry Brigade was reactivated as the 3rd Brigade, 7th Infantry Division In 1965 the division received its distinctive unit badge, which alluded to its history during the Korean War. On April 2, 1971, the division returned to the United States. & Gt;
In October 1974 the 7th was reactivated in his former garrison, Fort Ord. This unit saw no action in Vietnam or during the post-war era, but was assigned to keep a close watch on South American developments. These were trained at Fort Ord, Camp Roberts, Fort Hunter Liggett and Fort Irwin. On October 1, 1985 the division was redesigned as the 7th Infantry Division (Cahaya), which was reorganized as a light infantry division. This is the first such specially designed US division. The 31st regiment battalions, and the 32nd moving from the division, were replaced by battalions from other regiments, including battalions of the 21st Infantry Regiment, 27th Infantry Regiment, and 9th Infantry Regiment. The 27th and 9th infantry regiments participated in the Operation of the Golden Bird in Honduras.
In 1989, the 7th Infantry Division participated in Operation Just Cause in Panama, which briefly occupied the country along with the 82nd Airborne Division. Elements of the 7th Infantry Division landed in the northern area of ​​Koln Province, Panama, securing the Coco Solo Maritime Station, Fort Espinar, French Square and Colonel while the 82nd US Air and Marine forces fought in the more populous south. After Panama City came under US control, the 82nd immediately re-deployed and left the city under the control of the 9th Division's 9th Infantry Regiment until after the capture of Manuel Noriega. They suffered four people dead and three were injured in the operation.
In 1991, the Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommended the closure of Fort Ord because of the increasing cost of living on the coastline of central California. In 1994, Fort Ord was closed and the 7th Infantry Division then moved to Fort Lewis, Washington. The elements of the division including the 2nd Brigade participated in one last mission in the United States prior to inactivation; extinguish the 1992 Los Angeles Riot, called Operation Garden Plot. The soldiers of the division patrolled the streets of Los Angeles to act as controllers and support the Los Angeles Police Department and California National Guard in preventing rising riots in violence. It was part of a force of 13,000 troops summoned to the city.
In 1993 the division was scheduled to be disabled as part of the US Post-War Cold Withdrawal. The 1st Brigade was moved to Fort Lewis in 1993 and reflected on August 15, 1995 as the 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division; while the 2nd Brigade and the 3rd Brigade of the 7th were attenuated in Fort Ord. Divisional headquarters was officially inactive on June 16, 1994 at Fort Lewis.
Organization in 1988
Source:
- Headquarters and Headquarters, 7th Infantry Division
- Headquarters and Headquarters, 1st Brigade
- 2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment
- 3rd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment
- 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment
- Headquarters and Headquarters, 2nd Brigade
- Battalion 5, 21st Infantry Regiment
- 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment
- 3rd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment
- Headquarters and Headquarters, 3rd Brigade
- The 3rd Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment
- 4th Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment
- 4th Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment
- Headquarters and Battery Headquarters, Artillery Division (DIVARTY)
- Battalion 6, 6th Field Artillery Regiment (18 ÃÆ'â € "M119 105mm towed howitzer)
- Battalion 2, 8th Field Artillery Regiment
- Battalion 6, 8th Medan Artillery Regiment
- Battalion 5, 15th Field Artillery Regiment (24 ÃÆ'â € "M198 155mm towed howitzer) (Unit I-Corps - attached to the Division)
- Battalion 7, 15th Field Artillery Regiment (Corps I unit - attached to Division)
- Headquarters and Headquarters, Flight Brigade
- 2nd Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment
- Headquarters and Headquarters, Support Command Division (DISCOM)
- Medical Battalion 7
- Inventory 7 & amp; Transportation Battalion
- 707 Battalion Maintenance
- 2nd Battalion, 62nd Defense Artillery Regiment
- 13th Battalion Engineer
- The 127th Signal Battalion
- The 107th Military Intelligence Battalion
- The 7th Military Police Company
The training orders of the National Guard and Fort Carson
At the end of the Cold War, the US Army considered new options for integration and active duty organization, the Reserve Army and the Garda National Guard unit in training and deployment. Two division headquarters are activated in active duty components to train National Guard units. The 7th Infantry Division and the 24th Infantry Division headquarters were selected. Subordinate brigades from divisions are inactive so they can not be deployed as divisions, but their active duty status will allow the headquarters to focus on national guard units under them full-time.
The company's headquarters of the 7th (Light) Infantry Division was officially reactivated on June 4, 1999, at Fort Carson, Colorado, as the first Active Component/Component component division. The reserve formation that formed the 7th Infantry Division included the 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the Arkansas National Guard, the 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team from the Oregon National Guard and the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team from the Oklahoma National Guard. Fort Carson became the new headquarters for the division.
The division headquarters also provides training assistance for preparation of small-scale National Guard operations, rotation of the Joint Readiness Training Center, leadership training for the National Guard commander, and annual summer training for three brigades. As part of this commitment, the 7th Infantry Division headquarters will deploy command elements to function as a higher base for large-scale training and field training, evaluating and coordinating units as they are trained. It will also conduct quarterly status checks with three brigades to discuss readiness and resource issues affecting the units, ensuring that they are at peak performance if required.
To expand the concept of the Reserve component and the National Guard component, the First Army activated the Eastern Division and the Western Division, two orders responsible for training the readiness of reserve units and mobilization exercises. West Division, activated at Fort Carson. This transformation is part of the overall restructuring of the US Army to streamline the organization that oversees the training. The Western Division took over the reserve unit in the 21 western states of the Mississippi River, eliminating the need for the 7th Infantry Division headquarters. Thus it was later deactivated for the last time on August 22, 2006 at Fort Carson.
Inactivation
Although not enabled, the division was identified as the highest priority inactive division in the United States Military History Center scheme based on age, credit campaign participation, and unit decoration. All division flags and repeating items were transferred to the National Infantry Museum in Fort Benning, Georgia after inactivation. If the US Army decides to activate more divisions in the future, the center is likely to suggest the first new division is the 7th Infantry Division, the second is the 9th Infantry Division, the third is the 24th Infantry Division, the fourth became the 5th Infantry Division, and the fifth became the 2d Armored Division.
Reactivate administrative headquarters
On April 26, 2012, Army Secretary John M. McHugh announced the 7th Infantry Division headquarters will be reactivated at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in October 2012. The headquarters element around 250 will not activate a subordinate brigade. Instead, it fills an administrative role as a non-propagating unit. In the announcement, McHugh noted that the base was home to the I Corps, who until then had directly supervised 10 subordinate brigades at the base, while another base with the same corps headquarters had an active division order for intermediate supervision. This unit oversaw the 2nd and 3rd Battle Brigades of the 2nd Infantry Division, as well as the 17th Field Art Brigade, the 20th Battle Guard Brigade, the 16th Flight Combat Brigade, and the 555th Engineer Brigade, about 21,000 personnel. The mission of the headquarters focuses primarily on ensuring that soldiers are properly trained and equipped, and that order and discipline are retained in their subordinate brigades.
In the announcement, McHugh denied that the action was carried out in response to several allegations of high-behavior violations directed against soldiers from bases in the Afghan War such as the Maywand District killings and the Kandahar massacre. Major General Stephen R. Lanza, head of the Army's public affairs, was tapped to lead the division. This is enabled at base on October 10, 2012.
Maps 7th Infantry Division (United States)
Structure is now
- The 7th Infantry Division based in Fort Lewis, Washington
- First Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division based in Fort Lewis, Washington
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company
- 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment (RSTA)
- 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment (Stryker)
- Battalion 5, 20th Infantry Regiment (Stryker)
- 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment (Stryker)
- Battalion 1, 37th Field Artillery Regiment
- Battalion 23 Engineer Brigade
- 29th Brigade Support Battalion
- Second Stryker Brigade Team, 2nd Infantry Division based in Fort Lewis, Washington
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company
- 8th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment (RSTA)
- 2nd Battalion, Infantry Regiment 1 (Stryker)
- Battalion 1, 17th Infantry Regiment (Stryker)
- 4th Battalion, 23rd Regiment Infantry (Stryker)
- Battalion 2, 17th Field Artillery Regiment
- The 14th Brigade of the Brigade Brigade
- Brigade 2 Supported Battalion
- Team Combined Stryker Brigade 81
- Company Headquarters
- 1st Squadron, 82nd Cavalry Regiment (RSTA)
- Battalion 1, Infantry Regiment 161 (Stryker)
- Battalion 3, Infantry Regiment 161 (Stryker)
- Battalion 1, 185th Infantry Regiment (Stryker)
- 2nd Battalion, 146th Field Artillery Battalion
- The 89th Engineer Brigade Brigade
- Support of the 181rd Brigade Brigade
- Artillery Division, 2nd Infantry Division based in Fort Lewis, Washington
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company
- 16th Combat Aviation Brigade
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company
- 4th Squadron (Spying Weight Attack), 6th Cavalry Regiment, AH-64E Apache and RQ-7 Shadow
- 1st Battalion (Attack), Flight Regiment 229, AH-64E Apache
- 2nd Battalion (Assault), 158th Flight Regiment, UH-60 Black Hawk
- 1st Battalion (General Support), 52nd Flight Regiment, UH-60, CH-47 Chinook and UH-60A (MEDEVAC) (supporting Alaska US Army)
- 46th Flight Support Battalion
- 17th Field Artillery Brigade
- Headquarters and Headquarters (HHC)
- 3 Fields of the Artillery Regiment
- 94 Field Artillery Regiment
- Brigade 308 Supporting Battalion
- 26 Field Artillery Regiment
- Signal Company 256th
- 555 Brigade Engineers
- Head Office & amp; Company Headquarters
- 864 Battalion Engineers
- 3 Ordnance Battalion (EOD), operational control: 71st Ordnance Group (EOD)
- The 110th Chemical Battalion, operational control: 48th Chemical Brigade
- 201rd Expedition Military Expeditionary Expedition
- Headquarters and Headquarters (HHC)
- Military Intelligence Battalion 502
- The 109th Military Intelligence Battalion
- The 63rd Network Support Company (NSC) disables
- The 602th Advanced Support Company (FSC) is disabled
- First Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division based in Fort Lewis, Washington
Awards
The 7th Infantry Division was awarded a campaign stream in World War I, four campaign bands and two decorating units in World War II, and ten campaign tapes and two decoration units in the Korean War, totaling fifteen campaign bands and four decorating units in history operations.
Decorative unit
Campaign tape
References
Note
Quote
Source
Further reading
- The 7th ID rearranged for employment, the Army announced
External links
- 7 Infantry Division Home Page
- Ancestry at the United States Army Military Historical Center
- Big Picture: The 7th Infantry Division is available for free download on the Internet Archive
Source of the article : Wikipedia
0 Comments