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The XVIII Airborne Corps is a corps of the United States Army ... In 1958 the XVIII Airborne Corps was given the additional mission of becoming the Strategic Army ...
The 18th Fires Brigade held a ceremony on 16 October 2014, removing the patch of the 82nd Airborne Division and donning the 18th Field Artillery Brigade patch, to signify its increased responsibility to provide long range field artillery support to the four Divisions in the XVIII Airborne Corps, and officially change its name to the 18th Field ...
The mission of the brigade is to train and maintain a strategic crisis response air defense artillery brigade capable of deploying worldwide, on short notice, to provide air defense force protection from air-breathing threats and tactical ballistic missiles, as well as allow freedom of maneuver for XVIII Airborne Corps operations.
As commander of the 18th Airborne Corps, Donahue has led more than 90,000 troops in four divisions and numerous brigades. ... Its headquarters provides mission command as an Army joint or combined ...
The 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment (3-321 FAR) is an artillery battalion, assigned to the 18th Field Artillery Brigade, part of the US Army XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Liberty (previously Fort Bragg), NC.
As part of the contingency operations that COVID-19 triggered, the XVIII Airborne Corps designated the 3rd ESC to provide sustainment capabilities in New York in the beginning of 2020. The command took ownership of the logistical aspect of the mission by providing fuel, clean water, meals, and other supplies.
On Tuesday, Retired Gen. Dan McNeill, a former commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, 18th Airborne Corps and U.S. Army Forces Command, popped into the Bell’s shop.
STRAC was a designation given to the XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, in 1958. The designation was, in reality, the assignment of an additional mission rather than a true designation. The additional mission was to provide a flexible strike capability that could deploy worldwide on short notice without declaration of an emergency.