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Shoulder Sleeve Insignia (SSI) of US Army's Command for Africa SSI of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Soldiers and civilians pose near the Lion of Saint Mark at the entrance to the Caserma. Caserma Ederle (Camp Ederle) is a military complex in Vicenza, Italy, where the United States Army has troops stationed.
Urban Breach Training at Caserma Ederle, Vicenza Italy: Image title: A paratrooper from the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd IBCT (Airborne) use an M500 shotgun to break open a door during the Urban Breach Training at Caserma Ederle, Vicenza Italy March 3, 2014. Photo by Davide Dalla Massara/Released: City shown: Vicenza: Credit ...
The 173rd Airborne Brigade ("Sky Soldiers") [1] is an airborne infantry brigade combat team (IBCT) of the United States Army based in Vicenza, Italy. It is the United States European Command 's conventional airborne strategic response force for Europe.
The battalion has served with the 2nd Infantry Division, the 11th Airborne Division, the 24th Infantry Division, the 25th Infantry Division, the 82nd Airborne Division, the 101st Airborne Division, and the 173rd Airborne Brigade; has been stationed in Korea, Germany, Italy and the United States; and earned campaign credits in World War II, the ...
The battalion has served with the 2nd Infantry Division, the 11th Airborne Division, the 24th Infantry Division, the 82nd Airborne Division, and the 173rd Airborne Brigade; has been stationed in Korea, Italy and the United States; and earned campaign credits in World War II, the Vietnam War, Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan, and Operation ...
The 156th Infantry Division Vicenza was activated in Brescia on 10 March 1942 and consisted of the 277th and 278th infantry regiments, and the 156th Artillery Regiment. As a division raised during the war the Vicenza did not have its own regimental depots and therefore its regiments were raised in February 1942 by the depots of the 15th Infantry Division "Bergamo": the 277th Infantry Regiment ...
The roots of the 82nd Airborne Division All-American Band and Chorus date to 1942. Its mission includes providing music for occasions at Fort Bragg and “Telling the Army Story” in the community.
The bombing of Vicenza was a series of attacks by the United States Army Air Force and the Royal Air Force on the Italian city of Vicenza, Veneto, during World War II. The purpose of these raids was to disable the city's marshalling yard and airport , but the bombing also caused considerable collateral damage to the city itself.