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The 11th Airborne Division ("Arctic Angels" [1]) is a United States Army combined forces between air assault infantry and airborne forces based in Alaska.. Currently, this unit specializes in air assault and airborne operations, cold-weather warfare, combined arms, maneuver warfare, and urban warfare.
Ridgely Gaither (23 February 1903 – 26 October 1992) was a United States Army lieutenant general prominent as commander of the 40th Infantry Division during the Korean War, and commander of the XVIII Airborne Corps, U.S. Army Caribbean Command and Second United States Army.
As the commanding general of 11th Airborne Division and the Deputy Commander of Alaskan Command, Eifler plays a vital role in the implementation of the United States Arctic Strategy. [7] [8] [9] In May 2024, Eifler was nominated for promotion to lieutenant general and assignment as deputy chief of staff for personnel of the United States Army ...
Died: 11 May 2024 (aged 95) Oro Valley, Arizona, U.S. Buried: West ... United Nations Command 101st Airborne Division 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division
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 ...
His first assignment was with the 11th Airborne Division, and in 1958 his Honest John Rocket platoon was deployed to Lebanon. From 1961 to 1963 Thurman served in South Vietnam as an Intelligence Officer for South Vietnam's I Corps .
In April 1943, Miley organized the activation of the 17th Airborne Division at Camp Mackall, North Carolina. He was the sole commander of the 17th Airborne Division during the war, leading the division through such actions on the Western Front as the Battle of the Bulge and Operation Varsity. The division was deactivated in late 1945, but ...
Trobaugh served as commander of the 82nd Airborne Division from 24 June 1983 to 19 June 1985 and during this time led the division in the US invasion of Grenada. [1] During the operation the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , General John Vessey , reportedly called MG Trobaugh and said “We have two companies of Marines running all over ...