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The 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) is a light infantry division in the United States Army based at Fort Drum, New York. Formerly designated as a mountain warfare unit, the division was the only one of its size in the U.S. military to receive specialized training for fighting in mountainous conditions.
Shoulder sleeve insignia (SSI) are cloth emblems worn on the shoulders of US Army uniforms to identify the primary headquarters to which a soldier is assigned. The SSI of some army divisions have become known in popular culture. [1] [2] [3]
The 10th Mountain Division Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion is subordinate to the 10th Mountain Division, and is a permanent formation of the division, as the 10th Mountain Division's command elements are all contained within the HHBN. It is organized under the same uniform structure that all HHBNs in the United States Army conform to. [1]
10th Division – Organized in 1918 as a Regular Army and National Army division for World War I, the 10th Division did not go overseas and demobilized in February 1919 at Camp Funston, Kansas. 11th Division: 1918–1919; 12th Division: 1918–1919 at Fort Devens, Mass. 13th Division: 1918–1919 at Fort Lewis
The 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division is an active Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the United States Army based at Fort Drum in New York.The brigade headquarters carries the lineage of the 10th Mountain Division's original headquarters company, and served as such in World War II, and in peacetime at Fort Riley, Fort Benning, and West Germany in the 1940s and 1950s.
The 87th Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment in the United States Army. The regiment's 1st and 2nd Battalions are light infantry units assigned to the 1st and 2nd Brigade Combat Teams respectively of the 10th Mountain Division located at Fort Drum, New York.
”The Eight-Up Division” (play on words and the design of the patch alluding to the Army term “ate up” which means incompetent) 9th Infantry Division "Varsity" "Old Reliables" – origin unknown, but some possibilities recorded here "Psychedelic Cookie" – Used during the Vietnam War in reference to its shoulder patch. 10th Mountain ...
Members of the 10th Light Division preparing for ski training at Camp Hale, c. 1943. Following the Attack on Pearl Harbor, which resulted in the United States entry into World War II, the regiment was reconstituted on 10 July 1943, and activated five days later at Camp Hale, Colorado with the 10th Light Division (Alpine), using a cadre from the 105th, 106th, and 165th Infantry Regiments of the ...