Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!bu.edu!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: jepullia@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (John Pulliam) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: U.S. Army Division TO&Es (LONG) Summary: Organizational Structures of US Army Divs Message-ID: <1990Oct25.145938.287@cbnews.att.com> Date: 25 Oct 90 14:59:38 GMT References: <1990Oct24.115039.4212@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 108 Approved: military@att.att.com From: jepullia@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (John Pulliam) >From: Eric Price > Can any one provide the T.O. and E. ( Table of Organization and > Equipment) for a U.S. Army Division. This would be down to the > Batallion/Company level for an Armoured, Mechanized, Light and > Airborne/Airmobile Division. You asked for it! 8-) WARNING: this is a long posting; all readers may want to save now, read later. The following information is taken from US Army FM 101-10-1/1, Staff Officers' Field Manual (Distribution unlimited, approved for public release), Oct '87 (J-series TO&Es). Abbreviations used throughout: IN - Infantry EN - Engineer Div - Division AR - Armor CM - Chemical Bde - Brigade FA - Field Artillery MP - Military Police Bn - Battalion AD - Air Defense Arty MI - Military Intel Co - Company AV - Aviation SI - Signal Plt - Platoon CAV - Cavalry (not a branch, but still distinct) HHC - Headquarters and Headquarters Company DISCOM - Div Support Command (Transpo, Supply, Medical, Maintenance, etc. in here) I. Armored Division 1 Div HHC 1 Div Arty 1 MI Bn 1 DISCOM 2 AR Bde HHCs 1 ADA Bn 1 SI Bn 1 Band 1 IN Bde HHC 1 Air CAV Bde 1 MP Co 6 AR Bns 1 EN Bn 1 CM Co 4 IN Bns (Mech) We currently have three active-duty Arm Divs: the 1st, 2nd and 3rd. 1st and 3rd are in Germany, 2nd is based out of Ft Hood. II. Mechanized Infantry Division 1 Div HHC 1 Div Arty 1 MI Bn 1 DISCOM 2 IN Bde HHCs 1 ADA Bn 1 SI Bn 1 Band 1 AR Bde HHC 1 Air CAV Bde 1 MP Co 5 IN Bns (Mech) 1 EN Bn 1 CM Co 5 AR Bns Looks just like the AR Div, except for the ratios of Bde HHCs (2/1 v. 1/2) and IN/AR Bns (6/4 v. 5/5). We currently have eight active-duty Mech Divs: the 1st (Ft Riley), 2nd (Korea), 3rd (Germany), 4th (Ft Carson), 5th (Ft Polk), 8th (Germany), 24th (based out of Ft Stewart), and 25th (?)(Hawaii). III. Light Infantry Division 1 Div HHC 1 Div Arty 1 MI Bn 1 DISCOM 3 IN Bde HHCs 1 ADA Bn 1 SI Bn 1 Band 9 IN Bns (Lt) 1 Cbt AV Cmd 1 MP Co 1 EN Bn Biggest differences from Heavy Divs: no armor punch; every unit has lighter equipment, fewer soldiers than its heavy cousin; no CM Co. We currently have three active-duty Light Divs: the 6th (Ft Richardson), 7th (Ft Ord) and 10th (technically, a Mountain Div, out of Ft Drum). IV. Air Assault Division 1 Div HHC 1 Div Arty 1 MI Bn 1 DISCOM 3 IN Bde HHCs 1 ADA Bn 1 SI Bn 9 IN Bns 1 Cbt AV Bde 1 MP Co 1 Air Recon Sq 1 EN Bn 1 NBC Co A unique animal is the 101st Airborne Div (Air Assault). The largest (in numbers of soldiers) division in the US Army (that's right, more troops than a heavy division), with a _lot_ of helicopters and just as many infantrymen as a light division. Above and beyond its Combat AV Bde, the division has an Air Recon Squadron. The only thing this division is missing is a band (and surely that's just a mistake in the manual; we all know you can't fight without a band! 8-). V. Airborne Division 1 Div HHC 1 Div Arty 1 MI Bn 1 DISCOM 3 IN Bde HHCs 1 ADA Bn 1 SI Bn 1 Band 9 IN Bns 1 Cbt AV Bde 1 MP Co 1 Tank Bn 1 EN Bn 1 NBC Co Another unique animal, the 82nd Airborne. Note that, all the ominous press to the contrary, the 82nd is not nearly the lightweight you might think. It has its own Combat AV Bde, as well as its own AR Bn (the manual didn't show the Tank Bn, but I know for a fact that 3-73 Armor is in the 82nd, so I added it myself), and as many infantrymen as any light division to boot. The 82nd and 101st are, in fact, in the middle ground region, lighter than a heavy division, but heavier/more agile than the light divisions [my personal opinion is, they got some bad press back in August... is it obvious? 8-)] There are two other "one of a kind" divisions which you didn't ask about: the 9th Infantry Div (Motorized) and the 1st Cavalry Division. Since (1) you didn't ask, (2) the 2nd Cav Div's TO&E isn't in FM 101-10-1/1, and (3) the 9th Motorized is going the way of the dinosaur soon, I won't include sections for them. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong about the 25th ID; I've never served on the west coast. 8-) John Pulliam