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Subject: Re: U.S. Army Division TO&Es (LONG)
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From: qip.UCAR.EDU!anasaz!scott (Scott Gibson)
>From: jepullia@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (John Pulliam)
>
>	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).

The 25th IN Division, in Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, is a light infantry
division (or was when I served in it, up until 1986).  It has never to
my knowledge been a mechanized infantry division in the post VietNam era.

>	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).

The 10th Mountain is a mountain division in name only; it features no special
skills or missions beyond the norm for a light infantry division.





Scott