Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!bu.edu!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: scw@ollie.SEAS.UCLA.EDU (Stephen C. Woods) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: U.S. Army Division TO&Es (LONG) Message-ID: <1990Nov13.010839.4911@cbnews.att.com> Date: 13 Nov 90 01:08:39 GMT References: <1990Nov1.023300.9970@cbnews.att.com>, Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: UCLA School Of Engineering & Applied Science Lines: 38 Approved: military@att.att.com From: scw@ollie.SEAS.UCLA.EDU (Stephen C. Woods) }From: Allan Bourdius }With apologies, I made one slight ommission from the structure of a }Marine Division: }Marine Division: } }3 Infantry Regiments } 3 Infantry Battalions } 3 Rifle Companies, 1 Weapons Company, 1 Headquarters Company Uhm... As far as I can remember there have ALWAYS been 4 rifle companies in a Marine Rifle Battalion. This is the main reason that a Marine Bn. is larger than anyone else's. ABCD = 1st Bn Nth Marines EFGH = 2nd Bn Nth Marines IKLM = 3rd Bn Nth Marines Marine Arty. Regiments Have still more Battalions (At least 5 in 1942 there was a P Bty 5/11 ['Semper Fi, Mac' Henry Berry Berkley:1984(pp58)] armed with 105mm Howitzers) BTW: If someone refers to the Nth Marines they mean the Nth Marine Regiment, if you want to reference the various Divisions use Division. [EG 1st Bn 5th Marines is the First Battalion of the 5th Marine Regiment of the (WWI: Marine Brigade, WWI and later: 1st Marine Division 1MARDIV) The 5th Division is the 5th Marine Division (The reserve division, 26th, 27th, and 28th Marines ]. Marine units are typicaly only referenced to the Regiment level as Regiments are NOT moved around between Divisions (well hardly ever) So that E company of the 5th Marine regiment 1st Marine Division is invariably refered to as E/2/5 (pronounced: echo two five). (The hardly ever is the 4th Marines.) -- ----- Stephen C. Woods; UCLA SEASNET; 2567 BH;LA CA 90024; (213)-825-8614 UUCP: ...!{ibmsupt,hao!cepu}!ollie}!scw Internet:scw@SEAS.UCLA.EDU