Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!news.cs.indiana.edu!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: mmccarth@BRL.MIL (CSD) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Military Units Message-ID: <1991Mar6.041024.24278@cbnews.att.com> Date: 6 Mar 91 04:10:24 GMT Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (william.b.thacker) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 115 Approved: military@att.att.com From: Mike McCarthy (CSD) Hopefully, this addresses most of this FAQ. Needless to say, it's all from unclassified/distribution unlimited sources. Breakdown of U.S. Army Structure: Unit Cdr Size Notes Squad/Section SGT/SSG 8-10 / 10-20 Platoon LT 40 Company CPT 100-200 Battery = Artillery "Company" Troop = Cavalry "Company" Battalion LTC 500-700 Squadron = Cavalry "Battalion" Brigade COL 3000 Regiment = Cavalry "Brigade" Separate Brigades commanded by a Brigadier General Division MG 10,000-18,000 Corps LTG 50,000 (The size of a particular unit depends on its type.) Types of Divisions: All divisions have field artillery, air defense artillery, aviation, engineer, communications, intelligence, military police, and combat service support assets. Heavy Divisions Armored Consists of 2 Armored Brigades and 1 Mech Brigade, both with tanks and Bradley Fighting Vehicles (BFV). Mechanized Infantry Consists of 2 Mech Brigades and 1 Armored Brigade, both with tanks and BFVs. Mech and Armor Divisions are very similar. Cavalry Consists of 3 Armored Cavalry Regiments. Each has 2 Armored Cavalry Squadrons, with Cavalry Fighting Vehicles (BFVs without the infantrymen) and tanks, and 2 Air Cavalry Squadrons, with attack helicopters. Light Divisions Infantry Infantrymen transported by trucks/HMMWVs. Light Infantry Infantrymen with less vehicles. Mountain Same as Light Infantry. Airborne Infantrymen that are jump-qualified. Also, all vehicles are droppable. Air Assault Infantrymen transported by helicopter. List of U.S. Army Corps, Divisions, and Separate Brigades: Notes: 1. This list is current as of about 1988-89. 2. Many active divisions also include some National Guard or Reserve forces. Corps Home I Corps Ft. Lewis, WA III Corps Ft. Hood, TX V Corps Frankfurt, FRG VII Corps Stuttgart, FRG IX Corps Japan XVIII Corps Ft. Bragg, NC Division Home 1st Infantry (Mechanized) Ft. Riley, KS (1 BDE deployed to FRG) 1st Cavalry Ft. Hood, TX 1st Armored Ansbach, FRG 2nd Infantry Camp Casey, Korea 2nd Armored Ft. Hood, TX (1 BDE deployed to FRG) 3rd Infantry (Mechanized) Wurzburg, FRG 4th Infantry (Mechanized) Ft. Carson, CO 5th Infantry (Mechanized) Ft. Polk, LA 6th Infantry Ft. Richardson, AK 7th Infantry (Light) Ft. Ord, CA 8th Infantry (Mechanized) Bad Kreuznach, FRG 9th Infantry Ft. Lewis, WA 10th Mountain (Light Inf) Ft. Drum, NY 24th Infantry (Mechanized) Ft. Stewart, GA 25th Infantry Schofield Barracks, HI 26th Infantry NG from MA,CT,SC,RI 28th Infantry NG from PA,VA,WV 29th Infantry NG from MD,VA 35th Infantry NG from CO,KS,KY,MO,NE 38th Infantry NG from IN,MI,OH 40th Infantry NG from CA,NV,NM 42nd Infantry NG from NY,FL 47th Infantry NG from MN,IA,IL,NM,WI 49th Armored NG from TX,NM 50th Armored NG from NJ,VT,NM,DE,NH 82nd Airborne Ft. Bragg, NC 101st Airborne (Air Assault) Ft. Campbell, KY Active Component Separate Manuever Brigades 2nd Armored Cavalry Rgt. Nurnberg, FRG 3rd Armored Cavalry Rgt. Ft. Bliss, TX 11th Armored Cavalry Rgt. Fulda, FRG 177th Armored Ft. Irwin, CA 193rd Infantry Panama 194th Armored Ft. Knox, KY 197th Infantry (Mechanized) Ft. Benning, GA 199th Infantry Berlin, FRG --Mike McCarthy