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2006-08-03 Afghanistan

82nd ABN BDE, 11,000 Soldiers, To Deploy To Afghanistan

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Posted by Anonymoose 2006-08-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 ATW!

Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan 2006-08-03 07:50|| 2006-08-03 07:50|| Front Page Top

#2 AKA "The left flank"...

Posted by mojo">mojo 2006-08-03 10:34|| 2006-08-03 10:34|| Front Page Top

#3 BDE = Brigade, IIUC. However the 82nd is a division.

Posted by liberalhawk 2006-08-03 13:23|| 2006-08-03 13:23|| Front Page Top

#4 BDE = Brigade, IIUC. However the 82nd is a division

Yes it is a Division. And there are 3 manuever Brigades in each Division. All this means is that a BDE from the 82nd is replacing the BDE from the 10th Mountain Division in the Eastern sector of the country.

Actually the Brigades are going away. They are be transformed to UAs, or Unit of Action. This new concept finds it's roots in the book "Breaking the Phalanx" written about 15 years ago by an Army Colonel who critcized the current Army's Division structure. He was way ahead of his time...

But I digress.

Posted by Armylife 2006-08-03 14:25|| 2006-08-03 14:25|| Front Page Top

#5 Out of curiosity, how did "regiment" fit into the hierarchy?

Posted by eLarson 2006-08-03 16:16|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2006-08-03 16:16|| Front Page Top

#6 Today we have companies, Battalions, Brigades, and Divisions. As AL said, that is all about to change. Prior to this we had troops, Squadrons, and Regiments. AL correct me if I'm wrong but I believe the Regiment was a hold over from the Britts. The Air Force and the Army Cav and some select SOCOM units still operate under Regimental colors not Brigade colors.

Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan 2006-08-03 16:24|| 2006-08-03 16:24|| Front Page Top

#7 I believe the Chief of Staff of the Army Gen Peter Schoomaker has recently decided to ditch the "unit of action/unit of employment" terminology and revert back to Bde and Div.

Posted by Besoeker 2006-08-03 16:28|| 2006-08-03 16:28|| Front Page Top

#8 The Marines still use Infantry Regiments, which consist of 3 Infantry battlations and ancillary support units. In the Korean War, an Army Regiment had about 3800 men.

At some point, the army went to 'Brigades', which were usually combined arms teams. So they might have 2 Infantry battalions, an armored battalion, artillery battalions and support units. The battalions still kept their Regimenal designations due to the illustrious history of many Regiments. For instance, the Army's 27th Infantry Regiment is no longer constituted as a Regiment, but Brigades with have Battalions like the '1st battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment'.

I think that the Army also re-did their Brigades so now a Division has 4 manuever brigades.

Posted by Brett 2006-08-03 21:49|| 2006-08-03 21:49|| Front Page Top

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