U.S. 49th Armored Division
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The 49th Armored Division —nicknamed the Lone Star— was one of two armored divisions of the United States Army National Guard, organised after World War II. The 49th was deactivated in 1968 and re-organised into three separate Brigades, the 36th, 71st and 72nd. The Division was reactivated on November 1, 1973, with its headquarters at Camp Mabry, Austin, TX.
On July 18, 2004 the division was re-flagged as the 36th Infantry Division. Prior to its redesignation, the 49th was capstoned to the U.S. Army III Corps and stood as the only fully functional, reserve component, armored division in the U.S. Army. (The 50th Armored Division in the north eastern states had been eliminated by consolidation with the 42nd Rainbow Division in the early 1990s.)
