2nd Infantry Division (United States)

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2nd Infantry Division
2ID Shoulder Sleeve Insignia
Active	October 26, 1917 – present
Country	USA
Branch	Regular Army
Type	Division
Role	Infantry
Size	15,000 soldiers
Garrison/HQ	South Korea, Fort Carson, Fort Lewis
Nickname	"Indian Head Division" "Warrior Division"
Motto	"Second to None"
Colors	Red and Blue
Battles/wars	World War I * Battle of Belleau Wood * Château-Thierry campaign * Meuse-Argonne offensive World War II * Western Front (World War II) Korean War Operation Iraqi Freedom * Operation Phantom Fury
Commanders
Current commander	Major General James A. Coggin

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The 2nd Infantry Division (Medium) is a formation of the United States Army. Its current primary mission is the defense of South Korea in the initial stages of an invasion from North Korea until other American units can arrive.

Contents 1 Strength 2 Nicknames 3 Command and Staff 4 Locations 5 Subunits 6 History 6.1 World War I 6.1.1 Major operations 6.1.2 Casualties 6.1.3 Commanders 6.2 Interwar years 6.3 World War II 6.3.1 Assignments in the European Theater of Operations 6.3.2 Narrative 6.3.3 World War II Honors 6.3.3.1 Campaign Participation Credit 6.3.3.2 Awards and Decorations 6.3.4 Commanders 6.3.5 Casualties 6.4 Korean War 6.4.1 Korean War Honors 6.4.1.1 Awards and Decorations 6.4.2 Casualties 6.5 Reorganization 6.6 Back to Korea 7 Operation Iraqi Freedom 8 Restructuring of 2nd BCT 9 Future Configuration of 2nd ID 10 External links

[edit] Strength

There are approximately 15,000 soldiers in the 2nd Infantry Division.

The 2nd Infantry Division, unlike any other division in the Army, is made up partially of Korean soldiers, called KATUSAs (Korean Augmentation to US Army). This program began in 1950 by agreement with South Korean President Syngman Rhee. Some 27,000 KATUSAs served with the US forces at the end of the Korean War. As of May 2006, approximately 1,100 KATUSA Soldiers serve with 2ID.

[edit] Nicknames

• "Indian Head" Division (so named after the unit patch)
• "Warrior Division" (official nickname)
• "Two IQ" (Derogatory nickname other units / soldiers use to make fun of the division)
• Motto: "Second to None"

[edit] Command and Staff

• Division Commander: Major General James A. Coggin
• Assistant Division Commander (Maneuver): Brigadier General John Johnson
• Assistant Division Commander (Support): Brigadier General H. T. Landwermeyer, Jr.
• Division Command Sergeant Major: Command Sergeant Major Brian M. Stall

[edit] Locations

Camp Red Cloud (Division Command) located in Uijeongbu City

Camp Casey: located in Dongducheon City, 45 miles north of Seoul; 17 miles south of DMZ

Camp Castle

Camp Hovey

Camp Stanley

Camp Humphreys

Fort Lewis

Fort Carson

[edit] Subunits

1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team at Camp Hovey, Korea

4th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment

2d Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment

1st Battalion, 72d Armor Regiment

1st Battalion, 15th Field Artillery

1st Brigade Special Troops Battalion

4th Chemical Company

302d Brigade Support Battalion

210th Fires Brigade at Camp Casey, Korea

6th Battalion, 37th Field Artillery

1st Battalion, 38th Field Artillery

702d Brigade Support Battalion

579th Signal Company

2d Brigade Combat Team, at Fort Carson, CO

1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment

2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment

3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment

2d Battalion, 17th Artillery

2nd Brigade Support Battalion

3d Stryker Brigade Combat Team, at Fort Lewis, WA

2d Battalion, 3d Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard)

5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment (Sykes' Regulars)

1st Battalion, 23d Infantry Regiment (Tomahawks)

1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment

1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery

296th Brigade Support Battalion

334th Signal Company

18th Engineer Company

209th Military Intelligence Company

Charlie Company, 52d Infantry Regiment (Anti-Tank)

Charlie Company, 5th Battalion 5th Air Defense Artillery

4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, at Fort Lewis, WA

4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment

2nd Battalion, 23d Infantry Regiment

1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment

2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment

38th Engineer Company

Fox Company, 52d Infantry Regiment (Anti-tank)

45th Military Intelligence Company

472d Signal Company

5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, at Fort Lewis, WA

2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment

1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment

4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment

8th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment

3rd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Battalion

402nd Brigade Support Battalion

562nd Engineer Company

Alpha Company, 52d Infantry Regiment (Anti-tank)

572nd Military Intelligence Company

21st Signal Company

5th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery

Combat Aviation Brigade

Aviation Brigade Headquarters

1st Battalion, 2d Aviation, at Camp Eagle

2d Battalion, 2d Aviation, at Camp Humphreys

3rd Battalion, 2nd Aviation, (ex-2d Battalion, 52nd Aviation) at Camp Humphreys

4th Battalion, 2nd Aviation (ex-3rd Squadron, 6th Cavalry) at Camp Humphreys

164th ATS, at Camp Humphreys

602d Aviation Support Battalion, at Camp Humphreys

Eighth Army Support:

2d Battalion, 52d General Support Aviation Brigade, located at Camp Humpreys

2nd Infantry Division Band, at Camp Red Cloud

122d Signal Battalion

121st General Hospital, at Yongsan Garrison

127th Field Surgical Team

[edit] History

[edit] World War I

Constituted September 21, 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 2d Infantry Division, 2nd ID was organized on October 26, 1917, at Bourmont, Haute Marne, France. At the time of its activation, the Indianhead Division was composed of the 3d Infantry Brigade, which was a normal Organic Brigade which included the 9th Infantry Regiment; 23d Infantry Regiment; and the 4th Marine Brigade, which consisted of the 5th Marine Regiment and the 6th Marine Regiment, a battalion of field artillery, and various supporting units.

• (Special Note: The Navy furnished the hospital corpsmen for the 4th Marine Brigade, 5th Marine Regiment and 6th Marine Regiment, and made a special uniform change which allows hospital corpsmen of these organizations to wear a shoulder strap on the left shoulder of the "Dress Blues" so that the French Fourragere could be worn. These are the only Navy units to wear the Fourragere.

Twice during "The Great War" the division was commanded by Marine Corps generals, Major General Charles A. Doyen and Major General John A. Lejeune, marking the only times in U.S. Military history when Marine Corps officers commanded an Army division.

The division spent the winter of 1917–1918 training with French Army veterans. Though judged unprepared by French tacticians, the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) was committed to combat in the spring of 1918 in a desperate attempt to halt a German advance toward Paris. The 2d Infantry Division drew its first blood in the nightmare landscape of the Battle of Belleau Wood, and contributed to shattering the four year old stalemate on the battlefield during the Château-Thierry campaign that followed. On July 28, 1918, MajGen John A. Lejeune assumed command of the 2d Infantry Division and remained in that capacity until August 1919, when the unit was demobilized. He was the only Marine officer to command an Army division. The division won hard fought victories at Soissons and Mont Blanc, for which it was awarded the French Fourragère in the colors of the Croix de Guerre. Finally the Indianhead Division participated in the Meuse-Argonne offensive which spelled the end of any German hope for victory. On November 11, 1918 the Armistice was declared, and the 2d Infantry Division marched into Germany where it performed occupation duties until April 1919. 2nd Infantry Division returned to U. S. in July 1919.

[edit] Major operations

1. Aisne
2. Belleau Wood (4th Marine Brigade; 5th Marine Regiment; 6th Marine Regiment ONLY)
3. St. Mihiel
4. Meuse-Argonne offensive
5. Aisne-Marne

[edit] Casualties

• Killed in action - 1,964 (including USMC, 4,478)
• Wounded in action - 9,782 (including USMC, 17,752)
• Total - 11,746 (including USMC, 22,230)

[edit] Commanders

1. BG C. A. Doyen, USMC (October 26, 1917),
2. MG Omar Bundy (November 8, 1917),
3. MG James G. Harbord (July 15, 1918),
4. MG John A. Lejeune, USMC (July 26, 1918).

• Source for the World War I data and information: US Army Center of Military History The following combat chronicles, current as of October 1948, are reproduced from The Army Almanac: A Book of Facts Concerning the Army of the United States, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950, pp. 510–592.

[edit] Interwar years

Upon returning to the United States, the division was stationed at Fort Sam Houston, at San Antonio, Texas as one of three divisions to remain intact and on Active Duty for the entire interwar period. It remained there for the next 23 years, serving as an experimental unit, testing new concepts and innovations for the Army. In 1940 the 2d Infantry Division was the first command reorganized under the new triangular concept, which provided for three separate regiments in each division. Indianhead soldiers pioneered concepts of airmobility and anti-tank warfare, which served the army for the next two decades on battlefields in every corner of the globe.

2ID started taking part in maneuvers at Christine, Texas between January 3 and January 27, 1940. It then moved to Horton, Texas for maneuvers from April 26 to May 28, 1940, followed by maneuvers at Cravens, Louisiana from August 16 to August 23, 1940. It returned to Fort Sam Houston, where it continued training and refitting, until it moved to Brownswood, Texas for the VIII Corps Maneuvers from June 1 through June 14, 1941 at Comanche, Texas. The division was then sent to Mansfield, Louisiana from August 11 through October 2, 1941 for the August-September 1941 Louisiana Maneuvers.

2ID was transferred to the VIII Corps Louisiana maneuver Area on July 27, 1941, and remained there until September 22, 1942, whereapon the 2ID returned to Fort Sam Houston. They then moved to Camp McCoy at Sparta, Wisconsin on November 27, 1942. Four months of intensive training for winter warfare followed. In September 1943 the division received their staging orders, and moved to the Camp Shanks staging area at Orangeburg, New York on October 3, 1943, where they got their Port Call orders. On October 8 the division officially sailed from the New York Port Of Embarkation, and started arriving in Belfast, Northern Ireland on October 17. They then moved over to England, where they trained and staged for forward movement to France.

[edit] World War II

[edit] Assignments in the European Theater of Operations

1. October 22, 1943: Attached to First Army
2. December 24, 1943: XV Corps, but attached to First Army
3. April 14, 1944: V Corps, First Army
4. August 1, 1944: V Corps, First Army, 12th Army Group
5. August 17, 1944: XIX Corps
6. August 18, 1944: VIII Corps, Third Army, 12th Army Group
7. September 5, 1944: VIII Corps, Ninth Army, 12th Army Group
8. October 22, 1944: VIII Corps, First Army, 12th Army Group
9. December 11, 1944: V Corps
10. December 20, 1944: Attached, with the entire First Army, to the British 21st Army Group
11. January 18, 1945: V Corps, First Army, 12th Army Group
12. April 28, 1945: VII Corps
13. May 1, 1945: V Corps
14. May 6, 1945: Third Army, 12th Army Group

[edit] Narrative

After training in Ireland and Wales from October 1943 to June 1944, the 2d Infantry Division crossed the channel to land on Omaha Beach on D plus 1, June 7, 1944, near St. Laurent-sur-Mer. Attacking across the Aure River, the Division liberated Trevieres, June 10, and proceeded to assault and secure Hill 192, the key enemy strongpoint on the road to St. Lô. With the hill taken July 11, 1944, the Division went on the defensive until July 26. Exploiting the St. Lô break-through, the 2d Division advanced across the Vire to take Tinchebray August 15, 1944. The Division then moved west to join the battle for Brest, the heavily defended fortress surrendering September 18, 1944 after a 39-day contest.

The Division took a brief rest September 19–September 26 before moving to defensive positions at St. Vith, Belgium on September 29, 1944. The division entered Germany on October 3, 1944, and the Second was ordered, on December 11, 1944, to attack and seize the Roer River dams. The German Ardennes offensive in mid-December forced the Division to withdraw to defensive positions near Elsenborn, where the German drive was halted. In February 1945 the Division attacked, recapturing lost ground, and seized Gemund, March 4. Reaching the Rhine March 9, the 2ID advanced south to take Breisig, March 10–11, and to guard the Remagen bridge, March 12–March 20.

The Division crossed the Rhine March 21 and advanced to Hadamar and Limburg an der Lahn, relieving elements of the 9th Armored Division, March 28. Advancing rapidly in the wake of the 9th Armored, the 2d Infantry Division crossed the Weser at Veckerhagen, April 6–April 7, captured Göttingen April 8, established a bridgehead across the Saale, April 14, seizing Merseburg on April 15. On April 18 the Division took Leipzig, mopped up in the area, and outposted the Mulde River; elements which had crossed the river were withdrawn April 24. Relieved on the Mulde, the 2d moved 200 miles, May 1–May 3, to positions along the German-Czech border near Schonsee and Waldmunchen, where 2 ID relieved the 97th and 99th ID's. The division crossed over to Czechoslovakia on May 4, 1945, and attacked in the general direction of Pilsen, attacking that city on VE Day.

2d Infantry Division returned to the New York Port Of Embarkation on July 20, 1945, and arrived at Camp Swift at Bastrop, Texas on July 22, 1945. They started a training schedule to prepare them to participate in the scheduled invasion of Japan, but they were still at Camp Swift on VJ Day. They then moved to the Staging Area at Camp Stoneman at Pittsburg, California on March 28, 1946, but the move eastward was cancelled, and they received orders to move to Fort Lewis at Tacoma, Washington. They arrived at Fort Lewis on April 15, 1946, which became their Home Station. From their Fort Lewis base, they conducted Arctic, air transportability, amphibious, and maneuver training.

[edit] World War II Honors

[edit] Campaign Participation Credit

1. Normandy
2. Northern France
3. Rhineland
4. Ardennes-Alsace
5. Central Europe

• Days of combat: 303

[edit] Awards and Decorations

1. Distinguished Unit Citations: 16
2. Medals of Honor: 6
3. Distinguished Service Crosses: 34
4. Distinguished Service Medals: 1
5. Silver Stars: 741
6. Legion of Merits: 25
7. Soldier Medals: 14
8. Bronze Stars: 5,530
9. Air Medals: 89

[edit] Commanders

1. MG John C. H. Lee (November 6, 1941 – May 8, 1942)
2. MG Walter M. Robertson (May 9, 1942 – June 1945)
3. BG W. K. Harrison (June – September 1945)
4. MG Edward M. Almond (September 1945 – June 1946)
5. MG Paul W. Kendall (June 1946 – May 24, 1948)
6. MG Harry J. Collins (June 30, 1948 –)
7. MG Kid Chris (February 2, 1952 –)
8. MG Henry "Gunfighter" Emerson (1970's)

[edit] Casualties

1. Killed in action: 3,031
2. Wounded in action: 12,785
3. Died of wounds: 457

[edit] Korean War

With the outbreak of hostilities in Korea during the summer of 1950, the 2d Infantry Division was quickly alerted for movement to the Far East Command. The division arrived in Korea, via Pusan on July 23, becoming the first unit to reach Korea directly from the United States. Initially employed piecemeal, the entire division was committed as a unit on August 24, 1950, relieving the 24th Infantry Division at the Naktong River Line. The first big test came when the North Koreans struck in a desperate human wave attack on the night of August 31. In the 16-day battle that followed, the division’s clerks, bandsmen, technical and supply personnel joined in the fight to defend against the attackers.

Shortly thereafter, the 2ID was the first unit to break out of the Pusan Perimeter and they led the Eighth Army drive to the Manchurian Border. Now within fifty miles of the Manchurian border when Chinese forces entered the fight, soldiers of the 2d Infantry Division were given the mission of protecting the rear and right flank of the Eighth Army as it retired to the South. Fighting around Kunu-ri cost the division nearly one third of its strength, but was ten times more costly to the enemy and the way was kept open. The Chinese winter offensive was finally blunted by the 2d Infantry Division on January 31 at Wonju. Taking up the offensive in a two-prong attack in February 1951, the Division repulsed a powerful Chinese counter-offensive in the epic battles of Chipyong-ni and Wonju. The United Nations front was saved and the general offensive continued.

Again in April and May 1951, the 2d Infantry Division was instrumental in smashing the communist's spring offensive. For its part in this action the 2nd Infantry Division was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation. What followed were alternating periods of combat and rest, with the division participating in the Battle of Bloody Ridge and Battle of Heartbreak Ridge. Finally, on April 9, 1953, the Division was moved to a rear area and on August 20, 1954, four years after its last unit arrived in Korea, the 2ID was alerted for re-deployment to the United States.

[edit] Korean War Honors

[edit] Awards and Decorations

1. Medals of Honor: 17

9th Infantry Regiment: Loren R. Kaufman (September 4 and September 5, 1950), Edward C. Krzyzowski (August 31, [[September 1, [[September 2 and September 3, 1951), Joseph R. Ouellette (August 31, September 1, September 2 and September 3, 1950), David M. Smith (September 1, 1950), Luther H. Story (September 1, 1950) and Travis E. Watkins (August 31, September 1, September 2 and September 3, 1950).

23rd Infantry Regiment: Junior D. Edwards (January 2, 1951), Hubert L. Lee (February 1, 1951), Herbert K. Pililaau (September 17, 1951), John A. Pittman (November 26, 1950) and William S. Sitman (February 14, 1951).

38th Infantry Regiment: Tony K. Burris (October 8 and October 9, 19510, Frederick F. Henry (September 1, 1950), Charles R. Long (February 12, 1951) and Ronald E. Rosser (January 12, 1952).

15th Field Artillery Battalion: Lee R. Hartell (August 27, 1951)

2d Reconnaissance Company: Charles W. Turner (September 1, 1950)

[edit] Casualties

1. 7,094 Killed in action
2. 16,575 Wounded in action
3. 338 Died of wounds

[edit] Reorganization

In the summer of 1954 the 2d Infantry Division was transferred from Korea to Fort Lewis, Washington, where it remained for only two years, until being transferred to Alaska in August 1956. On November 8, 1957, it was announced that the division was to be deactivated. However, a few short months later, in the spring of 1958, the Department of the Army announced that the 2d Infantry Division would be reorganized at Fort Benning, Georgia, with personnel and equipment of the 10th Infantry Division returning from Germany. Fort Benning remained the home of the new 2d Infantry Division from 1958 to 1965, where they were initially assigned the mission of a training division. To improve combat readiness, in March 1962 the 2ID was designated as a Strategic Army Corps (STRAC) unit. Following this the Division became engaged in intensified combat training, tactical training, and field training exercises, in addition to special training designed to improve operational readiness.

[edit] Back to Korea

As a result of increasing tensions on the Korean peninsula, the 2d Infantry Division returned to the Republic of Korea in July 1965. North Korean forces were engaging in increasing border incursions and infiltration attempts and the 2d Infantry Division was called upon to help halt these attacks. On November 2, 1966, soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 23d Infantry Regiment were killed in an ambush by North Korean forces. In 1967 enemy attacks in the demilitarized zone increased, as a result, 16 American soldiers were killed that year.

In 1968 North Koreans continued to probe across the DMZ, and in 1969, while on patrol, 4 soldiers of 3d Battalion, 23d Infantry were killed, but by 1970 the North had decided that their efforts against the 2ID weren’t worth the cost and organized attacks stopped that year. By March 1971 ROK forces had assumed the responsibility for the defense of all but 500 yards of the DMZ, allowing the 2d Infantry Division to maintain combat readiness in case of any eventuality.

On August 18, 1976, during a routine tree-trimming operation within the DMZ, two American officers of the Joint Security Force (Joint Security Area) were axed to death in a melee with North Korean border guards called the Axe Murder Incident. What resulted was known as Operation Paul Bunyan. The 2d Infantry Division was chosen to support the United Nations Command response to this incident and on August 21, Task Force Brady (named after the 2d ID Commander) in support of Task Force Vierra (named after the Joint Security Area Bn. Commander), a group of ROK soldiers, American infantry, and engineers, swept into the area and cut down the infamous "Panmunjeom Tree". The 2d Infantry Division delivered an unmistakable message to the North Koreans, as well as to the world.

The 2d Infantry Division is still stationed in Korea, with a number of camps near the DMZ. Command headquarters are at Camp Red Cloud in Uijongbu.

[edit] Operation Iraqi Freedom

During the late spring of 2004, much of the soldiers of the 2nd Infantry Division’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team were given notice that they were about to be ordered to further deployment, with duty in Iraq. Units involved in this call-up included: 1/503rd Infantry Regiment (Air Assault), 1/506th Infantry Regiment (Air Assault) , 2/17th Field Artillery, 1/9 Infantry Regiment (Mechanized), 44th Engineers Battalion, 2nd Forward Support Battalion, A Company 102nd Military Intelligence, B Company 122nd Signal and portions of the 2/72nd Armor. Time from first notice of deployment to actual “wheels-up” exit of the peninsula was very short. As such, an extreme amount of training was conducted by the Brigade as they switched from a focus of the foreign defense of South Korea to the more offensive operations that were going to be needed in action in Iraq. Furthermore, time was given for the majority of the soldiers to enjoy two weeks of leave to visit the United States. This was vital: many of the soldiers had been in South Korea for a year or more with only two weeks or less time in the United States during their stay of duty. More, they were about to depart on a deployment that was scheduled to last at least another year. Finally, in the beginning of August 2004, the Brigade deployed to Iraq.

Upon landing in country, the 2nd BCT was given strategic command to much of the sparsely populated area south and west of Fallujah. Their mission, however, changed when the major strategic actions began to take place within the city proper. At this time, the Brigade Combat Team was refocused and given control of the eastern half of the volatile city of Ar-Ramadi. Many of the units had to physically move to new camps in support of this new mission. This became the primary focus of the 2nd BCT for much of their deployment.

The Brigade was spread out amongst many camps. To the west of the city of Ar-Ramadi sat the camp of Junction City. 2ID units stationed there included 2nd Brigade Headquarters, 2/17 Field Artillery, 1/9 Infantry, 44th Engineers Battalion, A Company 102nd Military Intelligence, B Company 122nd Signal and C company (a medical company from 2nd Forward Support Battalion). To the eastern end of the city sat a much more austere camp, known ironically as the Combat Outpost. This was home to the 1/503rd Infantry Regiment. East of them but outside of the city proper itself was the town of Habbiniya and the 1/506th Infantry Regiment. Adjacent to this camp was the logistically important camp of Al-Taqaddum, where the 2nd Forward Support Battalion was stationed.

For this mission, the Brigade fell under the direct command not of the 2nd Infantry Division, but rather the Marine unit that was in control at the time. For the first six months while in Ramadi, the BCT fell under to the 1st Marine Division. For the second half of the deployment, they were attached to the 2nd Marine Division. While the Marines do not sport patches on their uniforms as such, the units of the 2nd BCT involved are authorized to now wear any of the following combat patches: the 2nd Infantry Division patch, the 1st Marine Division unit patch or the 2nd Marine Division unit patch.

The 2nd Brigade Combat Team was in action in the city of Ramadi for many historical events but most notably the Iraqi national elections of January 2005. Much man-power and effort was put into stabilizing the city for this event. While the voting went off without a hitch and little to no violence was seen within the city, a minimal amount of voters participated (estimated to be in the 700 person range for the eastern half of the city, according to 2nd BCT officials). While the numbers left something to be desired, the BCT noted the lack of violence as a sign of success.

The 2nd BCT also left its mark on the area in other ways. They built several new camps within the city. For security reasons, many are left unverified, however ones that can be confirmed include Camps Trotter and Corregidor built to ease the burden on the accommodations at Combat Outpost.

In July of 2005, the Brigade began to get relieved by units of the United States National Guard, as well as the Third Infantry Division of the Regular Army. The units of the 2nd BCT were given word that they would not be returning to South Korea but, rather, to Fort Carson, Colorado in an effort to restructure the Army and house more soldiers on American soil.

[edit] Restructuring of 2nd BCT

Upon arriving at Fort Carson, the Brigade began to quickly change. In fact, this change is still under way. Unit names and designations were taken from the 2nd BCT and unfurled on other bases. For example, the 1/503rd (Air Assault) Infantry Regiment disbanded in Fort Carson and transferred to 173rd Infantry Brigade (Airborne) in Italy where it is now stationed with its sister battalion, the 2/503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne). The soldiers of the former 1/503rd now became members of the 1/9th Infantry. The soldiers of the former 1/506th became the members of the 2/12th Infantry. The previous soldiers of the 1/9th Infantry became known as the newly formed, 3-61st Cavalry. The “new” Brigade Combat Team is made up of the following units:

• HHC
• 2d Brigade Support Battalion
• 2d Special Troops Battalion
• 2d Battalion 12th Infantry Regiment
• 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment
• 3d Squadron 61st Cavalry Regiment
• 2d Battalion 17th Field Artillery Regiment

The transformation now has the BCT more precisely considered an Infantry Brigade Combat Team, in accordance with the new standards for the modular force. In October of 2006, 2nd BCT returned to Iraq. They currently are in charge of Eastern Baghdad.

[edit] Future Configuration of 2nd ID

2nd Infantry Division

1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team - Korea

• 2nd Battalion 9th Infantry Regiment (M1A1/M2A2 Combined Arms)
• 1st Battalion 72nd Armor Regiment (M1A1/M2A2 Combined Arms)
• 4th Squadron 7th Cavalry Regiment (M1A1/M3A2 Armed Recon)
• 1st Battalon 15th Field Artillery Battalion (M109A6 Paladin)
• 302nd Support Battalion
• 1st Brigade Special Troops Battalion

2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team - Fort Lewis, WA

• 2nd Battalion 1st Infantry Regiment (Stryker)
• 1st Battalion 17th Infantry Regiment (Stryker)
• 4th Battalion 23rd Infantry Regiment (Stryker)
• 8th Squadron 1st Cavalry Regiment (RSTA)
• 2nd Battalion 17th Field Artillery Battalion
• 2nd Support Battalion
• Alpha Company, 52nd Infantry Regiment (Anti-Tank)
• 562nd Engineer Company
• 21st Signal Company
• 572nd Military Intelligence Company

3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team - Fort Lewis, WA

• 2nd Battalion 3rd Infantry Regiment (Stryker)
• 5th Battalion 20th Infantry Regiment (Stryker)
• 1st Battalion 23rd Infantry Regiment (Stryker)
• 1st Squadron 14th Cavalry Regiment (RSTA)
• 1st Battalion 37th Field Artillery Battalion
• 296th Brigade Support Battalion
• Charlie Company, 52nd Infantry Regiment (Anti-Tank)
• 18th Engineer Company
• 334th Signal Company
• 209th Military Intelligence Company

4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team - Fort Lewis, WA

• 4th Battalion 9th Infantry Regiment (Stryker)
• 2nd Battalion 23rd Infantry Regiment (Stryker)
• 1st Battalion 38th Infantry Regiment (Stryker)
• 2nd Squadron 1st Cavalry Regiment (RSTA)
• 2nd Battalion 12th Field Artillery Battalion
• 202nd Support Battalion
• Fox Company, 52nd Infantry Regiment (Anti-Tank)
• 38th Engineer Company
• 472nd Signal Company
• 45th Military Intelligence Company

2nd Combat Aviation Brigade - Korea

• Aviation Brigade Headquarters
• 1st Battalion 2nd Aviation Regiment (R/A) (AH-64D)
• 2nd Battalion 2nd Aviation Regiment (Assault) (UH -60)
• 3rd Battalion 2nd Aviation Regiment (GSAB)
• 4th Battalion 2nd Aviation Regiment (R/A) (AH-64D)
• 164th Air Traffic Group
• 602d Aviation Support Battalion

210th Fires Brigade - Korea

• 6th Battalion 37th Field Artillery Regiment (M270A1 MLRS)
• 1st Battalion 38th Field Artillery Regiment (M270A1 MLRS)
• 702nd Brigade Support Battalion
• 579th Signal Company

[edit] External links

• 2 ID official website
• "From D+1 to 105: The Story of the 2d Infantry Division" (WWII unit history booklet)
• Lineage and Honors of the 2d Infantry Division
• "Second Infantry Division" - A WWII Reenactment group in South Florida
• 2ndinfdiv.com - A WWII Living History group from Nebraska, Iowa & South Dakota
• Photos of 2nd Division Memorial in Washington, D.C. at "Sites of Memory"
• 3rd Brigade / 2nd Infantry Division homepage
• 5th Brigade / 2nd Infantry Division homepage