Talk:502nd Infantry Regiment (United States)

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[edit] Page should be moved

This page should be moved to U.S. 502th Parachute Infantry Regiment to conform to other units in Wikipedia. WikiDon 02:45, 28 August 2005 (UTC)

Other units may not have unique names, "502nd PIR" is. Do we have to? Beanbatch 21:25, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

502nd PIR is today 502nd Infantry Regiment. There are no longer any units that are uniquely "Parachute" units. All Special Operations units use Parachute Insertion as just one more means of Vertical Envelopment.

CORNELIUSSEON 14:48, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Colin Powell

Just to tell you, I am a soldier in the 502nd Infantry Regiment. I know our former commanders. Colin Powel was one of them. Please stop removing his name from the article. CMAN 10:43, 21 February 2006 (EST)

I've found two links that place Powell in command of the 2nd Brigade, U.S. 101st Airborne Division: Lucid Cafe and Thomson-Gale's black history pages(puts it in 1976, which makes sense with his date of rank). I own a copy of his autobiography, so will try to remember to look up what he says himself. Perhaps both Cman and SSgt Seon could weigh in on whether commanding the brigade is the same as commanding the regiment (with the Combat Arms Regimental System, I am at a loss). --Habap 17:48, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Yes, a brigade and a regiment are size-wise about the same thing. The main difference is that cavalry units refer to their brigades as regiments. ⇒ SWATJester ^Ready Aim _Fire! 21:16, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

I briefly checked his book and he stated that he took command of the Brigade. I didn't read it exhaustively, so I am uncertain if he was also commanding the regiment. I don't know if the regiment had a separate command element or if the Brigade commander was also considered the 502d's Regimental commander. So, I am still very uncertain whether he was actually the CO of the 502d. --Habap 15:07, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

You would be correct. He was the brigade commander. There is no regimental commander. ⇒ SWATJester ^Ready Aim _Fire! 15:39, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

That's what I thought. I have revised the entry in a way I felt appropriate.... --Habap 22:06, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

The way it works is this: the Headquarters company for the brigade is HHC 502nd Infantry Regiment. Even though it is called 2nd Brigade, it is actually 502nd Inf Regiment at heart. User:cman\cman 10;01, 9 March (EST)

The battalions in the infantry brigades in the 101st are all the same regiment, i.e. 1/502d, 2/502d, and 3/502d. It's one of the few places in the army still like that. Most brigades will have battalions all with different parent regiments. Whether the brigade commander is the symbolic regimental commander I don't know, but his title is brigade commander.--Nobunaga24 09:36, 10 August 2006 (UTC)