The 4th Infantry Division is a mechanized heavy division of the U.S. Army based at Fort Carson, Colorado . It has four combat brigades with a total workforce of about 20,000 men, and is subject to the FORSCOM U.S. III Corps. This is one of U.S. combat units most advanced technical level. The division has two nicknames. The first, originally, is a play on words inspired by the Roman numeral "IV". The four leaves of ivy (Ivy Leaves) symbolize also the tenacity and loyalty, two buzzwords that are the basis for its motto "Steadfast and Loyal" (Immutable and Loyal). The second nickname, "Iron Horse", was adopted fairly recently, to highlight the speed and power division.
Sheet of the 4th Infantry Division.
• Activation Date: December 10, 1917 to September 21, 1921. 1 June 1940 - Present.
• Country: United States of America.
• Branch: United States Army.
• Type: Mechanized Infantry Division.
• Employees: approximately 20,000 men.
• Subordinate to: III Corps, FORSCOM.
• Garrison Fort Carson, Colorado.
• Nicknames: Ivy Division and Iron Horse .
• Motto: "Steadfast and Loyal" ("Enduring and Loyal").
• Badge distinctive round:
• Commitments:
- First World War (1917-1918): St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, Champagne, Lorraine.
- Second World War (1944-1945): Normandy, France, Ardennes, Germany.
- Vietnam War.
- Global war against terrorism: Operation Iraqi Freedom .
• Current Commander: Major-General David G. Perkins.
• Former notable commanders: Oscar Griswold, Raymond O. Barton, Raymond T. Odierno.
• Combat Brigades:
- 1st Heavy Brigade Combat (HBCT) Raiders.
- 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat (HBCT) Warhorse.
- 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat (HBCT) Iron .
- 4th Brigade Combat Infantry (IBCT) Mountain Warriors.
History (1917-2011).
1 ° World War (1917-1918).
The 4th Infantry Division was formed at Camp Greene, North Carolina, December 10, 1917, under the command of Major-General George H. Cameron. There she adopts his shoulder distinctive badge, the four ivy leaves. This badge is inspired by the Roman numeral "IV" and symbolizes the motto "Steadfast and Loyal." It is organized to be part of the American Expeditionary Force sent to fight in France. When she landed in French ports, in February 1918, it comprises a workforce of approximately 32,000 men.
1.1. Table of organization.
• 7th Infantry Brigade.
- 39th Infantry Regiment.
- 47th Infantry Regiment.
- 11th Battalion of heavy machine guns.
• 8th Infantry Brigade.
- 58th Infantry Regiment.
- 59th Infantry Regiment.
- 12th Battalion of heavy machine guns.
• 4th Brigade artillery.
- 77th Field Artillery Regiment.
- 13th Field Artillery Regiment.
- 16th Field Artillery Regiment.
• 4th Engineer Regiment.
• 8th Battalion transmissions.
• HQ and Divisional Train.
- 4th Train ammunition.
- 4th Supply Train.
- 4th Train Engineer.
- 4th Sanitary Train
(19th, 21st, 28th and 33rd field hospital).
1.2. St. Mihiel offensive.
The division is moving toward an area of consolidation in the south of Verdun, where it is incorporated into the new 1st U.S. Army General John J. Pershing. One of his first missions is to participate in the elimination of the German salient of St. Mihiel. Subject to U.S. V Corps, it operates on the western flank of the salient. The general plan is to attack the U.S. V Corps to the south-east, so as to establish its junction with U.S. IV Corps and encircle the Germans of St. Mihiel in a pocket.
To this end, the 59th Regiment is deployed in an area previously occupied by the French, and is arranged on a broad front of 9km. On 12 September, the regiment sends its first patrols to probe enemy positions. The 4th Infantry Division, fires his offensive on September 14, 8th Brigade capturing the city of Manheulles. The full width of the Allied front which they are assigned, the Americans broke down the German defenses, and eventually totally isolate the salient of St. Mihiel.
1.3. Meuse-Argonne - Phase I (September 26 to October 3, 1918).
On 26 September 1918, the last offensive of the Great War, the Campaign Meuse-Argonne ", begins. Secretly, under cover of the forest, the 1st U.S. Army Pershing took position in this sector after the elimination of the salient of St. Mihiel. Three U.S. Army Corps (I, III and V), with approximately a million doughboys are arranged on a front line of 27km wide, Forges to the Meuse. The III Corps U.S. takes place at the east end, and lined up from left to right, the 79th, 4th, 80th and 33rd U.S. Infantry Divisions.
The 7th Brigade of the 4th Division moved into the trenches around Hill 304. The U.S. assault was launched at 5:25 am, through a narrow valley. The 7th Brigade is progressing in this valley and around 9 am, she reached the second line of defense near Cuisy enemy. The German resistance was strong, but the 39th Regiment eventually pierce and through the town of Septsarges. During that first day, the 7th Brigade 1700 prisoners and captured more than 40 German guns. The divisional headquarters moved to Cuisy.
27 September 1918, the U.S. offensive resumed. The 39th Regiment advancing behind an artillery barrage, until it struck the German machine gun nests in the wood of the Ogoni. The 8th Brigade advance through the Bois de Brieulles, but she is also harassed by enemy fire from Ogoni. The next three days, Americans make little progress, with heavy losses.
October 3, 1918, Phase I of the Campaign Meuse-Argonne is complete. In one week, the 1st U.S. Army has advanced 15km up in the German system, and destroyed two of its three lines of defense.
1.4. Meuse-Argonne - Phase II (4-13 October 1918).
On October 4, 1918 begins phase II of the American offensive. The objective of the 4th Infantry Division was to seize the woods surrounding Brieulles, then take the city. The 8th Brigade out of their positions and advance on open ground, protected by a épaix fog. When the fog lifted, the Germans opened fire with machine guns and artillery, including with chemical shells. Despite heavy losses, the 58th Regiment reached and entered the Bois de Fays. During the four days, the Americans grew feebly under constant fire from artillery and German patrols trying to enter at night in their lines.
On October 9, 1918, the 8th Brigade was sent to rest and relief in the 7th positions. The 39th Regiment was designated to lead the assault. As before, the Sammies plod with heavy losses, harassed by machine guns and chemical shells enemies, until sunset. He resumed his attacks on 10 October at 10am, with no more success than before. The 2nd Battalion, front, loses three quarters of its officers, including all the majors.
The order was given to continue the offensive to 17.30. The 2nd Battalion fighting fiercely and advance in the Bois de May de Faux. On the morning of October 11, the entire staff of the 39th Regiment suffered a gas attack, and Lieutenant-Colonel Troy Middleton, 17th Regiment, must assume temporary command.
October 12, 1918, the Americans clean the pockets of German resistance in the Bois de Foret. Patrols are sent to the northern slope of the Hill 299. The next day, the Ivy , exhausted, is relieved by the 4th Regiment of the 3rd Infantry Division. Major General John L. Hines was appointed to take command of the U.S. III Corps, and George H. Cameron succeeded him as head of the division.
This is sent to the rest until 19 October. During his twenty-four days of commitment, she paid a terrible price: 244 officers and 7168 men killed or wounded. She captured 2,731 German prisoners. She then relocated to Lucey, to the second part of the new U.S. Army Lieutenant General Robert Lee Bullard, incorporated on 15 October.
October 22, 1918, George G. Cameron, in turn, must give up his command, being recalled to the back to form and lead to new divisions. The divisional command is temporarily assigned to the commander of the 7th Brigade, BG Benjamin A. Poore, until the arrival and took office on October 31, MG Mark L. Hersey.
November 11, 1918, the Armistice ended the Great War. The recent loss of the 4th Infantry Division are recorded around 14h by the 13th Field Artillery Regiment.
Losses incurred during the First World War: 2611 and killed 9895 battle casualties.
1.5. Occupation troops in Germany.
Under the terms of the armistice, Germany must evacuate all the territories west of the Rhine. U.S. units are designated to be part of Allied occupation troops. The United States support in the central area of Koblenz. The 4th Infantry Division entered Germany and, after covering nearly 600km in two weeks, is dispersed in the region of Bad Bertrich, which moved its headquarters. Ivy Division is pursuing a series of training and sport activities or educational. In April 1919, she moved further north, in Rheinland-Pfalz region.
In July 1919 the division returned to France, and the last detachment sailed for the United States the last day of the month. On 21 September 1921, it is deactivated at Camp Lewis in Washington state, according to the Reorganization Act of 1920 the Army.
1.6. Commanders of the division (1917-1919).
- MG George H. Cameron (3 December 1917-16 August 1918).
- BG Benjamin A. Poore (16-27 August 1918).
- MG John L. Hines (August 27 to October 11, 1918).
- MG George H. Cameron (11-22 October 1918).
- BG Benjamin A. Poore (22-31 October 1918).
- G. Mark L. Hersey (October 31, 1918 - August 1, 1919).
2 ° World War (1940-1945).
The 4th Infantry Division was reactivated on 1 June 1940 at Fort Benning, Georgia, under the command of Major-General Walter E. Prosser. It was reorganized according to the Table of Organization and Equipment (TOE or TOE & E) 1 August 1940, as "Motorized Infantry Division." It is assigned with the 2nd Armored Division, the U.S. I Corps, and moved in Dry Prong (now Alexandria Metropolitan Area) Louisiana.
2.1. France.
Commissioned by the MG Raymond O. Barton, Ivy Division arrived in England in early 1944 to take part in Operation Overlord . It is one of nine divisions of D-Day assault and landed on Utah Beach June 6, 1944 (1). Under isolated elements of the 82nd Airborne Division at Sainte-Mere-Eglise, she then took part in the liberation of the Cotentin Peninsula and the capture of Cherbourg, June 25
Photo below: 4th Infantry Division on Utah Beach June 6, 1944.
After hard fought Perriers, 6-12 July, she participated in Operation Cobra and pierced the left flank of the 7th German Army, and then advance to Avranches, to end of this month.
August 25, 1944, the 4th Division involved in the liberation of Paris, alongside the French Division Leclerc (2). Ernest Hemingway, a reporter and photographer embedded in civil 22nd Regiment, commemorates these events on film colors. She then took part in the continuation of the army German retreat across the north-west of France and Belgium to the Siegfried Line and the German border.
2.2. Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany.
The 4th Infantry Division enters and frees Houffalize in Belgium in the Ardennes, before attacking the Siegfried Line and advance in the Schnee Eifel, September 14, 1944. She then made several penetrations in Germany in October and early November.
On 6 November 1944, she participated in the bloody battle of Hurtgen Forest until early December. Proven, it is placed at rest in the Luxembourg Ardennes. At the outbreak of the German offensive, December 16 (3), although still weak, the book of fierce fighting in and Dickweiler Osweiler, and eventually stop the Germans on the "hinge south" of their protruding.
When cons-American offensive, it crosses the Sauer and resumed Fouhren and Vianden. Stopped by German resistance on the Prüm, in February 1945, the division finally crossed the river on the 28th of the month, Olzheim, then Kyll March 7.
After a brief rest, the 4th Infantry Division crossed the Rhine March 29, 1945 at Worms, attacked and secures Würzburg, April 3, establishes a bridgehead beyond the Main, Ochsenfurt. Advancing at a brisk pace to the southeast across Bavaria, Ivy reached Miesbach and Isar 2 May, when lifted and placed in reserve to be part of the Allied occupation forces in post- war.
Losses incurred during the conflict: 4097 killed and 17,371 wounded in combat, 3757morts of their injuries.
2.3. Commanders of the division (1940-1946).
- Lloyd G. R. Fredendall (October 9, 1940 to August 18, 1941).
- Oscar G. W. Griswold (August 18 - October 7, 1941).
- MG Fred C. Wallace (October 7, 1941 to June 30, 1942).
- MG Terry de la Mesa Allen (December 1941).
- MG Raymond O. Barton (July 3, 1942 to December 26, 1944).
- BG Harold W. Blakeley (September 18, 1944 to September 20, 1945).
- MG Harold R. Bull (20-29 September 1944).
- BG James A. Van Fleet (September 29 to October 4, 1944).
- MG Harold W. Blakeley (December 27, 1944 - October 1945).
2.4. Order of Battle (1944-1945).
- 8th Infantry Regiment.
- 12th Infantry Regiment.
- 22nd Regiment Infantry.
- 20th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm).
- 29th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm).
- 42nd Field Artillery Battalion (105mm).
- 44th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm).
- 4th Platoon recognition.
- 4th Engineer Battalion.
- 4th Battalion medical.
- 4th Battalion Quarter Master (QM).
- 4th Signal Company.
- 704th Ordinance Company (SM).
(1) Blogosphere Mara, "Operation Overlord - D-Day: The first day of fighting"
(2) Blogosphere Mara, "19-25 August 1944 - Liberation of Paris and French 2nd Armored Division "
(3) Blogosphere Mara," December 16, 1944 to January 25, 1945 - Battle of the Bulge: the showdown "
3 ° July 1945 - May 1956
division Ivy returns to the United States in July 1945 and is quartered at Camp Butner, North Carolina, preparing to be shipped in the Pacific. After the end the conflict, it is deactivated in March 1946. reactivated Then, as a division of education and training, to Fort Ord, Calif., July 2, 1947.
1st October 1950, it is converted into a combat division operational, following training at Fort Benning, Georgia. In May 1951, it was the first of four American divisions sent to Europe to join the new "Organization of the North Atlantic Treaty (NATO) during the early years of the Cold War. Its headquarters is located in Frankfurt.
After spending five years in Germany, Ivy is redeployed to Fort Lewis, Wash., in May 1956. The 6th Tank Battalion of the 2nd Armoured Division, stationed Fort Hood, Texas, having been sent to Korea to serve with the 24th Infantry Division, this new habit of affecting a tank company to each infantry battalion is still practiced today, with 66th and 67th Armored Regiments incorporated in the 4th Infantry Division.
Majors Division (1945-1965).
- MG George Price Hays (November 1945 - March 1946).
- Jens G. A. Doe (July 15, 1947 to February 28, 1949).
- MG Robert T. Frederick (28 February 1949 to 10 October 1950).
- MG Hartan N. Hartness (10 October 1950 - April 5, 1953).
- MG Joseph H. Harper (6 April 1953 to 13 May 1954).
- Clyde G. D. Eddleman (May 13, 1954 to May 24, 1955).
- MG Rinaldo Van Brunt (May 24, 1955 to May 15, 1956).
- Paul G. L. Freeman (September 15, 1956 to January 20, 1957).
- MG William W. Quin (January 20, 1957 - May 1958).
- MG John H. McGee (June-August 1958).
- Louis W. G. Truman (August 1958 - June 1960).
- MG William F. Train (July 1960 - April 1962).
- Frederick G. R. Zierath (April 1962 - August 1963).
- Claire G. E. Hutchinson, Jr. (September 1963 - June 1965).
4 ° Vietnam War (1966-1970).
The 4th Infantry Division leaves Fort Lewis to Pleiku, South Vietnam, September 25, 1966, and will remain in this country for four years. She returned to Fort Carson, Colo., Dec. 8, 1970. Two of its brigades were operating in the Highlands and the central highlands. The 3rd Brigade, the divisional tank battalion being sent into the province of Tay Ninh, northwest of Saigon, to take part in operations Attleboro, September-November 1966, then Junction City, February- May 1967, both in the Zone C Combat. "After nearly a year of commitments, the two infantry battalions of the 3rd Brigade were exchanged with two battalions of the 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division and Task Force Integrated of Oregon Americal Division (4).
During his stay in South-East, Ivy Division conducts combat operations in the Central Highlands region in central South Vietnam along the Cambodian border . She gained experience in combat against the North Vietnamese regular forces (AVN), which attempt to infiltrate through this mountainous region in autumn 1967, mainly around Kontum.
The 3rd Brigade left South Vietnam in April 1970 and was deactivated at Fort Lewis. In May, the rest of the 4th Division conducts border missions and participates with the South Vietnamese army (ARVN), the incursion of the U.S. Army in Cambodia with the aim of destroying the Staff central military and political communist Vietcong guerrillas (COSVN), and its bases of supply.
But although the basics of COSVN be dismantled and that President Richard Nixon announces that this operation is a success, the North Vietnamese infiltration, interrupted for a certain period it is true, will resume thereafter.
Division Ivy regains Fort Carson, Colo., in December 1970, but one of its infantry battalions will remain in South Vietnam, as an autonomous force separate, until January 1972. Losses incurred by the division during the Vietnam conflict: 2531 killed and 15,229 wounded in combat.
4.1. Commanders of the division (1965-2001).
- Arthur G. S. Collins, Jr. (June 1965 - January 1967).
- William G. R. Peers (January 1967 - January 1968).
- Charles G. P. Stone (January 1968 - November 1968).
- BG Donn R. Pepke (November 1968 - November 1969).
- Glenn G. D. Walker (November 1969 - June 1970).
- William G. A. Burke (June 1970 - December 9, 1970).
- MG John C. Bennett (December 10, 1970 to August 24, 1972).
- MG James F. Hamlet (August 25, 1972 to October 14, 1974).
- MG John W. Vessey, Jr. (October 15, 1974 - August 1, 1975).
- G. W. Williams Palmer (August 2, 1975 to October 15, 1976).
- John F. G. Forrest (October 16, 1976 to September 18, 1978).
- Louis C. G. Menetrey (September 19, 1978 to September 11, 1980).
- MG John W. Hudachek (September 12, 1980 to July 30, 1982).
- MG GT Bartlett (April 14, 1984 to June 6, 1986).
- MG James R. Hall, Jr. (June 6, 1986 to June 22, 1988).
- MG Dennis J. Reimer (22 June 1988 to 25 May 1990).
- Neal T. G. Jaco (May 25, 1990 to October 4, 1991).
- MG Guy AJ Boa (October 4, 1991 to October 22, 1993).
- MG Thomas A. Schwartz (October 22, 1993 to November 29, 1995).
- Robert G. S. Coffey (May 1994 - June 1996).
- Paul J. G. Kern (June 1996 - June 1997).
- MG William S. Wallace (June 1997 - June 29, 1999).
- MG Benjamin S. Griffin (June 29, 1999 to October 24, 2001).
4.2. Order of battle in Vietnam (1966-1970).
- 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment.
- 2nd Battalion, 8th Regiment Infantry [Mechanized].
- 3rd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment.
- 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment.
- 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment (assigned to the 25th ID, August 1967 - December 1970).
- 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment.
- 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment (assigned by the 25-ID, August 1967 - December 1970).
- 1st Battalion, 22st Infantry Regiment (separate force, in November 1970 - January 1972).
- 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment (assigned to the 25th ID, August 1967 - December 1970).
- 3rd Battalion, 22st Infantry Regiment (assigned to the 25th ID, August 1967 - December 1970).
- 1st Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment (assigned by the 25-ID, August 1967 - April 1970).
- 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment (assigned by the 25-ID, August 1967 - December 1970).
- 2nd Battalion, 34th Armored Regiment (Assigned to the 25th ID, August 1967 - December 1970).
- 1st Battalion, 69th Armored Regiment (assigned by the 25-ID, August 1967 - April 1970).
- 2nd Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment (105mm) (sold by the 25-ID, August 1967 - April 1970).
- 5th Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment (155mm).
- 6th Battalion, 29th Field Artillery Regiment (105mm).
- 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment (105mm).
- 2nd Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment (105mm) (assigned to the 25-ID, August 1967 - December 1970).
- 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment [armored] (Divisional Reconnaissance).
- 4th Battalion Aviation [helicopters].
- 4th Engineer Battalion.
- 4th Battalion medical.
- 124th Battalion transmissions.
- 704th Maintenance Battalion.
- 4th Administration Company.
- 4th Military Police Company.
- 374th Company Army Safety.
- Orchestra and Divisional Support Command.
external elements attached recognition:
- Company E, 20th Infantry Regiment (Long Range Patrol, LRP).
- Company E, 58th Infantry Regiment (LRP).
- Company K, 75th Ranger Regiment [Airborne].
(4) Formally, the 23rd Infantry Division home, incorporated in 1942 in New Caledonia ("Americal": American and New Caledonian). This division distinguished itself in the Southwest Pacific against the Japanese, then in Vietnam, before being finally disbanded in November 1971.
5 ° Global war against terrorism (2001-Present).
5.1. Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Last alert January 19, 2003, the 4th Infantry Division is expected to take part in the invasion of Iraq, entering the north since Turkey. But the Turkish government refused him permission to operate from its territory, it remains confined aboard transport ships in the Mediterranean.
Arrival in Kuwait after the outbreak of the Allied offensive, the Division Ivy multiplies exercises NBC warning against the SCUD, in camps and Wolf Udairi. She participates in the latest fighting in April in areas of Tikrit and Mosul in northern Iraq. It is then deployed north of the Sunni Triangle, near Tikrit, with its headquarters located in Baghdad. It covers the area of operations north from Kirkuk to the Iranian border.
During this first stay in Iraq, the 4th Infantry Division involved in the disarmament and disbanding the PMOI (or MEK), the Iranian Moujahiddins Movements of People in the July-August 2003, then with the help of forces Special to the capture of Saddam Hussein, December 13. In summer 2004, she was relieved by the 1st Infantry Division and returned to the United States.
She makes a second tour of duty at the end 2005, noting the 3rd Infantry Division and took command of the "Multi-National Division, Baghdad (MND-B). It has under its responsibility, as from 7 January 2006, four Iraqi provinces: Baghdad, Karbala, Najaf and Babil. During this stay, the 3rd Brigade was incorporated within the Task Force Band of Brothers under the command of the 101st Airborne Division.
Photo below: soldier of the 4th Division equipped with an M240 machine gun (FN Hersal "MAG"), stationed in Iraq, October 28, 2006.
The 4th Infantry Division conducts a third service in Iraq in 2005-2007. During his three deployments, she recorded the following losses: 84 killed in fighting in 2003-2004, 235 in 2005-2006 and 113 in 2007-2009.
July 2009 sees a change of command, the 56th since the formation of the division in 1917, with the Nominated MG David Perkins. With this change, the 4th Division ends at fourteen years of presence at Fort Hood, Texas, and moved to Fort Carson, Colorado, plant it had occupied from 1970 to 1995.
5.2. Operation Enduring Freedom: Afghanistan.
Just moved to Fort Carson, 4th Infantry Division is already preparing to be immediately returned to battle. The 3rd Brigade Combat is again deployed in southern Iraq in March 2010 as "Brigade Support and Consulting." The 1st Brigade was sent to Afghanistan in July 2010, the HQ and the rest of the division following in early 2011.
5.3. Commanders of the division (2003-Present).
- MG Raymond T. Odierno (October 24, 2001 to June 18, 2004).
- MG James D. Thurman (June 18, 2004 to January 19, 2007).
- MG Jeffery Hammond (January 19, 2007 to July 16, 2009).
- MG David G. Perkins (July 16, 2009 - Present).
Current organization of the 4th Infantry Division.
• Headquarters and "Special Troops" divisional Lightning. Fort Carson, Colorado.
• 1st Brigade Combat Heavy (HBCT) Raiders. HQ Fort Carson, Colorado.
- Battalion "Special Troops" Brigadier Phoenix.
- 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment Ghost (M3A3 Bradley ).
- 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment Regulars (M2A3 Bradley ).
- 1st Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment Iron Knights (M1A2 Abrams ).
- 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment Straight Arrows (M109A6 Paladin ).
- 4th Support Battalion [Logistics] Brigadier Packhorse .
• 2nd Brigade Heavy Combat (HBCT) Warhorse. HQ Fort Carson, Colorado.
- Battalion "Special Troops" Brigadier Lonestar.
- 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers (M3A3 Bradley ).
- 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment First In Normandy (M2A3 Bradley ).
- 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment Death Dealers (M1A2 Abrams ).
- 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment Rolling Thunder (M109A6 Paladin ).
- the 204th Support Battalion [Logistics] Brigadier Rough Riders .
• 3rd Brigade Heavy Combat (HBCT) Iron . HQ Fort Carson, Colorado.
- Battalion "Special Troops" Brigadier Phoenix.
- 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment Black Jack (M3A3 Bradley ).
- 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment Fighting Eagles (M2A3 Bradley ).
- 1st Battalion, 68th Armored Regiment Silver Lions (M1A2 Abrams ).
- 3rd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery Regiment Piecesetters (M109A6 Paladin ).
- 64th Support Battalion [Logistics] Brigadier Mountaineers.
• 4th Infantry Brigade Combat (IBCT) Mountain Warriors. HQ Fort Carson, Colorado.
- Battalion "Special Troops" Brigadier Gryphons .
- 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment Red Warriors.
- 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment Lethal Warriors .
- 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment Destroyers.
- 2nd Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment Steel Warriors (M777 Howitzer ).
- the 704th Support Battalion [Logistics] Brigadier Blacksmith.
• Brigade Support [Logistics]. HQ Fort Carson, Colorado.
- 43rd Battalion "Special Troops" brigade.
- 68th Support Battalion [Logistics] Combat (CSSB).
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Sheet of the 4th Infantry Division.
• Activation Date: December 10, 1917 to September 21, 1921. 1 June 1940 - Present.
• Country: United States of America.
• Branch: United States Army.
• Type: Mechanized Infantry Division.
• Employees: approximately 20,000 men.
• Subordinate to: III Corps, FORSCOM.
• Garrison Fort Carson, Colorado.
• Nicknames: Ivy Division and Iron Horse .
• Motto: "Steadfast and Loyal" ("Enduring and Loyal").
• Badge distinctive round:
• Commitments:
- First World War (1917-1918): St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, Champagne, Lorraine.
- Second World War (1944-1945): Normandy, France, Ardennes, Germany.
- Vietnam War.
- Global war against terrorism: Operation Iraqi Freedom .
• Current Commander: Major-General David G. Perkins.
• Former notable commanders: Oscar Griswold, Raymond O. Barton, Raymond T. Odierno.
• Combat Brigades:
- 1st Heavy Brigade Combat (HBCT) Raiders.
- 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat (HBCT) Warhorse.
- 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat (HBCT) Iron .
- 4th Brigade Combat Infantry (IBCT) Mountain Warriors.
History (1917-2011).
1 ° World War (1917-1918).
The 4th Infantry Division was formed at Camp Greene, North Carolina, December 10, 1917, under the command of Major-General George H. Cameron. There she adopts his shoulder distinctive badge, the four ivy leaves. This badge is inspired by the Roman numeral "IV" and symbolizes the motto "Steadfast and Loyal." It is organized to be part of the American Expeditionary Force sent to fight in France. When she landed in French ports, in February 1918, it comprises a workforce of approximately 32,000 men.
1.1. Table of organization.
• 7th Infantry Brigade.
- 39th Infantry Regiment.
- 47th Infantry Regiment.
- 11th Battalion of heavy machine guns.
• 8th Infantry Brigade.
- 58th Infantry Regiment.
- 59th Infantry Regiment.
- 12th Battalion of heavy machine guns.
• 4th Brigade artillery.
- 77th Field Artillery Regiment.
- 13th Field Artillery Regiment.
- 16th Field Artillery Regiment.
• 4th Engineer Regiment.
• 8th Battalion transmissions.
• HQ and Divisional Train.
- 4th Train ammunition.
- 4th Supply Train.
- 4th Train Engineer.
- 4th Sanitary Train
(19th, 21st, 28th and 33rd field hospital).
1.2. St. Mihiel offensive.
The division is moving toward an area of consolidation in the south of Verdun, where it is incorporated into the new 1st U.S. Army General John J. Pershing. One of his first missions is to participate in the elimination of the German salient of St. Mihiel. Subject to U.S. V Corps, it operates on the western flank of the salient. The general plan is to attack the U.S. V Corps to the south-east, so as to establish its junction with U.S. IV Corps and encircle the Germans of St. Mihiel in a pocket.
To this end, the 59th Regiment is deployed in an area previously occupied by the French, and is arranged on a broad front of 9km. On 12 September, the regiment sends its first patrols to probe enemy positions. The 4th Infantry Division, fires his offensive on September 14, 8th Brigade capturing the city of Manheulles. The full width of the Allied front which they are assigned, the Americans broke down the German defenses, and eventually totally isolate the salient of St. Mihiel.
1.3. Meuse-Argonne - Phase I (September 26 to October 3, 1918).
On 26 September 1918, the last offensive of the Great War, the Campaign Meuse-Argonne ", begins. Secretly, under cover of the forest, the 1st U.S. Army Pershing took position in this sector after the elimination of the salient of St. Mihiel. Three U.S. Army Corps (I, III and V), with approximately a million doughboys are arranged on a front line of 27km wide, Forges to the Meuse. The III Corps U.S. takes place at the east end, and lined up from left to right, the 79th, 4th, 80th and 33rd U.S. Infantry Divisions.
The 7th Brigade of the 4th Division moved into the trenches around Hill 304. The U.S. assault was launched at 5:25 am, through a narrow valley. The 7th Brigade is progressing in this valley and around 9 am, she reached the second line of defense near Cuisy enemy. The German resistance was strong, but the 39th Regiment eventually pierce and through the town of Septsarges. During that first day, the 7th Brigade 1700 prisoners and captured more than 40 German guns. The divisional headquarters moved to Cuisy.
27 September 1918, the U.S. offensive resumed. The 39th Regiment advancing behind an artillery barrage, until it struck the German machine gun nests in the wood of the Ogoni. The 8th Brigade advance through the Bois de Brieulles, but she is also harassed by enemy fire from Ogoni. The next three days, Americans make little progress, with heavy losses.
October 3, 1918, Phase I of the Campaign Meuse-Argonne is complete. In one week, the 1st U.S. Army has advanced 15km up in the German system, and destroyed two of its three lines of defense.
1.4. Meuse-Argonne - Phase II (4-13 October 1918).
On October 4, 1918 begins phase II of the American offensive. The objective of the 4th Infantry Division was to seize the woods surrounding Brieulles, then take the city. The 8th Brigade out of their positions and advance on open ground, protected by a épaix fog. When the fog lifted, the Germans opened fire with machine guns and artillery, including with chemical shells. Despite heavy losses, the 58th Regiment reached and entered the Bois de Fays. During the four days, the Americans grew feebly under constant fire from artillery and German patrols trying to enter at night in their lines.
On October 9, 1918, the 8th Brigade was sent to rest and relief in the 7th positions. The 39th Regiment was designated to lead the assault. As before, the Sammies plod with heavy losses, harassed by machine guns and chemical shells enemies, until sunset. He resumed his attacks on 10 October at 10am, with no more success than before. The 2nd Battalion, front, loses three quarters of its officers, including all the majors.
The order was given to continue the offensive to 17.30. The 2nd Battalion fighting fiercely and advance in the Bois de May de Faux. On the morning of October 11, the entire staff of the 39th Regiment suffered a gas attack, and Lieutenant-Colonel Troy Middleton, 17th Regiment, must assume temporary command.
October 12, 1918, the Americans clean the pockets of German resistance in the Bois de Foret. Patrols are sent to the northern slope of the Hill 299. The next day, the Ivy , exhausted, is relieved by the 4th Regiment of the 3rd Infantry Division. Major General John L. Hines was appointed to take command of the U.S. III Corps, and George H. Cameron succeeded him as head of the division.
This is sent to the rest until 19 October. During his twenty-four days of commitment, she paid a terrible price: 244 officers and 7168 men killed or wounded. She captured 2,731 German prisoners. She then relocated to Lucey, to the second part of the new U.S. Army Lieutenant General Robert Lee Bullard, incorporated on 15 October.
October 22, 1918, George G. Cameron, in turn, must give up his command, being recalled to the back to form and lead to new divisions. The divisional command is temporarily assigned to the commander of the 7th Brigade, BG Benjamin A. Poore, until the arrival and took office on October 31, MG Mark L. Hersey.
November 11, 1918, the Armistice ended the Great War. The recent loss of the 4th Infantry Division are recorded around 14h by the 13th Field Artillery Regiment.
Losses incurred during the First World War: 2611 and killed 9895 battle casualties.
1.5. Occupation troops in Germany.
Under the terms of the armistice, Germany must evacuate all the territories west of the Rhine. U.S. units are designated to be part of Allied occupation troops. The United States support in the central area of Koblenz. The 4th Infantry Division entered Germany and, after covering nearly 600km in two weeks, is dispersed in the region of Bad Bertrich, which moved its headquarters. Ivy Division is pursuing a series of training and sport activities or educational. In April 1919, she moved further north, in Rheinland-Pfalz region.
In July 1919 the division returned to France, and the last detachment sailed for the United States the last day of the month. On 21 September 1921, it is deactivated at Camp Lewis in Washington state, according to the Reorganization Act of 1920 the Army.
1.6. Commanders of the division (1917-1919).
- MG George H. Cameron (3 December 1917-16 August 1918).
- BG Benjamin A. Poore (16-27 August 1918).
- MG John L. Hines (August 27 to October 11, 1918).
- MG George H. Cameron (11-22 October 1918).
- BG Benjamin A. Poore (22-31 October 1918).
- G. Mark L. Hersey (October 31, 1918 - August 1, 1919).
2 ° World War (1940-1945).
The 4th Infantry Division was reactivated on 1 June 1940 at Fort Benning, Georgia, under the command of Major-General Walter E. Prosser. It was reorganized according to the Table of Organization and Equipment (TOE or TOE & E) 1 August 1940, as "Motorized Infantry Division." It is assigned with the 2nd Armored Division, the U.S. I Corps, and moved in Dry Prong (now Alexandria Metropolitan Area) Louisiana.
2.1. France.
Commissioned by the MG Raymond O. Barton, Ivy Division arrived in England in early 1944 to take part in Operation Overlord . It is one of nine divisions of D-Day assault and landed on Utah Beach June 6, 1944 (1). Under isolated elements of the 82nd Airborne Division at Sainte-Mere-Eglise, she then took part in the liberation of the Cotentin Peninsula and the capture of Cherbourg, June 25
Photo below: 4th Infantry Division on Utah Beach June 6, 1944.
After hard fought Perriers, 6-12 July, she participated in Operation Cobra and pierced the left flank of the 7th German Army, and then advance to Avranches, to end of this month.
August 25, 1944, the 4th Division involved in the liberation of Paris, alongside the French Division Leclerc (2). Ernest Hemingway, a reporter and photographer embedded in civil 22nd Regiment, commemorates these events on film colors. She then took part in the continuation of the army German retreat across the north-west of France and Belgium to the Siegfried Line and the German border.
2.2. Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany.
The 4th Infantry Division enters and frees Houffalize in Belgium in the Ardennes, before attacking the Siegfried Line and advance in the Schnee Eifel, September 14, 1944. She then made several penetrations in Germany in October and early November.
On 6 November 1944, she participated in the bloody battle of Hurtgen Forest until early December. Proven, it is placed at rest in the Luxembourg Ardennes. At the outbreak of the German offensive, December 16 (3), although still weak, the book of fierce fighting in and Dickweiler Osweiler, and eventually stop the Germans on the "hinge south" of their protruding.
When cons-American offensive, it crosses the Sauer and resumed Fouhren and Vianden. Stopped by German resistance on the Prüm, in February 1945, the division finally crossed the river on the 28th of the month, Olzheim, then Kyll March 7.
After a brief rest, the 4th Infantry Division crossed the Rhine March 29, 1945 at Worms, attacked and secures Würzburg, April 3, establishes a bridgehead beyond the Main, Ochsenfurt. Advancing at a brisk pace to the southeast across Bavaria, Ivy reached Miesbach and Isar 2 May, when lifted and placed in reserve to be part of the Allied occupation forces in post- war.
Losses incurred during the conflict: 4097 killed and 17,371 wounded in combat, 3757morts of their injuries.
2.3. Commanders of the division (1940-1946).
- Lloyd G. R. Fredendall (October 9, 1940 to August 18, 1941).
- Oscar G. W. Griswold (August 18 - October 7, 1941).
- MG Fred C. Wallace (October 7, 1941 to June 30, 1942).
- MG Terry de la Mesa Allen (December 1941).
- MG Raymond O. Barton (July 3, 1942 to December 26, 1944).
- BG Harold W. Blakeley (September 18, 1944 to September 20, 1945).
- MG Harold R. Bull (20-29 September 1944).
- BG James A. Van Fleet (September 29 to October 4, 1944).
- MG Harold W. Blakeley (December 27, 1944 - October 1945).
2.4. Order of Battle (1944-1945).
- 8th Infantry Regiment.
- 12th Infantry Regiment.
- 22nd Regiment Infantry.
- 20th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm).
- 29th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm).
- 42nd Field Artillery Battalion (105mm).
- 44th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm).
- 4th Platoon recognition.
- 4th Engineer Battalion.
- 4th Battalion medical.
- 4th Battalion Quarter Master (QM).
- 4th Signal Company.
- 704th Ordinance Company (SM).
(1) Blogosphere Mara, "Operation Overlord - D-Day: The first day of fighting"
(2) Blogosphere Mara, "19-25 August 1944 - Liberation of Paris and French 2nd Armored Division "
(3) Blogosphere Mara," December 16, 1944 to January 25, 1945 - Battle of the Bulge: the showdown "
3 ° July 1945 - May 1956
division Ivy returns to the United States in July 1945 and is quartered at Camp Butner, North Carolina, preparing to be shipped in the Pacific. After the end the conflict, it is deactivated in March 1946. reactivated Then, as a division of education and training, to Fort Ord, Calif., July 2, 1947.
1st October 1950, it is converted into a combat division operational, following training at Fort Benning, Georgia. In May 1951, it was the first of four American divisions sent to Europe to join the new "Organization of the North Atlantic Treaty (NATO) during the early years of the Cold War. Its headquarters is located in Frankfurt.
After spending five years in Germany, Ivy is redeployed to Fort Lewis, Wash., in May 1956. The 6th Tank Battalion of the 2nd Armoured Division, stationed Fort Hood, Texas, having been sent to Korea to serve with the 24th Infantry Division, this new habit of affecting a tank company to each infantry battalion is still practiced today, with 66th and 67th Armored Regiments incorporated in the 4th Infantry Division.
Majors Division (1945-1965).
- MG George Price Hays (November 1945 - March 1946).
- Jens G. A. Doe (July 15, 1947 to February 28, 1949).
- MG Robert T. Frederick (28 February 1949 to 10 October 1950).
- MG Hartan N. Hartness (10 October 1950 - April 5, 1953).
- MG Joseph H. Harper (6 April 1953 to 13 May 1954).
- Clyde G. D. Eddleman (May 13, 1954 to May 24, 1955).
- MG Rinaldo Van Brunt (May 24, 1955 to May 15, 1956).
- Paul G. L. Freeman (September 15, 1956 to January 20, 1957).
- MG William W. Quin (January 20, 1957 - May 1958).
- MG John H. McGee (June-August 1958).
- Louis W. G. Truman (August 1958 - June 1960).
- MG William F. Train (July 1960 - April 1962).
- Frederick G. R. Zierath (April 1962 - August 1963).
- Claire G. E. Hutchinson, Jr. (September 1963 - June 1965).
4 ° Vietnam War (1966-1970).
The 4th Infantry Division leaves Fort Lewis to Pleiku, South Vietnam, September 25, 1966, and will remain in this country for four years. She returned to Fort Carson, Colo., Dec. 8, 1970. Two of its brigades were operating in the Highlands and the central highlands. The 3rd Brigade, the divisional tank battalion being sent into the province of Tay Ninh, northwest of Saigon, to take part in operations Attleboro, September-November 1966, then Junction City, February- May 1967, both in the Zone C Combat. "After nearly a year of commitments, the two infantry battalions of the 3rd Brigade were exchanged with two battalions of the 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division and Task Force Integrated of Oregon Americal Division (4).
During his stay in South-East, Ivy Division conducts combat operations in the Central Highlands region in central South Vietnam along the Cambodian border . She gained experience in combat against the North Vietnamese regular forces (AVN), which attempt to infiltrate through this mountainous region in autumn 1967, mainly around Kontum.
The 3rd Brigade left South Vietnam in April 1970 and was deactivated at Fort Lewis. In May, the rest of the 4th Division conducts border missions and participates with the South Vietnamese army (ARVN), the incursion of the U.S. Army in Cambodia with the aim of destroying the Staff central military and political communist Vietcong guerrillas (COSVN), and its bases of supply.
But although the basics of COSVN be dismantled and that President Richard Nixon announces that this operation is a success, the North Vietnamese infiltration, interrupted for a certain period it is true, will resume thereafter.
Division Ivy regains Fort Carson, Colo., in December 1970, but one of its infantry battalions will remain in South Vietnam, as an autonomous force separate, until January 1972. Losses incurred by the division during the Vietnam conflict: 2531 killed and 15,229 wounded in combat.
4.1. Commanders of the division (1965-2001).
- Arthur G. S. Collins, Jr. (June 1965 - January 1967).
- William G. R. Peers (January 1967 - January 1968).
- Charles G. P. Stone (January 1968 - November 1968).
- BG Donn R. Pepke (November 1968 - November 1969).
- Glenn G. D. Walker (November 1969 - June 1970).
- William G. A. Burke (June 1970 - December 9, 1970).
- MG John C. Bennett (December 10, 1970 to August 24, 1972).
- MG James F. Hamlet (August 25, 1972 to October 14, 1974).
- MG John W. Vessey, Jr. (October 15, 1974 - August 1, 1975).
- G. W. Williams Palmer (August 2, 1975 to October 15, 1976).
- John F. G. Forrest (October 16, 1976 to September 18, 1978).
- Louis C. G. Menetrey (September 19, 1978 to September 11, 1980).
- MG John W. Hudachek (September 12, 1980 to July 30, 1982).
- MG GT Bartlett (April 14, 1984 to June 6, 1986).
- MG James R. Hall, Jr. (June 6, 1986 to June 22, 1988).
- MG Dennis J. Reimer (22 June 1988 to 25 May 1990).
- Neal T. G. Jaco (May 25, 1990 to October 4, 1991).
- MG Guy AJ Boa (October 4, 1991 to October 22, 1993).
- MG Thomas A. Schwartz (October 22, 1993 to November 29, 1995).
- Robert G. S. Coffey (May 1994 - June 1996).
- Paul J. G. Kern (June 1996 - June 1997).
- MG William S. Wallace (June 1997 - June 29, 1999).
- MG Benjamin S. Griffin (June 29, 1999 to October 24, 2001).
4.2. Order of battle in Vietnam (1966-1970).
- 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment.
- 2nd Battalion, 8th Regiment Infantry [Mechanized].
- 3rd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment.
- 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment.
- 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment (assigned to the 25th ID, August 1967 - December 1970).
- 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment.
- 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment (assigned by the 25-ID, August 1967 - December 1970).
- 1st Battalion, 22st Infantry Regiment (separate force, in November 1970 - January 1972).
- 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment (assigned to the 25th ID, August 1967 - December 1970).
- 3rd Battalion, 22st Infantry Regiment (assigned to the 25th ID, August 1967 - December 1970).
- 1st Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment (assigned by the 25-ID, August 1967 - April 1970).
- 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment (assigned by the 25-ID, August 1967 - December 1970).
- 2nd Battalion, 34th Armored Regiment (Assigned to the 25th ID, August 1967 - December 1970).
- 1st Battalion, 69th Armored Regiment (assigned by the 25-ID, August 1967 - April 1970).
- 2nd Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment (105mm) (sold by the 25-ID, August 1967 - April 1970).
- 5th Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment (155mm).
- 6th Battalion, 29th Field Artillery Regiment (105mm).
- 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment (105mm).
- 2nd Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment (105mm) (assigned to the 25-ID, August 1967 - December 1970).
- 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment [armored] (Divisional Reconnaissance).
- 4th Battalion Aviation [helicopters].
- 4th Engineer Battalion.
- 4th Battalion medical.
- 124th Battalion transmissions.
- 704th Maintenance Battalion.
- 4th Administration Company.
- 4th Military Police Company.
- 374th Company Army Safety.
- Orchestra and Divisional Support Command.
external elements attached recognition:
- Company E, 20th Infantry Regiment (Long Range Patrol, LRP).
- Company E, 58th Infantry Regiment (LRP).
- Company K, 75th Ranger Regiment [Airborne].
(4) Formally, the 23rd Infantry Division home, incorporated in 1942 in New Caledonia ("Americal": American and New Caledonian). This division distinguished itself in the Southwest Pacific against the Japanese, then in Vietnam, before being finally disbanded in November 1971.
5 ° Global war against terrorism (2001-Present).
5.1. Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Last alert January 19, 2003, the 4th Infantry Division is expected to take part in the invasion of Iraq, entering the north since Turkey. But the Turkish government refused him permission to operate from its territory, it remains confined aboard transport ships in the Mediterranean.
Arrival in Kuwait after the outbreak of the Allied offensive, the Division Ivy multiplies exercises NBC warning against the SCUD, in camps and Wolf Udairi. She participates in the latest fighting in April in areas of Tikrit and Mosul in northern Iraq. It is then deployed north of the Sunni Triangle, near Tikrit, with its headquarters located in Baghdad. It covers the area of operations north from Kirkuk to the Iranian border.
During this first stay in Iraq, the 4th Infantry Division involved in the disarmament and disbanding the PMOI (or MEK), the Iranian Moujahiddins Movements of People in the July-August 2003, then with the help of forces Special to the capture of Saddam Hussein, December 13. In summer 2004, she was relieved by the 1st Infantry Division and returned to the United States.
She makes a second tour of duty at the end 2005, noting the 3rd Infantry Division and took command of the "Multi-National Division, Baghdad (MND-B). It has under its responsibility, as from 7 January 2006, four Iraqi provinces: Baghdad, Karbala, Najaf and Babil. During this stay, the 3rd Brigade was incorporated within the Task Force Band of Brothers under the command of the 101st Airborne Division.
Photo below: soldier of the 4th Division equipped with an M240 machine gun (FN Hersal "MAG"), stationed in Iraq, October 28, 2006.
The 4th Infantry Division conducts a third service in Iraq in 2005-2007. During his three deployments, she recorded the following losses: 84 killed in fighting in 2003-2004, 235 in 2005-2006 and 113 in 2007-2009.
July 2009 sees a change of command, the 56th since the formation of the division in 1917, with the Nominated MG David Perkins. With this change, the 4th Division ends at fourteen years of presence at Fort Hood, Texas, and moved to Fort Carson, Colorado, plant it had occupied from 1970 to 1995.
5.2. Operation Enduring Freedom: Afghanistan.
Just moved to Fort Carson, 4th Infantry Division is already preparing to be immediately returned to battle. The 3rd Brigade Combat is again deployed in southern Iraq in March 2010 as "Brigade Support and Consulting." The 1st Brigade was sent to Afghanistan in July 2010, the HQ and the rest of the division following in early 2011.
5.3. Commanders of the division (2003-Present).
- MG Raymond T. Odierno (October 24, 2001 to June 18, 2004).
- MG James D. Thurman (June 18, 2004 to January 19, 2007).
- MG Jeffery Hammond (January 19, 2007 to July 16, 2009).
- MG David G. Perkins (July 16, 2009 - Present).
Current organization of the 4th Infantry Division.
• Headquarters and "Special Troops" divisional Lightning. Fort Carson, Colorado.
• 1st Brigade Combat Heavy (HBCT) Raiders. HQ Fort Carson, Colorado.
- Battalion "Special Troops" Brigadier Phoenix.
- 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment Ghost (M3A3 Bradley ).
- 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment Regulars (M2A3 Bradley ).
- 1st Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment Iron Knights (M1A2 Abrams ).
- 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment Straight Arrows (M109A6 Paladin ).
- 4th Support Battalion [Logistics] Brigadier Packhorse .
• 2nd Brigade Heavy Combat (HBCT) Warhorse. HQ Fort Carson, Colorado.
- Battalion "Special Troops" Brigadier Lonestar.
- 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers (M3A3 Bradley ).
- 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment First In Normandy (M2A3 Bradley ).
- 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment Death Dealers (M1A2 Abrams ).
- 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment Rolling Thunder (M109A6 Paladin ).
- the 204th Support Battalion [Logistics] Brigadier Rough Riders .
• 3rd Brigade Heavy Combat (HBCT) Iron . HQ Fort Carson, Colorado.
- Battalion "Special Troops" Brigadier Phoenix.
- 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment Black Jack (M3A3 Bradley ).
- 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment Fighting Eagles (M2A3 Bradley ).
- 1st Battalion, 68th Armored Regiment Silver Lions (M1A2 Abrams ).
- 3rd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery Regiment Piecesetters (M109A6 Paladin ).
- 64th Support Battalion [Logistics] Brigadier Mountaineers.
• 4th Infantry Brigade Combat (IBCT) Mountain Warriors. HQ Fort Carson, Colorado.
- Battalion "Special Troops" Brigadier Gryphons .
- 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment Red Warriors.
- 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment Lethal Warriors .
- 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment Destroyers.
- 2nd Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment Steel Warriors (M777 Howitzer ).
- the 704th Support Battalion [Logistics] Brigadier Blacksmith.
• Brigade Support [Logistics]. HQ Fort Carson, Colorado.
- 43rd Battalion "Special Troops" brigade.
- 68th Support Battalion [Logistics] Combat (CSSB).
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2 ° 4th Infantry Division (globalsecurity.org).
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