25a División de Infantería (Estados Unidos)

La 25ª División de Infantería (apodada "Tropic Lightning" [2] ) es una división del Ejército de los Estados Unidos con base en Schofield Barracks en Hawai. La división, que se activó el 1 de octubre de 1941 en Hawai, realiza operaciones militares principalmente en la región de Asia y el Pacífico . Su despliegue actual está compuesto por Stryker, unidades de infantería ligera, aerotransportadas y de aviación. Los soldados de Tropic Lightning sirven como la principal fuerza de respuesta del Ejército para el Comando del Pacífico de EE. UU. Y se entrenan regularmente con otras ramas militares de EE. UU. Para practicar y mantener las capacidades de operaciones conjuntas. El clima y el terreno de la región del Pacífico exigen que los soldados de Tropic Lightning puedan operar en entornos físicamente exigentes y duros. En 2014, la división abrió el Centro de Entrenamiento de Operaciones en la Selva, la primera escuela de este tipo en el Ejército desde el cierre de la antigua Escuela de Guerra en la Selva en Fort Sherman, Zona del Canal de Panamá. Las operaciones conjuntas y la capacitación con los estados socios anuncian un nuevo capítulo en la historia de Tropic Lightning, la División del Pacífico de Estados Unidos.

25a División de Infantería
Insignia de la manga del hombro de la 25.a División de Infantería
Insignia en la manga del hombro e insignia de identificación del servicio de combate [1]
Activo1941-presente
País Estados Unidos
LealtadEstados Unidos
Rama Armada de Estados Unidos
TipoInfantería Stryker Infantería
aerotransportada Infantería
ligera
PapelTropic / Jungle Warfare
TamañoDivisión
Parte de Yo cuerpo
Guarnición / HQCuartel Schofield , Wahiawa , Hawaii
Apodo (s)"Tropic Lightning" ( designación especial )
Lema (s)"División del Pacífico de América"
ColoresEscarlata y amarillo (los colores tradicionales de la realeza hawaiana)
CompromisosSegunda Guerra Mundial Guerra de
Corea Guerra de
Vietnam Guerra
contra el terrorismo
Comandantes
Comandante actualMayor general James B. Jarrard
Comandantes notablesGeneral J. Lawton Collins , 1942-1943
Teniente general William B. Kean , 1948-1951
Teniente general Samuel Tankersley Williams , 1952-1953
Teniente general Jonathan O. Seaman , 1960
General Frederick C. Weyand , 1964-1967
General James T. Hill , 1997–1999
Teniente general William E. Ward , 1999–2000
Teniente general Robert L. Caslen , 2008–2009
Insignias
BanderaBandera de la 25a División de Infantería del Ejército de los Estados Unidos.svg
Insignia de unidad distintiva Batallón de Cuartel General y Cuartel General de la 25a División de Infantería
25a División de Infantería DUI.png

La división se activó originalmente desde las unidades de guarnición de Hawái durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial , un poco más de un mes antes de que el ataque japonés a Pearl Harbor comenzara la Guerra del Pacífico . Después de pasar casi un año entrenando, luchó en la contraofensiva aliada durante la Campaña de Guadalcanal desde diciembre de 1942, ayudando a poner fin a la resistencia japonesa organizada en esa isla a principios de febrero de 1943. El 25 pasó un período guarneciendo la isla, luego pasó a luchar la Campaña Nueva Georgia en julio. Después de la derrota japonesa en este último, fue enviado a Nueva Zelanda ese mismo año para descansar y entrenarse, antes de trasladarse a Nueva Caledonia para continuar su entrenamiento. La división regresó al combate en la invasión de Luzón en enero de 1945 , reduciendo la resistencia japonesa en la isla hasta finales de junio, después de lo cual fue sacada de la línea para entrenamiento. La división luego sirvió en la ocupación de Japón después de la rendición de este último a partir de septiembre de 1945.

Cuando comenzó la Guerra de Corea en junio de 1950, la división se desplegó en Corea, donde luchó en la defensa y la ruptura del Perímetro de Pusan a mediados de 1950, con elementos que avanzaban hasta el río Yalu en noviembre. Después de ser rechazada por la intervención comunista china en la guerra, la división finalmente tomó posiciones al sur de Osan . Participó en una serie de contraofensivas de las Naciones Unidas a principios de 1951, luego luchó en un punto muerto cercano al paralelo 38 desde mediados de año. La división defendió Seúl contra el ataque comunista chino desde mayo de 1953 hasta el armisticio de julio , regresando a Hawai a finales de 1954.

Después de someterse a importantes reorganizaciones en 1957 y 1963 para adaptarse a las tácticas cambiantes, la división se desplegó en Vietnam del Sur para luchar en la Guerra de Vietnam entre finales de 1965 y principios de 1966. La 25a sirvió en Vietnam hasta su retirada a Hawai en 1970-1971, participando en la Operación Attleboro , la Operación Cedar Falls , la Operación Junction City , la Batalla de Saigón durante la Ofensiva Tet de Vietnam del Norte y la Incursión de Camboya . Se reorganizó como una división de infantería ligera en 1985, y elementos han participado en la Guerra de Irak y la Guerra de Afganistán .

Linaje

Fuentes: [3] [4]

  • Constituido el 26 de agosto de 1941 en el Ejército de los Estados Unidos como Cuartel General de la 25ª División de Infantería, basado en un cuadro de Fuerza de la antigua División de Hawai .
  • Activado el 1 de octubre de 1941 en Schofield Barracks , Hawái
  • Asignado el 27 de junio de 1949 al Ejército Regular
  • El cuartel general de la división reorganizado y redesignado el 1º de abril de 1960 como Sede y Compañía de Sede , 25ª División de Infantería
  • Reorganizado y redesignado el 16 de noviembre de 2005 como Cuartel General y Puestos de Comando Táctico, 25ª División de Infantería
  • Reorganizado y redesignado el 16 de enero de 2010 como Cuartel General y Batallón de Cuartel General, 25ª División de Infantería

La 25.a División se formó originalmente en el Ejército de los Estados Unidos a partir de los Regimientos de Infantería 27 y 35 de la División Hawaiana del Ejército Regular , una división "cuadrada" anterior a la Segunda Guerra Mundial compuesta por dos brigadas cada una con dos regimientos de infantería, y la 298. Regimiento de infantería de la Guardia Nacional de Hawái . Las unidades restantes de la División de Hawai se reorganizaron en el Ejército Regular como la 24 División de Infantería . Estos pasos, parte de la reorganización de la división "triangular" , se llevaron a cabo para proporcionar más flexibilidad, con control divisional directo de los tres regimientos de infantería. El 23 de julio de 1942, el 299.º Regimiento de Infantería de la 24ª División de Infantería fue desactivado después de que la transferencia de muchos soldados nisei (japoneses-estadounidenses de segunda generación) para formar el 100º Batallón de Infantería dejó sus filas mermadas. La Guardia Nacional de Washington 's 161o regimiento de infantería , separado de la 41.a división de infantería y de servicio en el Departamento de Hawai, se adjuntó al principio, y luego asigna formalmente como tercer regimiento de la 25 División de Infantería de agosto de 1942, el 3.

Guerra pacífica

Los soldados del ejército de los EE. UU. Empujan suministros por el río Matanikau para apoyar la ofensiva de la 25.a División de Infantería en Guadalcanal en enero de 1943.

Después de que el ataque aéreo japonés en Schofield Barracks el 7 de diciembre de 1941, la 25 División de Infantería se trasladó a las posiciones de playa para la defensa de Honolulu y Ewa Point . Después de un entrenamiento intensivo, el 25 comenzó a trasladarse a Guadalcanal , el 25 de noviembre de 1942, para relevar a los marines cerca de Henderson Field . Los primeros elementos desembarcaron cerca del río Tenaru , el 17 de diciembre de 1942, y entraron en combate el 10 de enero de 1943, participando en la toma de Kokumbona y la reducción del Monte Austen Pocket en algunos de los combates más amargos de la campaña del Pacífico. La amenaza de grandes ataques enemigos provocó una retirada temporal, pero los elementos de la División bajo el control del XIV Cuerpo relevaron al 147º de Infantería y se hicieron cargo del avance sobre el cabo Esperance . La unión de estos elementos con las fuerzas de la División Americana cerca del cabo, el 5 de febrero de 1943, puso fin a la resistencia enemiga organizada.

Siguió un período de servicio de guarnición, que finalizó el 21 de julio: en esa fecha, elementos de avanzada desembarcaron en Munda , Nueva Georgia . El 25º de Infantería, al mando de la Fuerza de Desembarco del Norte, participó en la captura de Vella Lavella , del 15 de agosto al 15 de septiembre de 1943. Mientras tanto, otros elementos desembarcaron en Nueva Georgia , tomaron Zieta , marcharon por el lodo de la jungla durante 19 días y capturaron el puerto de Bairoko , ganando la isla. Los elementos despejaron la isla de Arundel , el 24 de septiembre de 1943, y la isla de Kolombangara con su importante aeropuerto de Vila , el 6 de octubre. La resistencia organizada en Nueva Georgia terminó el 25 de agosto y la división se trasladó a Nueva Zelanda para descansar y entrenarse, llegando los últimos elementos el 5 de diciembre. El 25 fue trasladado a Nueva Caledonia , del 3 de febrero al 14 de marzo de 1944, para continuar su formación.

La división aterrizó en la zona de San Fabián de Luzón el 11 de enero de 1945 para entrar en la lucha por la liberación de Filipinas . Se llevó a través del centro de Luzón llano , cumpliendo con el enemigo en Binalonan , 17 de enero. Moviéndose a través de los arrozales, el 25 ocupó Umingan , Lupao y San José y destruyó gran parte de las armaduras japonesas en Luzón. El 21 de febrero, la división inició operaciones en la Sierra de Caraballo . Se abrió camino a lo largo de la carretera n. ° 5, tomando Digdig , Putlan y Kapintalan contra los feroces contraataques japoneses y tomó el paso de Balete , el 13 de mayo, y abrió la puerta al valle de Cagayán el 27 de mayo con la captura de Santa Fe. Hasta el 30 de junio, cuando la división fue relevada, realizó actividades de limpieza. El 1 de julio, la división se trasladó a Tarlac para recibir entrenamiento y partió hacia Japón el 20 de septiembre.


Damnificados

  • Total de bajas en batalla: 5432 [5]
  • Muerto en acción: 1.236 [5]
  • Heridos en acción: 4.190 [5]
  • Desaparecido en acción: 4 [5]
  • Prisionero de guerra: 2 [5]

Los rápidos movimientos de la división durante sus campañas llevaron a la adopción del sobrenombre de "Tropic Lightning". Permaneció en servicio de ocupación en Japón durante los próximos cinco años.

guerra coreana

La tripulación de armas del 64o Batallón de Artillería de Campo, 25a División de Infantería, dispara un obús de 105 mm en posiciones de Corea del Norte cerca de Uirson, Corea del Sur, 27 de agosto de 1950.

La Guerra de Corea comenzó el 25 de junio de 1950, cuando el Norte de Corea del Ejército de Corea Popular (KPA) cruzó el paralelo 38 para invadir Corea del Sur . Actuando bajo las órdenes de las Naciones Unidas (ONU), la División se trasladó de su base en Japón a Corea entre el 5 y el 18 de julio de 1950 para unirse al Octavo Ejército de los Estados Unidos . La división, entonces bajo el mando del mayor general William B. Kean , completó con éxito su primera misión bloqueando los accesos a la ciudad portuaria de Pusan . Por esta acción, la División recibió su primera Mención de Unidad Presidencial de la República de Corea . La división participó en la ruptura del perímetro de Pusan ​​que comenzó el 16 de septiembre y luego el Octavo Ejército comenzó una ofensiva general hacia el norte contra la desmoronada oposición del KPA para establecer contacto con las fuerzas de la 7.a División de Infantería que conducían hacia el sur desde la cabeza de playa de Inchon . Los principales elementos del KPA fueron destruidos y aislados en esta agresiva penetración; la conexión se efectuó al sur de Suwon el 26 de septiembre. El 23 de septiembre, la División fue asignada al recién activado Cuerpo IX de los EE . UU . La ofensiva de la ONU continuó hacia el norte, pasando por Seúl y cruzando el paralelo 38 hacia Corea del Norte el 1 de octubre. El impulso del ataque se mantuvo, y la carrera hacia la capital de Corea del Norte, Pyongyang , terminó el 19 de octubre cuando elementos de la 1ª División de Infantería del Ejército de la República de Corea (ROK) y la 1ª División de Caballería de los EE. UU. Capturaron la ciudad . El avance continuó, pero contra una resistencia inesperadamente creciente. El Ejército de Voluntarios del Pueblo Chino (PVA) entró en la guerra del lado de Corea del Norte, realizando sus primeros ataques a finales de octubre. Las fuerzas de la ONU renovaron su ofensiva el 24 de noviembre antes de ser detenidas por la Segunda Fase Ofensiva del PVA a partir del 25 de noviembre. La división se vio obligada a llevar a cabo una retirada sistemática y se le ordenó tomar posiciones defensivas en la orilla sur del río Chongchon el 30 de noviembre de 1950. Finalmente, estas líneas fallaron y el Octavo Ejército sufrió numerosas bajas y ordenó una retirada completa al río Imjin. , cerca del paralelo 38.

Después de un mes y medio de planificación y reorganización, el 25 de enero de 1951 se lanzó una nueva ofensiva que logró recuperar la base aérea de Inchon y Kimpo . Este fue el primero de varios asaltos exitosos al PVA / KPA. A continuación, la división participó en la Operación Destripador , durante la cual condujo el PVA a través del río Han . El éxito continuó con las Operaciones Dauntless y Piledriver a principios de 1951. Estas ofensivas aseguraron parte del Triángulo de Hierro, lo que mejoró la posición negociadora de la ONU. Con líderes de cuatro naciones ahora en las mesas de negociaciones en el verano de 1951, la actividad de la División se redujo a patrullas y acciones defensivas para mantener la línea de resistencia. Este tipo de acción continuó durante el invierno de 1952. En enero de 1953, la División fue transferida del IX Cuerpo al I Cuerpo y asumió la responsabilidad de vigilar los accesos a Seúl el 5 de mayo de 1953. 23 días después, cuando las negociaciones de alto el fuego en Panmunjom se estancaron, un fuerte asalto de PVA golpeó el Complejo de Nevada , la División se mantuvo firme; la peor parte del ataque fue absorbida por la Brigada Turca adjunta y el 14º Regimiento de Infantería . Al defender con éxito Seúl de un ataque continuo desde mayo hasta julio de 1953, la división obtuvo su segunda Mención de Unidad Presidencial de la República de Corea. Nuevamente los negociadores avanzaron hacia la paz. En julio, la división volvió a pasar al estado de reserva en Camp Casey, donde permaneció hasta la firma del armisticio el 27 de julio de 1953. Catorce soldados de la división recibieron medallas de honor durante la Guerra de Corea, lo que convierte a la división en una de las divisiones del ejército de los EE. UU. Más condecoradas. de esa guerra. [ cita requerida ]

El 14º Regimiento de Infantería de la división tuvo tres destinatarios de la Medalla de Honor , Donn F. Porter , Ernest E. West y Bryant E. Womack . El 24º Regimiento de Infantería tenía dos destinatarios, Cornelius H. Charlton y William Thompson . El 35º Regimiento de Infantería tenía tres destinatarios, William R. Jecelin , Billie G. Kanell y Donald R. Moyer . Finalmente, el 27º Regimiento de Infantería tuvo cinco destinatarios, John W. Collier , Reginald B. Desiderio , Benito Martínez , Lewis L. Millett y Jerome A. Sudut . El parche de divisiones a veces se denomina "fresa eléctrica".

La división permaneció en Corea hasta 1954 y regresó a Hawai desde septiembre hasta octubre de ese año. Después de una ausencia de 12 años, la 25.a División de Infantería finalmente había regresado a casa.


El 1 de febrero de 1957, la división se reorganizó como División Pentómica . Los tres regimientos de infantería de la división (el 14 , 27 y 35 ) fueron desactivados, con sus elementos reorganizados en cinco grupos de batalla de infantería (el 1-14 IN , 1-27 IN , 1-35 IN , 2-19 IN y el 2- 21 PULG .).

In August 1963, the division was reorganized as a Reorganization Objective Army Division (ROAD). Three Brigade Headquarters were activated and Infantry units were reorganized into battalions.

Vietnam War

Tank from 1st Battalion, 69th Armor, 25th Infantry Division, moves through Saigon shortly after disembarking from LST at Saigon Harbor, 12 March 1966
Men of "B" Company, 1st Battalion, 5th (Mechanized) Infantry, 25th Infantry Division set fire to a Viet Cong supply hut during a search and destroy mission in the Michelin Rubber Plantation near Cu Chi Base Camp, 8 April 1966

In response to a request from the U.S. Military Assistance Command in Vietnam, the division sent 100 helicopter door-gunners to South Vietnam in early 1963. By August 1965, further division involvement in the coming Vietnam War included the deployment of Company C, 65th Engineer Battalion, to South Vietnam to assist in the construction of port facilities at Cam Ranh Bay. By mid-1965, 2,200 men of the Tropic Lightning Division were involved in Vietnam. The division was again ordered to contribute combat forces in December of that year. Its resupply regiment, the 467th, was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel George S Dotson through the end of the war.

In response to a MACV request, the division deployed the 3rd Brigade, a Reinforced Task Force, with 5,150 infantrymen and 9,000 tons of equipment from Hawaii in 25 days to the Northwest sector of South Vietnam to firmly establish a fortified enclave from which the division could operate. Operation Blue Light was the largest and longest airlift of personnel and cargo into a combat zone in military history before Operation Desert Shield. The brigade deployed its first soldiers from Hickam Air Force Base, Honolulu, to the central highlands at Pleiku. These men arrived in Vietnam 24 December 1965. By mid-January, the deployment operation was complete — giving combat planners in Vietnam a favorable balance of power. The 25th Infantry Division had its headquarters at Củ Chi Base Camp, near the Iron Triangle from January 1966 until February 1970. The division was heavily engaged from April 1966 until 1972 throughout the area of operations in Southeast Asia. During this period, Tropic Lightning soldiers fought in some of the toughest battles of the war including Operation Junction City.

During the Tet offensives of 1968 and 1969, Tropic Lightning soldiers were instrumental in defending the besieged city of Saigon. From May through June 1970, division soldiers participated in Allied thrusts deep into enemy sanctuaries located in Cambodia. In these Incursion operations, the division units confiscated thousands of tons of supplies and hundreds of weapons. This operation crippled the Cambodian-based efforts against American units. Following its return from Cambodia to South Vietnam, the division resumed its place in the Vietnamization Program. The war was winding down. By late December 1970, elements of the 25th Infantry Division were able to begin redeployment to Schofield Barracks. Second Brigade was the last element of the division to depart Vietnam. It arrived at Ft Lewis, Washington in the early days of May 1971. Some elements in the 2nd Brigade were originally assigned to the 4th Infantry Division when they arrived in Vietnam. During the war in Vietnam, 22 Medals of Honor were awarded to Tropic Lightning soldiers.

Reorganization and light infantry status

After its return to Schofield Barracks, the 25th Infantry Division remained the only Army division to have never been stationed in the continental United States. In a time of overall military downsizing, it was reduced to a single brigade numbering 4,000 men. The division was reactivated in March 1972. It was reorganized to include as a "roundout" brigade the 29th Infantry Brigade of the Hawaii Army National Guard which included: the 2nd Battalion, 299th Infantry, Hawaii Army National Guard; 100th Battalion, 442d Infantry, US Army Reserve; and the 1st Battalion, 184th Infantry California Army National Guard. Now reorganized, the 25th Infantry Division trained for the next eight years throughout the Pacific Theater and continued to improve its combat capabilities with troop deployment varying in size from squads, who participated in training missions with Fijian forces, to exercises as large as Team Spirit, where more than 5,000 divisional troops and 1,700 pieces of equipment were airlifted to South Korea for this annual exercise.

In 1985, the division began its reorganization from a conventional infantry division to a light infantry division. The four primary characteristics of this new light infantry division were to be: mission flexibility, rapid deployment and combat readiness at 100 percent strength with a Pacific Basin orientation. Major configuration changes included the addition of a third infantry brigade, an additional direct-support artillery battalion and the expansion of the combat aviation battalion to a brigade-sized unit. With the transfer of large quantities of heavy equipment, the 25th Infantry Division earned the designation "light" — the reorganization was completed by 1 October 1986. Training became more sophisticated and more intense. In 1988, the division's first battalions participated in rotations at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Chaffee, Arkansas. This training center provides the most realistic training available to light forces in the Army. Coupled with joint/combined training exercises Cobra Gold in Thailand, Kangaroo in Australia and Orient Shield in Japan, the division's demanding exercise schedule significantly increased the division's fighting capabilities. Until 1993 Operation Team Spirit in Korea remained the division's largest annual maneuver exercise, involving more than half of the division's strength.

Organization 1989

25th Infantry Division (Light) 1989 (click to enlarge)

At the end of the Cold War the division was organized as follows:

  • 25th Infantry Division (Light), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii[6]
    • Headquarters & Headquarters Company
    • 1st Brigade[6]
      • Headquarters & Headquarters Company
      • 5th Battalion, 14th Infantry[6]
      • 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry[7][6]
      • 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry[8][6]
    • 2nd Brigade[6]
      • Headquarters & Headquarters Company
      • 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry[9][6]
      • 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry[10][6]
      • 4th Battalion, 22nd Infantry[6]
    • 3rd Brigade[6]
      • Headquarters & Headquarters Company
      • 3rd Battalion, 22nd Infantry[6]
      • 4th Battalion, 27th Infantry[6]
      • 4th Battalion, 87th Infantry[6]
    • Aviation Brigade[6][11]
      • Headquarters & Headquarters Company
      • 5th Squadron, 9th Cavalry (Reconnaissance)
      • 1st Battalion, 25th Aviation (Attack)[12][6]
      • Company F, 25th Aviation (General Support)[6]
      • Company G, 25th Aviation (Assault)[6]
    • Division Artillery[13][14][15][6]
      • Headquarters & Headquarters Battery
      • 3rd Battalion, 7th Field Artillery (18 × M102 105mm towed howitzer)[14][15][13][16][17]
      • 1st Battalion, 8th Field Artillery (attached 18 x M198 155mm towed howitzer unit)[14][15][13][16]
      • 7th Battalion, 8th Field Artillery (18 × M102 105mm towed howitzer)[14][15][13][16]
      • 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery (18 × M102 105mm towed howitzer)[14][15][13][16][18]
      • Battery F, 7th Field Artillery (8 × M198 155mm towed howitzer)[14][15][13][16]
    • Division Support Command[6]
      • Headquarters & Headquarters Company
      • 25th Medical Battalion[19][6]
      • 25th Supply & Transportation Battalion[6]
      • 725th Maintenance Battalion[20][6]
      • Company H, 25th Aviation (Aviation Intermediate Maintenance)[6]
    • 1st Battalion, 62nd Air Defense Artillery[21][6]
    • 65th Engineer Battalion[22][6]
    • 125th Signal Battalion[23][6]
    • 125th Military Intelligence Battalion[6]
    • 25th Military Police Company[6]
    • 71st Chemical Company[24][6]
    • 25th Infantry Division Band[25]

Desert Storm and the Post-Cold War era

Not many of the division's units participated in Operation Desert Storm, due to the division being earmarked for Pacific contingencies, such as a renewal of hostilities in Korea. However, during the Gulf War, one platoon each from Companies A, B and C, 4th Battalion, 27th Infantry, deployed to Saudi Arabia in January 1991. These Tropic Lightning soldiers were scheduled to be replacement squads in the ground campaign; however, after observing their performance in desert warfare training, the Assistant Commander of Third U.S. Army asked for them to become the security force for the Army's forward headquarters. In that role, the Wolfhound platoons were alerted and attached to Third Army (Forward) into Kuwait City 26 February, where they secured the headquarters area and conducted mop-up operations in the city and its adjacent mine fields. Company A's platoon was separated from the other Wolfhounds following that battle to accompany General H. Norman Schwarzkopf into Iraq 1 March 1991 to provide security at the truce signing. The three platoons returned to Schofield Barracks without casualties on 20 March 1991.[citation needed]

In 1995, the division underwent another reorganization and reduction as a part of the Army's downsizing. First Brigade and its direct support units were inactivated and moved to Fort Lewis, Washington, where they were again reactivated as a detached brigade of the 25th Infantry Division (Light). In early 2005, an airborne brigade was created at Fort Richardson, Alaska and added to the 25th. Today the division is composed of the 1st and 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Teams (based in Fort Wainwright, Alaska and Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, respectively), the 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Schofield Barracks) and The 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team (based at Fort Richardson, Alaska), in addition to the Combat Aviation Brigade, a division support command and a complement of separate battalions. As a major ground reserve force for the U.S. Pacific Command, the "Tropic Lightning" Division routinely deploys from Schofield Barracks to participate in exercises in Japan, Korea, Thailand, the Philippines, Australia and the Big Island of Hawaii.

Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

A sniper from the 25th Infantry Division on patrol in Mosul, Iraq.

The division did not take part in the fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq from 2001–2003. However, in early 2004, units from the division deployed to Iraq to take part in the combat operations of that country. The 2d Brigade deployed in January 2004 to Iraq and returned to Schofield Barracks in February of the following year. The 3d Brigade, 25th Infantry Division began deploying to Afghanistan in March 2004. The first element to deploy was 2d Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment ("Wolfhounds"). They were accompanied by Battery B, 3d Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment. The Wolfhounds operated in the volatile Paktika Province on the border with Pakistan in the Waziristan region. The 25th Infantry Division redeployed to Schofield Barracks Hawaii in April 2005.

Army Spc. Richard Burton, crew chief with the 25th Infantry Division, provides security in a Black Hawk helicopter during a flight mission over Afghanistan's Kandahar province, 26 Nov. 2012.

The 25th Infantry Division is recognized for the first successful free democratic elections in Afghanistan on 9 October 2004. One of the missions of the 25th Infantry Division was to track down insurgent Taliban and Al-Qaeda members in the mountainous terrain of Afghanistan. In July 2005, a 4th Brigade was added to the 25th Infantry Division as an airborne brigade stationed in Fort Richardson, Alaska. It deployed in October 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The 2d Brigade began its transformation as a Stryker Brigade Combat Team while the 3d Brigade began its transformation as a unit of action (UA) in the same year. The (Light) status was dropped from the division name in January 2006. On 15 December 2006 the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team was reflagged as the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division; concurrently, the former 1st BCT (Stryker) at Fort Lewis, Washington was reflagged as the 2d Cavalry Regiment (Stryker) and moved to Vilseck, Germany.

From 2007 through 2009 elements of the 25th, including the 1/21 "Gimlets" from Schofield served in Iraq in the vicinity of Baghdad, serving proudly and at great cost. Beginning in 2005 the 2nd Brigade including the 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry underwent reorganization from light to a Stryker brigade combat team. The brigade arrived in Iraq for a fifteen-month tour of duty in November 2007 and was based at Camp Taji northwest of Baghdad. Serving with the Multi-National Division-Baghdad, the brigade was responsible for the rural areas northwest and west of Baghdad with the 1st Battalion operating near Abu Ghuraib. The 1st Battalion, working closely with their Iraqi counterparts, was especially successful in eliminating terrorist cells and uncovering and destroying multiple weapons caches. Select elements of 1st Battalion 21st Infantry, including Alpha Company, participated in the Battle of Sadr City in March 2008. The 1st Battalion returned to Schofield Barracks in February 2009.

As of March 2009, the 1st BCT, 2d BCT, and 3d BCT were deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom while the 4th BCT deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

In June–August 2009, elements of the 25th Division participated in Operation Champion Sword.[26]

December 2010 saw the division headquarters and Headquarters Battalion (HHBN) deploy to Baghdad Iraq to become the last Division Headquarters in Iraq. "Task Force Lightning" simultaneously advised and assisted Iraqi security forces, pursued insurgents, and prepared bases and equipment for transfer to Iraqi authorities. On 18 December 2011 the Division Headquarters completed its retrograde, training and security mission and redeployed back to Schofield Barracks Hawaii.

In April 2011, the 25th's 3d Brigade Combat Team assumed control of the most hostile area of Afghanistan, Regional Command East. A few months later the 1st Brigade deployed to RC-South. 4ABCT followed, deploying in late 2011 for a 12-month deployment. This is 4th Brigade's second deployment to Afghanistan.[27]

The Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division was also in Afghanistan, from 1 January 2012 to 1 January 2013. The CAB operated in several key regions of Afghanistan, executing missions ranging from air assault to air movement, resupply and counterinsurgency operations.[28] The CAB's Company F (Pathfinder), 2d Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, was on the ground conducting missions alongside Afghan forces. The Pathfinders conducted air assault missions with the 2nd Afghan National Civil Order Patrol SWAT to cut off the export of drugs into the area and keep the weapons from coming into the province.[29] The CAB flew its last mission on 7 January 2013. The CAB, 3d Infantry Division took over 25th's mission.[30]

The 3rd "Bronco" Brigade began their redeployment in January 2012, with the last main body arriving in Hawaii in April. During the deployment, Soldiers conducted counterinsurgency operations in some of the most deadly provinces in Afghanistan, to include Kunar province, home to the Pech River Valley.[31] 4th ABCT returned October 2012 to JBER-Richardson, concluding their 10-month deployment.[32]

On 7 April 2017, military.com reported that U.S. Army announced the deployment of approximately 1,500 soldiers with the 4th Brigade Combat Team to Afghanistan as part of Operation Freedom's Sentinel later in the year.[33]

On 29 March 2019, it was announced that roughly 2500 soldiers from the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team would be deploying to Iraq later on in the year as a part of Operation Inherent Resolve. They would be relieving the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division.

25th Infantry Division organization 2021

25th Infantry Division CSIB.svg The 25th Infantry Division consists of a Stryker brigade combat team, two infantry brigade combat teams, an airborne infantry brigade combat team, a division artillery, a combat aviation brigade, and a sustainment brigade. The artillery battalions are assigned to their respective brigade combat teams.

  • 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team firing the M1128 Mobile Gun System
    1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT) "Arctic Wolves" (under United States Army Alaska and located at Fort Wainwright, Alaska)
    • Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 1st SBCT "Dire Wolves"
    • 5th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, Reconnaissance Surveillance and Target Acquisition (RSTA) "Blackhawk"
    • 5INF DUI.png 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment "Bobcat"
    • 21 INF DUI.png 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment "Gimlet"
    • 24 Infantry Regiment DUI.png 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment "Legion"
    • 2nd Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment (FAR) "Automatic"
    • 70th Brigade Engineer Battalion (BEB) "Kodiak"
    • 25th Brigade Support Battalion (BSB) "Opahey"
  • 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) "Warriors" (located at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii)
    • HHC, 2nd IBCT
    • 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, RSTA
    • 21 INF DUI.png 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment "Gimlets"
    • 27 INF DUI.gif 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment
    • 151 Inf Rgt DUI.png 1st Battalion, 151st Infantry Regiment (IN NG)[34][35]
    • 2nd Battalion, 11th FAR
    • 65th BEB
    • 225 Spt Bn DUI.png 225th BSB
Soldiers from 3rd Brigade engage a simulated enemy during an exercise near Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
  • 3rd IBCT "Broncos" (located at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii)
    • 3rd IBCT's HHC
    • 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment "Raider"
    • 27 INF DUI.gif 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment "Wolfhounds"
    • 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment "Cacti"
    • 442nd Infantry Regiment DUI.png 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry Regiment, Army Reserve (Associate Unit)
    • 3rd Battalion, 7th FAR "Steel"
    • 29th BEB "Wayfinders"
    • 325th BSB "Mustangs"
  • 4th IBCT (Airborne) "Spartan" (under United States Army Alaska and located at Fort Richardson, Alaska)[36][37][38]
    • US Army 4th Bde-25th ID Flash.png 4th IBCT(A)'s HHC
    • US Army 1st Sq-40th Cav Reg Flash.png40 Cav Rgt DUI.png 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment "Denali"
    • US Army 1st Bn-501st Inf Reg Flash.svg501-Parachute-Infantry-Regiment.svg 1st Battalion 501st Airborne Infantry Regiment
    • US Army 3rd Bn-509th Inf Reg Flash.png509 Inf Rgt DUI.png 3rd Battalion 509th Airborne Infantry Regiment
    • US Army 2nd Bn-377th Arty Reg Flash.png 2nd Battalion 377th Field Artillery Regiment
    • US Army 6th Bde Eng Bn Flash.png 6th BEB "Oak"
    • US Army 725th Bde Support Bn Flash.png 725th BSB "Centurion"
  • 25th Infantry Division Artillery (DIVARTY) "Tropic Thunder" (NOTE: The brigade's artillery battalions are under DIVARTY for training and readiness in garrison, but remain organic to their respective BCTs.) (located at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii)
    • Headquarters and Headquarters Battery (HHB), 25th Infantry Division Artillery
A CH-47 from 3-25th ARB landing on USS Tarawa in the Pacific Ocean
  • Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB) (located at Wheeler AAF, Hawaii)
    • 25 Avn Rgt DUI.gif 25th CAB's HHC
    • 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment (AH-64) "Lightning Horse"[39]
    • 25 Avn Rgt DUI.gif 1st Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment (AH-64) "Arctic Attack" (located in Alaska in support of USARAK)[40][41]
    • 25 Avn Rgt DUI.gif 2nd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment (UH-60) "Diamond Head"[42]
    • 25 Avn Rgt DUI.gif 3rd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment (CH-47) (UH-60) "Hammerhead"[43]
    • 209th Aviation Support Battalion (ASB) "Lobos"[44]
  • 25th Sustainment Brigade (SB) (located at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii)
    • 25th SB's HHC
    • Special Troops Battalion
    • US 524th support battalion insignia.png 524th Support Battalion[45]

Source:[46][47][48][49]

  • MG Maxwell Murray 1941–1942
  • MG J. Lawton Collins 1942–1943
  • MG Charles L. Mullins 1943–1948
  • MG William B. Kean 1948–1948
  • MG Joseph S. Bradley 1948–1951
  • MG Ira P. Swift 1951–1952
  • MG Samuel T. Williams 1952–1953
  • MG Halley G. Maddox 1953–1954
  • BG Oscar W. Koch (acting) 1954
  • MG Leslie D. Carter 1954
  • MG Herbert B. Powell 1954–1956
  • MG Edwin J. Messinger 1956–1957
  • MG Archibald W. Stuart 1957–1958
  • MG John E. Theimer 1958–1960
  • MG J. O. Seaman 1960
  • MG James L. Richardson 1960–1962
  • MG Ernest F. Easterbrook 1962–1963
  • MG Andrew J. Boyle 1963–1964
  • MG Frederick C. Weyand 1964–1967
  • MG John C. F. Tillson, III 1967
  • MG Fillmore K. Mearns 1967–1968
  • MG Ellis W. Williamson 1968–1969
  • MG Harris W. Hollis 1969–1970
  • MG Edward Bautz, Jr. 1970–1971
  • MG Ben Sternberg 1971
  • MG Thomas W. Mellen 1971–1972
  • MG Robert N. Mackinnon 1972–1974
  • MG Harry W. Brooks, Jr. 1974–1976
  • MG Willard W. Scott, Jr. 1976–1978
  • MG Otis C. Lynn 1978–1980
  • MG Alexander Weyand 1980–1982
  • MG William H. Schneider 1982–1984
  • MG Claude M. Kicklighter 1984–1986
  • MG James W. Crysel 1986–1988
  • MG Charles P. Otstott 1988–1990
  • MG Fred A. Gorden 1990–1992
  • MG Robert L. Ord III 1992–1993
  • MG George A. Fisher Jr. 1993–1995
  • MG John J. Maher 1995–1997
  • MG James T. Hill 1997–1999
  • MG William E. Ward 1999–2000
  • MG James M. Dubik 2000–2002
  • MG Eric T. Olson 2002–2005
  • MG Benjamin R. Mixon 2005–2008
  • BG Mick Bednarek February–May 2008
  • MG Robert L. Caslen Jr. 2008–2009
  • MG Bernard S. Champoux 2010–2012
  • MG W. Kurt Fuller 2012–2014
  • MG Charles A. Flynn 2014–2016
  • MG Christopher G. Cavoli 2016–2018
  • MG Ronald P. Clark 2018–2019
  • MG James B. Jarrard 2019–present

Campaigns

  • World War II:
  1. Central Pacific;
  2. Guadalcanal;
  3. Northern Solomons;
  4. Luzon
  • Korean War:
  1. UN Defensive;
  2. UN Offensive;
  3. CCF Intervention;
  4. First UN Counteroffensive;
  5. CCF Spring Offensive;
  6. UN Summer-Fall Offensive;
  7. Second Korean Winter;
  8. Korea, Summer-Fall 1952;
  9. Third Korean Winter;
  10. Korea, Summer 1953
  • Vietnam:
  1. Counteroffensive;
  2. Counteroffensive, Phase II;
  3. Counteroffensive, Phase III;
  4. Tet Counteroffensive;
  5. Counteroffensive, Phase IV;
  6. Counteroffensive, Phase V;
  7. Counteroffensive, Phase VI;
  8. Tet 69/Counteroffensive;
  9. Summer-Fall 1969;
  10. Winter-Spring 1970;
  11. Sanctuary Counteroffensive;
  12. Counteroffensive, Phase VII

Medal of Honor recipients

  • WORLD WAR II:
  1. SGT Fournier, William G.
  2. Technician 5th Grade Hall, Lewis
  3. CPT Davis, Charles W.
  4. Technician 4th Grade Parrish, Laverne
  5. MSG McGaha, Charles L.
  6. SSG Cooley, Raymond H.
  • KOREA:
  1. PFC Thompson, William
  2. MSG Handrich, Melvin O.
  3. CPL Collier, John W.
  4. SGT Jecelin, William R.
  5. CPT Desiderio, Reginald B.
  6. CPT Millett, Lewis L.
  7. SFC Moyer, Donald R.
  8. SGT Charlton, Cornelius H.
  9. PVT Kanell, Billie G.
  10. 2LT Sudut, Jerome A.
  11. PFC Womack, Bryant E.
  12. CPL Martinez, Benito
  13. SGT Porter, Donn F.
  14. PFC West, Ernest E.
  • VIETNAM
  1. SPC Fernandez, Daniel
  2. 1LT Ray, Ronald Eric
  3. PFC Baker, John F., Jr.
  4. CPT Foley, Robert F.
  5. 1LT Grant, Joseph Xavier
  6. SGT Belcher, Ted
  7. 1SG Yabes, Maximo
  8. 1LT Karopczyc, Stephen Edward
  9. 1LT Sargent, Ruppert L.
  10. SPC Stumpf, Kenneth E.
  11. CPT Pitts, Riley L.
  12. SPC Cutinha, Nicholas J.
  13. SSG Lambers, Paul Ronald
  14. SSG Young, Marvin R.
  15. 1LT Warren, John E., Jr.
  16. CPL Bennett, Thomas W.
  17. SSG Hartsock, Robert W.
  18. 1LT Doane, Stephen Holden
  19. SGT Fleek, Charles Clinton
  20. SSG Bowen, Hammett L., Jr.
  21. SPC Petersen, Danny J.
  22. 1LT Steindam, Russell A.
  23. SPC Copas, Ardie R.

Decorations

  • Valorous Unit Award ribbon.svg Valorous Unit Award (Army) for 1/25th (SBCT) OIF III 2005
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation ribbon.svg Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1969
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation ribbon.svg Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for OIF 2007
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation ribbon.svg Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army)(1st Brigade) for OIF 2008-9 (This unit citation was not presented until 30 September 2013 by General Orders no. 2013–63.)
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation ribbon.svg Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for 3rd Battalion 25th Aviation Regiment OIF 2010 Order number 225-09 13, August, 2010
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation ribbon.svg Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) (HHBN) for OND 2010-2011
  • Philippines Presidential Unit Citation.png Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
  • Korean Presidential Unit Citation.png Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for:
  1. MASAN-CHINJU
  2. MUNSAN-NI
  • Vietnam gallantry cross unit award-3d.svg Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for:
  1. VIETNAM 1966–1968
  2. VIETNAM 1968–1970
  • VNCivilActionsRibbon-2.svg Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1966–1970

The 25th Infantry Division Memorial, which is located at Schofield Barracks, consists of four statues. The first statue was unveiled in June 2005. Cast in bronze, it depicts a War on Terrorism infantry soldier, representing the more than 4,000 soldiers of the division who have served in Afghanistan and Iraq since the war began in 2001.[50] The other three statues represent the division's soldiers who served in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.[50]

The War on Terrorism statue was sculpted by local artist Lynn Liverton. An active-duty soldier, wounded in Iraq, was selected by the Army in 2005 as the model for the statue. He is shown in full infantry uniform (bearing his surname), looking at a deceased comrade's boots, weapon, and helmet, set up as a field cross.[50]

  • James Jones' 1962 novel The Thin Red Line focuses on a company of soldiers of the 27th Infantry Regiment fighting around the Galloping Horse on Guadalcanal in 1942–43.
  • In the 1946 film The Best Years of Our Lives, the character of Al Stephenson (Frederic March) has just been discharged from service with the 25th Infantry Division; his shoulder patch clearly identifies the division.
  • The 1953 Academy Award-winning movie From Here to Eternity depicts scenes and troop housing billets of Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, the headquarters of the 25th Infantry Division.
  • In Oliver Stone's 1986 Vietnam War film Platoon, the fictional military unit is depicted by its shoulder patches as being part of the 25th Infantry Division.
  • The stories in The 'Nam, a Marvel Comics series about the Vietnam War, are about the 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry, part of the 25th Infantry Division.
  • The film Tropic Thunder takes its title from the 25th Infantry's nickname, "Tropic Lightning".
  • Johnny Rico based his book Blood Makes the Grass Grow Green: A Year in the Desert with Team America on his experience with the 25th Infantry Division in Afghanistan.
  • In Command & Conquer: Red Alert, the American officers in the Allied campaign's final mission briefing have the 25th Infantry's patch.
  • In the FX TV series Sons of Anarchy, John Teller, the long dead father of protagonist Jax Teller, and one of the founders of the Sons of Anarchy motorcycle club, is said to have served in the 25th Infantry in the Vietnam War along with fellow founder Piney Winston.

  • Rapper and actor Ice-T served in the 25th Infantry Division from 1977 to 1979.
  • Film director, screenwriter, and producer Oliver Stone served in the 25th Infantry Division during the Vietnam War.
  • Country music singer and actor George Strait served in the 25th Infantry Division from 1971 to 1975.
  • Track Palin, the oldest son of former Governor of Alaska and 2008 Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin, served in Iraq for a year as a member of the 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division.

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  • 25th Infantry Division Home Page—official site
  • Lineage and Honors of the 25th Infantry Division
  • 25th Infantry Division (Light)—GlobalSecurity.org
  • 25th Infantry Division Association
  • Army Almanac: 25th Infantry Division at the United States Army Center of Military History
  • Tropic Lightning Museum official webpage
Media
  • The short film STAFF FILM REPORT 66-2B (1966) is available for free download at the Internet Archive
  • The short film STAFF FILM REPORT 66-5A (1966) is available for free download at the Internet Archive
  • The short film STAFF FILM REPORT 66-12A (1966) is available for free download at the Internet Archive
  • The short film STAFF FILM REPORT 66-17A (1966) is available for free download at the Internet Archive
  • The short film STAFF FILM REPORT 66-18A (1966) is available for free download at the Internet Archive
  • The short film STAFF FILM REPORT 66-21A (1966) is available for free download at the Internet Archive
  • The short film STAFF FILM REPORT 66-22A (1966) is available for free download at the Internet Archive
  • The short film STAFF FILM REPORT 66-25A (1966) is available for free download at the Internet Archive
  • The short film STAFF FILM REPORT 66-29A (1966) is available for free download at the Internet Archive