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Army Creating Second Paratrooper Division as Service Forges New Identity for Arctic Troops
military.com ^ | 5 May 2022 | Steve Beynon

Posted on 07/08/2022 6:08:32 PM PDT by matt1234

Soldiers stationed in Alaska will soon ditch the 25th Infantry Division's "Tropic Lightning" patch and be redesignated the 11th Airborne Division, in what could be an important step in the Army's recent focus on Arctic warfare.

Army Secretary Christine Wormuth told lawmakers that the move will give units in the state a clear identity. Soldiers there currently fall under the command of U.S. Army Alaska and wear the 25th Infantry Division patch. But that division is mostly associated with units in Hawaii that train for combat in the jungle, the opposite of Alaska's mission and something leaders and junior soldiers told Military.com has been a point of confusion.

U.S. Army Alaska will be redesignated as the 11th Airborne Division this summer and issued a new patch.

(Excerpt) Read more at military.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Alaska; US: Hawaii
KEYWORDS: airborne; alaska; army; paratrooper; wokeandbrokemilitary
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This is a removal of the Alaskan brigades from the 25th Infantry Division and placing them under a reformed 11th Airborne Division. Only one of the infantry brigades in the 11th Airborne Division is actually airborne. No new brigades are being formed, as far as I know.
1 posted on 07/08/2022 6:08:32 PM PDT by matt1234
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(Army’s recent focus on Arctic warfare)

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2 posted on 07/08/2022 6:13:05 PM PDT by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
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Wouldn’t this be the third, after the 82nd and 101st?


3 posted on 07/08/2022 6:22:46 PM PDT by Hieronymus
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Maybe we can have a horse cavalry division, too.


4 posted on 07/08/2022 6:25:54 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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Last I heard there was the 101st and the 82nd. What did I miss?


5 posted on 07/08/2022 6:27:30 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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Getting ready to go fight in Finland, maybe?


6 posted on 07/08/2022 6:29:01 PM PDT by OKSooner ("That was then, this is now." - S.E. Hinton, Tulsa, OK)
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The 101st is technically Airmobile (helicopter born), not Airborne (parachute).


7 posted on 07/08/2022 6:31:56 PM PDT by matt1234
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To: matt1234

Thanks


8 posted on 07/08/2022 6:32:57 PM PDT by Hieronymus
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The 101st is no longer “Airborne “. They are “Air Assault” and use helicopters for a quick insertion into a combat area.


9 posted on 07/08/2022 6:33:17 PM PDT by airborne (Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic! R)
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...although the 101st retains the name “101st Airborne”.


10 posted on 07/08/2022 6:34:21 PM PDT by matt1234
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“Soldiers stationed in Alaska will soon ditch the 25th Infantry Division’s “Tropic Lightning” patch...”

“Tropic Lightning”...stationed in Alaska. The Milley/Austin team is worse than we thought...if that is possible.


11 posted on 07/08/2022 6:35:46 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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He said quick insertion, hehehe. Not sure the Ft Campbell guys (101st, 160th) would put it that way but you’re right. lol


12 posted on 07/08/2022 6:37:04 PM PDT by fightin kentuckian
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To: Bonemaker

There is also the 173rd Airborne


13 posted on 07/08/2022 6:39:28 PM PDT by Glennb51
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I always joke with my 101st buddies - I call them “Almost Airborne”. Or the “One-Oh-Worrst” .

They usually respond with calling the 82nd the “Jumpin’ Junkies”. (we did have a drug problem back in the day).

Its all in fun.


14 posted on 07/08/2022 6:43:30 PM PDT by airborne (Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic! R)
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You guys are forgetting the New identity” part. It will be the “101st Tic Tocs”


15 posted on 07/08/2022 6:44:03 PM PDT by frithguild (The warmth and goodness of Gaia is a nuclear reactor in the Earth's core that burns Thorium)
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And the 101st Tic Tocs will have Unucorn battalions


16 posted on 07/08/2022 6:45:34 PM PDT by frithguild (The warmth and goodness of Gaia is a nuclear reactor in the Earth's core that burns Thorium)
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Wouldn’t this be the third, after the 82nd and 101st?
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Being ex-82nd, there is only one true Airborne Division, the 82nd. The 101st is an Airmobile Division, they do not do Parachute operations. The 82nd has three airborne infantry brigades, and a combat Aviation Brigade. I have no idea what this new “ Airborne “ Division will encompass, but it surly will not be three Airborne Infantry Brigades.

That said, three brigades would last about three days against Vlad or Xi’s armies. When I was in, we could only count on to “ hold” an objective for three days as that is what we jumped in with- what we could strap on and carry-three days of ammo, food, gear….until re- supplied.


17 posted on 07/08/2022 6:46:38 PM PDT by delta7
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18 posted on 07/08/2022 6:49:58 PM PDT by skimbell
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There is also the 173rd Airborne

True, but the 173rd Airborne is an independent brigade (not part of any division).

19 posted on 07/08/2022 6:50:02 PM PDT by matt1234
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To: Bonemaker

Been that way since...Reagan or so.


20 posted on 07/08/2022 6:58:15 PM PDT by Manly Warrior (US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War" )
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