[centurion316]

The 10th Mountain Division was inactivated after WWII (the BIG ONE). It was reactivated during the Korean War at Ft. Riley, KS where it conducted basic training. In 1957, it switched places with the 1st Infantry Division (Big Red One) during Operation GYROSCOPE. They moved to Germany where they were inactivated in the late fiftes, early sixties. When the U. S. Army expanded to 18 divisions in the Reagan era, they were reactivated at Ft. Drum, NY. where they have served ever since, excepting deployments to Somalia, Haiti, Balkans, etc. A battalion of the 10th Mtn Div (2d Bn, 14th Inf) was the Quick Reaction Force (QRF) that helped rescue Task Force Ranger in Mogadishu. I refer to the 10th Mtn Div as the "let Mikey eat it" force because of all of the deployments that they get.

[VOA]

Thanks for the background on the 10th Mountain Division.
Never having served myself, I do always invite more expert accounts of military matters!

And here's a prayer for our folks overseas and domestically, locked in battle or
or faithfully standing guard.
I'll think of them as I watch the 9-11 documentary special on CBS tonight...
and realize they are all paying the real price for our promise to make sure a 9-11
doesn't happen again.