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	U.S. 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Regiment departed from the Port of Boston, which was the Port of Embarkation, on the USS John Ericsson on February 12, 1944.
		The 1st Battalion of the 117th Infantry Regiment, (Cleveland, Tennessee) was withdrawn, expanded, and re-designated on July 31, 1946 as the 278th Armored Infantry Battalion.
		The 278th Armored Infantry Battalion was federally recognized on September 1, 1947 in eastern Tennessee with Headquarters at Cleveland with the lineage of the 117th Infantry Regiment.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/278th_Armored_Cavalry_Regiment (7700 words)

	History for 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment (Regimental Combat Team), Tennessee Army National Guard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		BETWEEN THE WARS In 1921 and 1923 the 117th Infantry and the 4th Infantry Regiment were consolidated and reorganized in the Tennessee National Guard as the 117th Infantry and assigned to the 30th Division on 24 April 1923.
		The Regiment moved to the staging area in Southern England where a briefing was given on the general situation, then moved to Southhampton dock for loading.
		The Armored forces were to sweep south then southwest into the rear of German forces opposing the VIII Corps along the western portions of the Contentin Peninsula.
	www.military.com /HomePage/UnitPageHistory/1,13506,710695\|780161,00.html (6317 words)

	Welcome to 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment (Regimental Combat Team), Tennessee Army National Guard
		The 278th ACR is comprised of a Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Cavalry Squadrons, a 4th (Aviation) Squadron and a Support Squadron.
		From this heritage, the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment's motto "I Volunteer Sir" was derived.
		Soldiers of the 278th are primarily assigned in the Diy'Ala province to the north and east of Baghdad near the Iranian border.
	www.military.com /HomePage/UnitPageFullText/1,13476,710695,00.html (592 words)

	278th Armored Cavalry Regiment
		An Armored Cavalry Regiment is organized for the specific purposes of reconnaissance, surveillance, and security.
		Cavalry may be deployed to any part of the world to protect national interest and to ensure national security.
		On March 1, 1959, the 117th and 170th Armored Infantry Battalions consolidated with the 278th Armored Infantry Battalion, 330th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion and 176th Tank Battalion and reorganized and re-designated as the 117th Infantry Regiment.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/278acr.htm (2396 words)

	Simulating Army National Guard Logistics
		The regiment's challenge was to develop a training exercise that allowed supporting elements from Alabama, Kentucky, and Ohio to participate with 278th ACR units, which are located throughout the state of Tennessee.
		The regiment then used the end of that battle, which was fought in the Janus simulation, to set the stage for the regeneration operation to serve as the logistics exercise.
		The scenario was set for the regiment to undergo a regeneration of combat power from a 50-percent readiness rate to a 70-percent readiness rate within 24 hours and in time for the next mission.
	www.almc.army.mil /alog/issues/MarApr02/MS714.htm (2836 words)

	Armored
		The ACR is a highly mobile, armored force capable of fighting the fully mechanized threat in the environmental states of war or conflict.
		Armor School - The U.S. Army Armor School staff sections, directorates and units provide the personnel, equipment and guidance needed to train the officers, NCOs and enlisted soldiers in the execution of armored warfare and the development of its doctrine.
		Army Armor Center - Mission: to prepare the total armor force for war; be the architect for the future total force; be integrator of the entire Mounted Combined Arms Team; provide for an installation of excellence.
	www.cavhooah.com /armored.htm (627 words)

	278th scrapbook
		The 278th Regimental Combat Team was formed from veterans of the 1st Battalion of the 117th Infantry on Jan. 9, 1947, after World War II, replacing the 117th infantry of the 30th division which was stationed in Cleveland before the war.
		The 278th RCT was stationed in Fort Devens, Mass., and from there, individual soldiers from the unit were sent to the 7th Army in Korea as replacements.
		The regiment is headquartered in Knoxville with squadron headquarters in Athens, Kingsport and Cookeville and 30 armories scattered across middle and East Tennessee.
	journals.aol.com /sharonmc2002/BradleyCoTN/entries/2004/08/17/278th-scrapbook/186 (772 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The regiment is based in Knoxville, with squadron headquarters in Athens, Kingsport and Cookeville and 30 armories scattered across Middle and East Tennessee.
		The regiment claims its roots in the pre-Revolutionary War militia that defended East Tennessee settlers from the Creek and Cherokee Indians.
		Formed as the 278th Armored Infantry Battalion after World War II from a unit that fought at Normandy, the 278th Regimental Combat Team was last activated fully on Sept. 1, 1950, for the Korean War.
	www.armytimes.com /print.php?f=1-213101-2692979.php (439 words)

	PREFACE
		Armored Cavalry Regiment to act as command and control for the Regiment’s separate Air Troop and Attack Helicopter Troop.
		Armored Cavalry Regiment on 1 October 1980 in Pulaski with Detachment 1 in Waynesboro, Tennessee.
		Squadron is an Aviation Maneuver Squadron of the Regiment.
	www.geocities.com /CapitolHill/4872/Regt_History.html (7358 words)

	278TH Armored Cavalry Regiment, Tennessee Army National Guard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		It is the only enhanced Armored Cavalry Regiment in the National Guard and one of only two in the United States Army.
		With units located throughout East and Middle Tennessee, the regiment is rich with the volunteer tradition which is a vital part of the history of Tennessee, "The Volunteer State".
		The regiment was called to active duty and mobilized as the 278th Regimental Combat Team.
	www.asthevalleyturns.com /278thacrmemorial.html (164 words)

	Archives: Story
		The local unit, Detachment 2, Troop B (ORD), Support/ 278 Armored Cavalry Regiment (Det 2, Trp B (ORD), SPT/278 ACR) is part of 4,000 Tennessee guardsmen who have been placed on alert as part of the current rotation of forces, according to a press release from Randy Harris, spokesman for the Tennessee Army National Guard.
		The 278th ACR is the only armored cavalry regiment in the entire National Guard.
		The 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment is headquartered in Knoxville, Tenn.
	www.maconcountytimes.com /articles/2004/03/03/news/newse.txt (721 words)

	278th Armored Cavalry Regiment called to active duty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The 278th claims its roots in the pre-Revolutionary War militia that defended East Tennessee settlers from the Creek and Cherokee Indians.
		The 278th ACR is HUGE, easily the size of their Big Army brothers, the 2nd and the 3rd.
		The 278th ACR is the largest unit in the Tennessee Army National Guard, having units located from Bristol in Northeast Tennessee to Jackson in West Tennessee.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1133956/posts (2441 words)

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		The 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment is an approximately 4,000-soldier force outfitted with enough tanks and armored vehicles to fill 585 railcars.
		The last phase of mobilization for the 278th will be on June 26, when soldiers in Russellville and Monteagle will report for active duty.
		The Knoxville-based 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment is the largest unit in the Tennessee Army National Guard.
	www.angelfire.com /tn3/278thacrfrg/278thnews.html (372 words)

	Regiment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Armored cavalry regiments, which have a fixed organization, combine the efforts of their battalions and companies to fight engagements and to perform major tactical tasks in division battles.
		Aviation and armored cavalry regiments can be used to reinforce corps or divisions and can be shifted from unit to unit to tailor forces for combat.
		Regiments are usually employed as integral units when attached to corps or divisions.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/army/unit/regiment.htm (144 words)

	Press Releases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Nashville, TN — Major General Gus Hargett, the Adjutant General, today announced that the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment, headquartered in Knoxville, is being mobilized as a result of the Presidential declaration on September 14, 2004.
		The 278th ACR is the largest unit in the Tennessee Army National Guard, with units stretching from Bristol to Jackson.
		The Regiment will remain at Camp Shelby for approximately 3 months, before moving to the National Training Center in Ft. Irwin, Calif. for additional training before departing for their duty location.
	www.278acr.com /metadot/index.pl?iid=2232 (401 words)

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		Last Updated: 9/2/2004 3:37:40 PM The Tennessee National Guard's 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment will be deployed to Iraq under a new designation.
		Bell says when the 278th some home, it will revert to an armored cavalry division.
		The first time the unit bore the regimental combat team name was in 1947 when the 278th Armored Infantry Battalion was expanded.
	www.wbir.com /printfullstory.aspx?storyid=19654 (131 words)

	thedailytimes.com - 278th on alert for possible Iraq deployment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Members of the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment based in Knoxville and operating at armories throughout East and Middle Tennessee were put on alert for possible deployment to Iraq late this year or in 2005, the Pentagon announced Monday.
		The members of the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment are just a portion of the 18,000 National Guard soldiers from four units placed on alert, the Pentagon said.
		The Guard units alerted are the 42nd Infantry Division headquarters from the New York National Guard, the 256th Infantry Brigade from Louisiana, the 116th Cavalry Brigade from Idaho and Oregon and the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment.
	www.thedailytimes.com /sited/story/html/157573 (976 words)

	Sadness overwhelming as 278th heads out on 'great adventure'
		Jessie is a member of 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment, which has been deployed for active duty in the war on terrorism.
		He was commissioned in 1989 and is commanding officer of Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, Second Battalion, 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment.
		The 278th is one of only two armored cavalry regiments in the United States military - the other is an active-duty unit.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1173583/posts (1300 words)

	A soldier's firsthand experiences in the 278th
		Ryan Seals is deployed with the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment’s 190th Engineer Company.
		The next day it was announced in the media that thousands of men and women of the Tennessee Army National Guard’s 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment could deploy for active duty.
		That is just my story, and there are similar tales that thousands of other soldiers from the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment from across the state, including the Chattanooga area, probably could tell about the day they realized their call to active duty was pending.
	journals.aol.com /sharonmc2002/McMinnMurmurs/entries/214 (860 words)

	CNN.com Specials
		Duties: The regiment is part of Task Force Liberty, which also includes the Idaho Army National Guard's 116th Brigade Combat Team and the 1st and 3rd Brigade Combat Teams from the Fort Stewart, Georgia-based 3rd Infantry Division.
		The 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment received its mobilization orders on May 11, 2004 and it will begin activating on June 7.
		The three Cavalry troops of each squadron are each equipped with nine M1A1 Abrams tanks, 13 M3A2 Bradley fighting vehicles, and two 120mm mortar carriers.
	edition.cnn.com /SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/coalition/deployment/army/278th.brigade.html (300 words)

	Flank Two Position: Memorial Day: Tennessee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Army Sgt. Eric A. Fifer 2005-10-07 22, of Knoxville, Tenn.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.; died Oct. 7 in Asad, Iraq, of injuries sustained when his dismounted patrol was attacked by enemy forces using small-arms fire in Haqlaniyah, Iraq.
		Luke C. Williams 2005-09-05 35, of Knoxville, Tenn.; assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.; killed Sept. 5 when the Humvee in which he was riding rolled over into a ditch in Baghdad.
		Army Sgt. Shannon D. Taylor 2005-08-14 30, of Smithville, Tenn.; assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Tennessee Army National Guard, McMinnville, Tenn.; died Aug. 14 in Tuz, Iraq, of injuries sustained Aug. 13 when his Humvee came under attack by enemy forces using rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire in Tuz, Iraq.
	www.flanktwoposition.com /2006/05/memorial_day_tennessee.html (2473 words)

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		The units are the 42nd Infantry Division headquarters from the New York National Guard, the 256th Infantry Brigade from Louisiana, the 116th Cavalry Brigade from Idaho and Oregon, and the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment based in Knoxville, Tenn., according to several officials who spoke on condition of anonymity.
		The 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment has about 4,500 members, and 4,000 of them have been placed on alert, according to Randy Harris, spokesman for the Army National Guard in Tennessee.
		It is the only armored cavalry regiment in the entire National Guard, Harris said.
	www.wbir.com /printfullstory.aspx?storyid=17099 (489 words)

	United States Senator - Lamar Alexander
		He is a part of the 278th and is heading to Iraq, a month after he was supposed to have retired from the military.
		The 278th traces its roots to the American Revolution in what may have been the first early American war of preemption.
		At the ceremony on Saturday, Maj. Charles R. Southerland, who is adjutant of the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment, gave a beautiful speech, setting out the history of the 278th and its significance.
	alexander.senate.gov /index.cfm?FuseAction=Speeches.Detail&Speech_id=25&Month=6&Year=2004 (827 words)

	278th Armored Cav. Regiment Going To Kuwait In November
		Of the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment, the major general said, “They are not going to the Sunni Triangle as per the rumors that have been circulating.
		The 278th ACR will be replacing the 30th Brigade out of North Carolina.
		Hargett said the 278th will have an address to mail letters and care packages to by the time it deploys.
	www.ekurd.net /mismas/articles/misc/armynationalguard.htm (1138 words)

	Lance in Iraq
		The Tennessee National Guard's 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment hasn't been eliminated yet as part of a Pentagon plan, but everyone from senators to sergeants is fighting mad that it could be shut down.
		If six Guard units are eliminated, the 278th would be in the mix with the other 33, he said.
		The 278th served side-by-side with regular army units at times during its deployment, Holmes said.
	iraq.billhobbs.com /2006/01/too_much_breathless_reporting.html (889 words)

	Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		With units located throughout East and Middle Tennessee, the regiment is rich with the volunteer tradition which has been part of "The Volunteer State" since 1780 when Colonel John Sevier called for "100 good men" and 200 answered.
		The 278th Regimental Combat Team included units from Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Vermont.
		The 278th RCT completed its mission in Iraq and redeployed to the States during October/November 2005 and then completed demobilization at Camp Shelby, MS; Fort Drum, NY and Fort McCoy, WI.
	www.278acr.com /metadot/index.pl (391 words)

	@Cookeville.com \| News
		Both soldiers are from the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment.
		A 1992 honor graduate of William Blount High School, Staff Sgt. Murphy attended the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and Central Texas College, in Killeen, Tex. On a daily basis, Staff Sgt. Murphy is an AGR soldier and serves as the Assistant Operations NCO and Regimental School Coordinator.
		Specialist Barnett also represented the 3rd Squadron, 278th ACR and the 278th ACR as the 2002 Soldier of the year.
	www.cookeville.com /news/1052232894/index_html (450 words)

	12/9/2004 - Wamp Backs 278th Regiment In Letter To Rumsfeld - Breaking News - Chattanoogan.com
		Soldiers from the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment of the Tennessee Army National Guard, many of whom live in my district, raised some serious questions during a question and answer session.
		In light of this, it was puzzling for me to learn that some members of the 278th were digging through a local landfill for pieces of scrap metal for vehicle armor.
		I am also troubled that some members of the 278th perceive the National Guard to be taking "a back seat" to the regular Army units when it comes to receiving the equipment needed to perform its duties.
	www.chattanoogan.com /articles/article_59696.asp (495 words)

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