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	U.S. 1st Armored Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1st Armored Division —nicknamed the Old Ironsides— is an armored division of the United States Army with base of operations in Wiesbaden, Germany.
		As part of that buildup, the 1st Armored Division was reactivated on 7 March 1951 at Fort Hood.
		It was the first armored division of the U.S. Army to see battle in World War II.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/US_1st_Armored_Division (1123 words)

	1st Armored Division
		The success of the 1st Armored Division in 30 months of combat is not due to any one battalion, or to any one arm or service represented by the battalions.
		Armored Division was published just after the war ended for distribution to the soldiers and their families.
		Armored Division in the breakout from the Anzio beachhead in May, 1944 got a certain amount of consolation out of the fact that they were captured by "a veteran division", as they put it.
	members.aol.com /ItalyWW2/FirstArmd.htm (7094 words)

	1st Armored Division, Division Chronicle
		Fort Knox was chosen as the home of the new force and the 7th Cavalry Brigade, the lineal predecessor of the 1st Armored Division, was organized with the personnel and equipment of the experimental force at Fort Eustis.
		The division lost approximately 2500 men in the reorganization, as the 1st and 13th Armored Regiments and the 6th Armored Infantry converted to battalion structures.
		The 1st Armored Division launched its initial attack on the hill during the night of the 22d.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/matrix/1AD/1AD-cc.htm (3556 words)

	1st Armored Division
		The 1st Armored Division received orders on March 4, 2003, to deploy to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in support of the global war on terrorism and to prepare for future contingencies as may be directed.
		In June 1945 the 1st Armored Division was transferred to Germany to serve as part of the Allied occupation forces.
		In April 1999, the 1st Armored Division was alerted to send soldier to Albania as part of Operation Allied Force in response to the ethnic cleansing and fighting in Kosovo.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/1ad.htm (2337 words)

	2nd Armored Division
		As coalition forces, the 1st (Tiger) Brigade of the 2nd Armored Division was attached to the I Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) under Marine LtG Walter Boomer along with the 1st and 2nd Marine Divisions.
		Still based at Fort Hood, the Second Armored Division furnished thousands of trained replacements to units serving in the Korean War.
		Under the 10 division redesign from the Secretary of the Army, the 2nd Armored Division at Fort Hood cased its division colors and was reflagged as the 4th Infantry Division in December 1995.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/2ad.htm (880 words)

	4th Brigade, 1st Armored Division
		The 4th Brigade, 1st Armored Division, was constituted on April 16, 1986 in the regular United States Army at Ansbach, Germany.
		From December 1995 to December 1996, the 4th Brigade, 1st Armored Division, was deployed to Bosnia-Herzegovina as part of a multi-national peace implementation force during OPERATION JOINT ENDEAVOR.
		From June 2000 to June 2001, the 4th Brigade, 1st Armored Division, was again called upon to enforce peace in the Balkans.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/1ad-4bde.htm (680 words)

	CNN.com Specials
		The soldiers are assigned to the Battery B, 1st Battalion, 94th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Armored Division.
		The division was scheduled to be relieved by the 1st Cavalry Division but the division's tour of duty was extended in April 2004 for three months after attacks by Iraqi insurgents increased.
		The division was the largest division-based task force in U.S. Army history, according to division officials.
	www.cnn.com /SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/coalition/deployment/army/1st.armored.division.html (295 words)

	1st Armored Division, Division Matrix
		The distinctive insignia is a replica in metal and enamel of the shoulder sleeve insignia of the division.
		Symbolism: Yellow, blue, and red are the colors of the branches from which armored units were formed.
		The attached tab of yellow background edged with a green border with the inscription "Old Ironsides" in black letters.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/matrix/1AD/1ad-matrix.htm (138 words)

	1st Armored Division withdraws after 15 months - The Washington Times: World - July 05, 2004
		Sanchez sent the 1st Armored to fight a rebel Shi'ite Muslim militia south of Baghdad and protect the U.S. military convoy routes on the highways south and west of the capital.
		The division and its companion unit, the Louisiana-based 2nd Armored Cavalry, eventually routed the Shi'ite militia led by radical cleric Sheik Muqtada al-Sadr.
		While in Baghdad, the 1st Armored was engaged in a counterinsurgency war with more than a dozen guerrilla cells, successfully dismantling some and capturing many rebel leaders and financiers.
	www.washtimes.com /world/20040704-111253-8003r.htm (745 words)

	443rd AAA Bn - World War II - 1st Armored Division Offensive
		On 22 May 1943 the 443rd was detached from the 1st Armored Division and attached to the 34th Infantry Division.
		The final operation in Tunisia from 3 to 9 May was the first time the 1st Armored Division had been able to operate as a unit and on a mission for which it was designed.
		Maraist’s 1st Armored Division Artillery Command Post moved into the hills southeast of Mateur, directly behind friendly infantry positions in defenses recently abandoned by the Germans.
	www.kwanah.com /txmilmus/36division/archives/443/44339.htm (778 words)

	1st Armored Division
		The 1st Armored Division was part of the US force in Europe during the Cold War, and was dispatched with VII Corps to participate in Desert Storm.
		History: The 1st Armored is the US Army's first armored division, evolving from the 7th Cavalry Brigade in 1940.
		The 1st Armored took part in Operation Torch in North Africa, then provided armor for US troops in Italy for the remainder of World War II.
	ranger95.com /armor/1AD_ord_of_battle.htm (263 words)

	1st Armored Division Unit History (LoneSentry.com)
		Elements of the 1st Armored Division first went into action in the North African invasion, landing at Oran 8 November 1942 and taking the city.
		The Division fought numerous actions in North Africa, at Maknassy, El Guettar, Gafsa, and Kasserine Pass, and engaged in the final campaign to reduce enemy resistance in Tunisia, occupying Mateur 3 May 1943.
		The Division was then switched to the Anzio beachhead, first elements landing 24 January 1944, where they repulsed heavy counterattacks and maintained defensive positions for 4 months, building up for the final break-through 23 May 1944.
	www.lonesentry.com /usdivisions/history/armored/division/1st_armored_division.html (366 words)

	INTEL DUMP
		Vernon Loeb has an interesting article in today's Washington Post on the exploits of the 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, and its efforts to develop intelligence sources in the neighborhood of Baghdad.
		The tactics look less like those of an armored division and more like those of an intelligence agency, or a very street-savvy police department.
		For example, they said, the plan calls for swapping tank-heavy armored divisions for units that put more foot soldiers in Iraq.
	philcarter.blogspot.com /2003_11_02_philcarter_archive.html (2347 words)

	In the 1981 spy thriller
		Division patches were designed and ordered in sufficient numbers (perhaps to deceive Axis spies monitoring patch manufacturing in the United States, a potential source of troop strength information).
		Division areas and Corps headquarters corresponded almost exactly with the areas indicated by the Allied deception plan.
		The Allies might even have given real soldiers the task of wearing the ghost division patches, in case uncontrolled enemy agents were in a position to report their existence.
	airdefense.bliss.army.mil /adamag/in_the_1981_spy_thriller.htm (1233 words)

	1st Armored Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/1st%2BArmored%2BDivision (73 words)

	1st Infantry Division
		NORMANDY, France – The 1st Infantry Division’s staff ride Oct. 3-6 went beyond museum pieces and photos, and brought participants face to face with living links to a pivotal moment in world history.
		SCHWEINFURT, Germany - Thirty Soldiers from the 1st Infantry Division were given a head-start in their quest to become snipers by attending a three-week pre-sniper course at Camp Robertson Sept. 21-Oct. 12.
		FORT RILEY, Kansas — When the 1st Infantry Division’s Devil Brigade at Fort Riley deploys to Iraq, nearly 60 percent of the Soldiers deploying will have had combat experience from somewhere, said MAJ Gary Belcher, the brigade civil affairs officer.
	www.1id.army.mil (126 words)

	DefenseLINK News: Myers Visits 1st Armored Division Families in Germany
		Mary Jo Myers, right speaks with 1st Armored Division spouses and support personnel in Baumholder, Germany, June 7.
		The 1st Armored Division and the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment were extended.
		He told the spouses that the decision to extend the division was a tough one, but given the events in the country, it was unavoidable.
	www.defenselink.mil /news/Jun2004/n06072004_200406077.html (760 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Insurgency Leaves U.S. Forces Baffled
		Throughout the 15-month U.S. occupation of Iraq, soldiers from the 1st Armored Division worked to pacify a country recovering from decades of dictatorship and a traumatic invasion.
		Many division soldiers suggested that the tactics employed by the insurgency shaped, unfairly or not, their view of Iraqis who were not technically part of it.
		And over their 15 months, during which 97 division soldiers died in combat and more than 1,000 were wounded, they struggled to clarify their perception of the everyday Iraqis they believed they had come to help.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A8796-2004Jun26?language=printer (1637 words)

	1st Armored Division
		The 1st Armored Division (Old Ironsides) was organized at Fort Knox, Kentucky, on July 15, 1940, with Maj. Gen.
		The 1st Armored Division engaged Field Marshal Erwin Rommel?s Afrika Korps.
		This is a request from ONE former 1st Armor soldier to all past and present member of this great DIVISION.PLEASE DONATE $ 25.00 to the AMERICAN RED...
	www.military.com /HomePage/UnitCreatedPage/0,11003,100079,00.html (287 words)

	USATODAY.com - General: Army's 1st Armored Division to leave Iraq in July
		BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S. Army's 1st Armored Division, the unit delayed from leaving Iraq when a pair of rebel uprisings flared in April, is scheduled to depart Iraq by July 15, the head of U.S. military operations in Iraq said.
		The division, which rolled into Baghdad in May 2003 — just after President George W. Bush declared major combat at an end — and occupied the Iraqi capital until March, when it handed control to the Texas-based 1st Cavalry Division.
		Earlier, Army officials had said the South Korea-based 2nd Brigade of the 2nd Infantry Division would arrive in time to replace 1st Armored, but that unit won't reach Iraq until early fall, the military said.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/iraq/2004-06-11-troops-home_x.htm (578 words)

	V CORPS' 1ST ARMORED DIVISION WELCOMES, MEMORIALIZES ITS SOLDIERS WHO SERVED IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM
		Soldiers of V Corps' 1st Armored Division stand in formation during the dedication of a memorial to division Soldiers killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom, on Minue Field in Wiesbaden, Germany October 7.
		A 1st Armored Division family enjoys the fair rides that were part of the division's day-long welcome home festivities in Wiesbaden, Germany October 7.
		Martin Dempsey, the division commander, said while it was important to bring the division's troops here from units across Germany to welcome them home from a difficult and dangerous mission, the real significance for their gathering was found in the tribute to their fallen comrades.
	www.vcorps.army.mil /news/2004/oct8_1ad_welcome_home.htm (1123 words)

	Army - 1st Armored Division (U.S.)
		Red over yellow denotes armored and cavalry divisions; in fact, the sole cavalry division (1st) is organized like an armored division but with many of its subordinate units drawn from the cavalry arm.
		The 1st Armored Division is still active, being stationed in Germany.
		Red over "national flag blue" denotes infantry, airborne and training divisions.
	flagquest.com /FOTW/flags/us^1ard1.html (67 words)

	_Good afternoon and welcome to Fort Riley. It is an honor for me to appear before you today. My name is Colonel Joe Peterson. I am the commander of the 3d Brigade Combat Team (3BCT), 1st Armored Division. 3BCT is a unique organization and consists of
		We are stationed separately from our parent division, the 1st Armored Division, which is in Germany, and are authorized over 4000 soldiers.
		When comparing this train-up to those I executed as a battalion commander, and planned as a Division Plans and Training Officer (G3), our training now is much less robust.
		Our units include: two armor battalions equipped with Abrams tanks; an infantry battalion armed with Bradley infantry fighting vehicles; a self propelled field artillery battalion; a combat engineer battalion; a forward support battalion; an air defense artillery battery; a signal company; and the BCT headquarters and headquarters company.
	www.house.gov /hasc/testimony/105thcongress/3-20-98peterson.htm (2752 words)

	Army unit claims victory over sheik - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics - June 23, 2004
		The Army's powerful 1st Armored Division is proclaiming victory over Sheik Muqtada al-Sadr's marauding militia that just a month ago seemed on the verge of conquering southern Iraq.
		When the division got word April 8 that Sheik al-Sadr's uprising meant most 1st Armored soldiers would stay and fight, rather than going home as scheduled, it touched off a series of remarkable military maneuvers.
		The division would shift from urban combat in Baghdad's streets to precision strikes amid shrines of great religious significance.
	www.washingtontimes.com /national/20040622-113720-3352r.htm (634 words)

	NYSE > Events >U.S. Army's 1st Armored Division Visits the NYSE
		The 1st Armored Division's commitment to the civic and military values for which "Old Ironsides" has been renowned for half a century (patriotism, discipline, readiness, self-sacrifice, combined arms cooperation, shock action, decisiveness, and generosity in victory) remains relentlessly strong today.
		Soon after the activation of the 1st Armored Division at Fort Knox on July 15, 1940, its first commander, Major General Bruce R. Magruder, began searching for an appropriate nickname for the division.
		Sergeant Marquette Whiteside, Specialist Billie Grimes and Sergeant Ronald Buxton from the U.S. Army's 1st Armored Division visit the NYSE and ring The Opening Bell
	www.nyse.com /events/1074771029333.html (151 words)

	1st Armored Division C.O.D. Clan
		The 1st Armored family has witnessed quite a few changes in the recent past, not only with the North American Division but with the European Division and the introduction of the BFV Division as well.
		On behalf of 1st Armored and 1st European and all it's members thanks for supporting us.
		Doughty_Gubay is still the XO of 1st Armored and Snatch remains XO of 1st European.
	www.1starmored.com /main/index.php (1934 words)

	Task Force 1st Armored Division Killed in Explosive Attack
		The attack on the 1st Armored Division patrol occurred Sunday in the capital's western Abu Ghraib district.
		BAGHDAD, Iraq – A Task Force 1st Armored Division Soldier and an Iraqi interpreter were killed and three other Soldiers were wounded during an IED attack March 21.
		one 1st Infantry Division soldier was killed during a pre-patrol test firing in preparation for a mission near Samarra.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/1102860/posts (1464 words)

	War Museums - 1st Armored Division Museum
		Once inside the museum the visitor is taken on a tour along the impressive history of the 1st Armored Division.
		There were several vehicles outside drawing our attention and entering the museum we were 'welcomed' by the emblem of the division.
		Next to this the division was part of the occupational force in Italy.
	www.warmuseums.nl /gal/065gal.htm (365 words)

	DefenseLINK News: 1st Armored Division Homecoming
		When the history of this global struggle is finally written, one of the great and glorious chapters will be devoted to the bravery and skill and dedication to duty of the 1st Armored Division Task Force.
		He's right. Something had to be done, and the soldiers of the 1st Armored Division Task Force did it.
		Armored Division Commander] General Marty Dempsey. One of your soldiers called you a powerful leader. I can't say it any better. On behalf of the President and the Secretary of Defense, let me thank you for that powerful leadership of this powerful force.
	www.defenselink.mil /speeches/2004/sp20041007-depsecdef0841.html (744 words)

	HQ 1 Div
		The 1st (UK) Armoured Division is now the only British division to be stationed in Germany, from a peak of 4 divisions during the height of the Cold War, though it is not the only element of the British Forces in Germany.
		That division is the 1st (UK) Armoured Division, which is now assigned as part of the UK's contribution to the Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps.
		The Division has existed in the British Army since 1809 when the Duke of Wellington formed it, in Portugal, from two British brigades and one Hanoverian brigade of the King's German Legion.
	www.army.mod.uk /1div (477 words)

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