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	Defense Horizons No. 37
		An airborne assault of two Army infantry battalions is organized to reinforce the MEU attack to seize the airport.
		In today’s environment of no-notice crisis and conflict, XVIII Airborne Corps forces (figure 5) must be capable of moving rapidly from widely dispersed staging areas overseas and in the continental United States deploying into a crisis or regional conflict and initiating an attack, all without pausing.
		Given the nature of current and future fights, XVIII Airborne Corps is the ideal candidate to spearhead Army transformation.
	www.ndu.edu /inss/DefHor/DH37/DH37.htm (4063 words)

	VIII AIRBORNE CORPS CHRONOLOGY (INTRODUCTION)
		These files consist of copies of the annotated chronology compiled by the Command Historian,(1) XVIII Airborne Corps, and are posted to the Center's web site with the permission of that office.
		The preliminary draft of this chronology was submitted as the documentation in the package recommending XVIII Airborne Corps for the Presidential Unit Citation (Army).
		The Corps History Office initially consisted of Dr. Wright and two enlisted members, but grew in December with the arrival of the 116th, 130th and 317th Military History Detachments.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/CHRONOS/intro.htm (593 words)

	The XVIII Airborne Corps During WW II - Overview
		The airborne Allied troops were to seize roads, bridges and the key communication cities of Eindhoven, Nijmegen and Arnhem, thus cutting Holland in half and clearing a corridor for British armoured and motorized columns all the way to the German border.
		Although XVIII Airborne Corps achieved their objectives the plan was overly ambitious from a logistical standpoint and the operation did not achieve it ultimate objective.
		Operation Varsity would be the last full scale airborne drop of World War II and the assignment went to the British 6th Airborne Division and the 17th Airborne Division with the 507th spearheading the assault dropping at the southern edge of the Diersfordter Forest, three mile northwest of Wesel.
	www.ww2-airborne.us /18corps/18_overview.html (2507 words)

	U.S. XVIII Airborne Corps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		XVIII Airborne Corps participated in Operation Varsity, the crossing of the Rhine river into Germany.
		The Corps was reactivated at Fort Bragg on May 21st 1951, under the command of MG John W. Leonard.
		XVIII Airborne Corps most recently returned, in January 2006, from a year-long deployment to Baghdad, Iraq, where it served as the Multi-National-Corps-Iraq.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/XVIII_Airborne_Corps (408 words)

	XVIII Airborne Corps
		The XVIII Airborne Corps is superbly trained in tactical operational and strategic levels of war and is capable of exercising the nation's ability to conduct strategic forced entry operations, any where in the world on 18 hours notice.
		The XVIII Airborne Corps, with Headquarters at Fort Bragg, was originally activated as the 11 Armored Corps at Camp Polk, Louisiana, January 17, 1942.
		It was redesignated XVIII Corps October 9, 1943, at the Presidio of Monterey, California.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/xviii-corps.htm (1333 words)

	XVIII Airborne Corps
		XVIII Airborne Corps fought in Holland, Belgium, and Germany during the war, and was the command for Operation Varsity, the Anglo-American paradrop behind the Rhine.
		During the Cold War, XVIII Airborne Corps continued to command Airborne forces in the United States and later became the Army's component of the Rapid Deployment Force in the 1980s.
		It is expected that the entire XVIII Airborne Corps of four divisions will deploy to the Middle East in 75 days, with the 82nd Airborne Division arriving in 12 days, the 101st Airborne and 3rd Infantry arriving in 30 days, and the rest arriving another 45 days afterwards.
	www.ranger95.com /Army_Corps/18AbnCorps.htm (259 words)

	82nd Airborne - All American
		The XVIII Airborne Corps under Lieutenant General John W. Leonard was reactivated at Fort Bragg on May 21, 1951.
		With the headquarters of the XVIII Airborne Corps and the 82d Airborne Division and other units stationed here, Fort Bragg became widely known as the home of the airborne.
		In October 1951, the 11th Airborne Division was attached to the XVIII Airborne Corps.
	www.baseops.net /militarybooks/82airborne.html (1415 words)

	XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery
		XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery is the headquarters for all non-divisional artillery within the XVIII Airborne Corps.
		XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery must be ready to command and control additional fire support assets--up to eight brigades--as they become available in theater during contingency operations.
		During recent years, XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery has evolved into a fully functional Headquarters whose mission is to maintain a crisis response field artillery force.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/xviii-arty.htm (599 words)

	XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery FA Journal - Find Articles
		The corps artillery was instrumental in mobilizing the 92d Separate Infantry Brigade (SIB) from the Puerto Rico ARNG (PRARNG) with the mission of planning and executing OGM II.
		In 2004, the XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery further honed its skills as a force FA (FFA) headquarters with an intensive Warfighter ramp-up exercise, controlling a theater-level counterfire fight as well as the fires of the 18th FAB (Airborne), 138th FAB (KYARNG), 169th FAB (COARNG), 103d FAB (RIARNG) and 113th FAB (NCARNG).
		In the exercise, the corps artillery's force FA headquarters commanded and controlled a corps-level counterfire fight over extended distances, culminating in the firing of a 17-target live schedule of fires with the 18th FAB, 75th FAB from Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and 196th FAB (TNARNG).
	findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0IAU/is_5_9/ai_n8706712 (839 words)

	Amazon.ca: Airborne: Books: Tom Clancy (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The 82nd Airborne is America's last true paratrooper division; its XVIII Airborne Corps partner, the 101st Air Assault Division ("The Screaming Eagles") traded in its parachutes for helicopters long ago.
		Along with the 101st, the 82nd Airborne is teamed with the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division and the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, giving the XVIII Airborne Corps both a powerful punch and flexibility.
		Airborne also includes an interview with the then-incoming commander of the XVIII Airborne Corps, Gen. John B. Keane and a Foreword by retired Gen. Gary Luck, who commanded the corps during the first Persian Gulf War in 1991.
	www.amazon.ca /Airborne-Tom-Clancy/dp/0425157709 (1514 words)

	News Articles (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Corps commander, during a media roundtable discussion held at corps headquarters July 22.
		However, three of the corps divisions, 82nd Airborne Division, 101st Airborne Division and parts of 10th Mountain Division will remain on their installations, but there will be slight changes during the Transformation.
		Corps reside and said that to support the growing number of Soldiers coming onto post and to fill vacancies left by the transformation, contractors will be employed.
	home.earthlink.net /~lucy_newman/id16.html (663 words)

	Rear Operations in the 1st Corps Support Command
		To prepare for the exercise, the corps conducted a workshop in September 2000 to familiarize personnel involved in corps rear operations with current doctrine.
		The corps Deputy Commanding General (DCG) is the rear area commander, and his Chief of Staff is the commander of the Dragon Brigade.
		The 330th Corps Movement Control Battalion, a specialty battalion assigned to the 1st COSCOM, is responsible for movement control in the CRA and for all nontactical moves in the corps area of operations, culminating in the coordination and publication of a movement program every 12 hours.
	www.almc.army.mil /alog/issues/MarApr02/MS719.htm (1789 words)

	Lane Toomey - XVIII Airborne Corps in Desert Storm
		This is the story of the XVIII Airborne Corps' epic role in the Gulf War, from the vulnerable early days of the Desert Shield defense of Saudi Arabia through its Desert Storm attack into Iraq as the Coalition’s “end-sweep” to block Iraqi reinforcement and escape from the Kuwait Theater of Operations.
		Written by a former officer who was intimately involved with XVIII Airborne Corps planning and execution, this is a military history filled with heretofore unrevealed detail and lessons for soldiers of every rank and file.
		XVIII Airborne Corps in Operation Desert Storm combines impressive scholarship with first-hand experience to illuminate the corps' role, from initial war planning through the last shots fired.”
	www.lanetoomey.com /book.htm (278 words)

	USFK News: XVIII Airborne Corps HQ Takes to Korean Peninsula for UFL (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Corps is acting as the U.S. Army headquarters element, organized under the Third Republic of Korea Army.
		Bruce D. Parker, chief of operations for the corps, is to establish a corps command post operation, and to prepare, plan and execute a tactical mission under simulated conditions.
		Corps served as the headquarters for Multi-National Corps – Iraq in Baghdad from January 2005 to January 2006.
	www.usfk.mil /org/fkpa/News/newsArchive.asp?id=183 (550 words)

	XVIII Airborne Corps to lose 82nd, 101st Airborne
		In fact, the Fort Bragg, N.C., based corps is giving up command of all its traditional divisions to become one of three specialized headquarters designated to command combat deployments to war zones like Iraq and Afghanistan.
		The XVIII already gave up command of the 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, Ga., on Oct. 1 and is slated to give up control over the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, N.Y., next year.
		Now, these corps headquarters will be on a rotation to become the headquarters element of a deploying task force of units and not have to worry about managing units at home base.
	www.paratrooper.net /commo/FindPost215709.aspx (318 words)

	D. Demolition Operations: March-April 1991
		Airborne Division was to enforce the terms of the cease-fire agreement.
		Airborne Division and performed demolition of the warehouses at the Khamisiyah ASP and the revetments of Tall al Lahm Ammunition Storage Depot South.
		Airborne Division commander postponed further operations to move nearby units further away and to re-evaluate the demolition techniques to minimize flyouts.
	www.gulflink.osd.mil /khamisiyah_ii/khamisiyah_ii_s04.htm (4604 words)

	THSDN success at Fort Bragg warfighter exercise
		THSDN was critical to XVIII Airborne Corps’ success during the warfighter exercise and is essential for supporting future deployments.
		XVIII Airborne Corps used IWS for three key functions to enhance battlefield situation awareness: virtual-conference hosting, ad hoc planning sessions and significant-action posting in near-real-time.
		XVIII Airborne Corps will continue to adapt and refine lessons-learned for the next iteration of warfighter exercises — 82d Airborne Division and 3d Infantry Division (Mechanized) in January 2002.
	www.gordon.army.mil /AC/sumr01/18thsdn.htm (3193 words)

	XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery - Fort Bragg, North Carolina - Brief Article FA Journal - Find Articles
		The XVIIIth Airborne Corps Artillery, Dragonfire, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, continues to maintain a crisis response artillery force that is manned, equipped and trained to deploy by air, sea, land and parachute assault anywhere in the world within 18 hours of notification.
		The Corps Artillery headquarters with its 18th Field Artillery Brigade (Airborne)--the latter consisting of three M198 howitzer battalions, one MLRS battalion and two target acquisition detachments--provide cannon, rocket and missile fires while planning, coordinating and synchronizing joint fire support for the Army's strategic contingency force.
		To close the year, the Corps Artillery and the 18th FA Brigade began the road to a BCTP Warfighter for the 10th Mountain Division AWE and the XVIIIth Airborne Corps embedded Warfighter, which includes the 101st Airborne Division.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0IAU/is_6_5/ai_67882137 (864 words)

	XVIII Airborne Corps Fires: Fast, Flexible and Effective - Lieutenant General Dan K. McNeill - Interview FA Journal - ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		And while the XVIII Airborne Corps is often mistakenly called a lightfighter formation, we are anything but lightfighters.
		Nevertheless, the preponderance of the 303 tubes and launchers belonging to the XVIII Airborne Corps are towed pieces--three of the four divisions of this Corps are dependent on towed 105-mm howitzers for DS [direct support] artillery.
		As a matter of fact, the Field Artillery NCOs in the XVIII Airborne Corps, which I consider a microcosm of the entire Army, are the finest I've seen in my 32-plus years in the Army.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0IAU/is_5_6/ai_79807460 (849 words)

	VXIII Airborne Corps (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Symbolism: The design was suggested by the authorized shoulder sleeve insignia, history and mission of the XVIII Airborne Corps.
		The dragon and the wings symbolize mobility, endurance, surprise and ferocity of attack by airborne units.
		The colors white and blue are used for all Corps.
	www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil /Abn/018AirborneCorps.htm (189 words)

	Joseph L Begin 180th Engineer Battalion
		Corps battalions were assigned to the command of an engineer group headquarters, which consisted of an HandH Company and an engineer light equipment company.
		Twenty-four corps were activated by the end of the war, all except the XXXVI Corps served overseas.
		Three were originally formed as armored corps, of which the I Armored Corps was inactivated in Morocco and its personnel utilized in the formation of the Seventh Army, the II Armored Corps became the XVIII Airborne Corps, and the III Armored Corps became the XIX Corps.
	graywolf1.home.pipeline.com /joebegin.html (2490 words)

	Army.com - News From Around The World
		Gen. John R. Vines uncases the XVIII Airborne Corps colors during a Tranfer of Authority ceremony from III Corps at Al-Faw Palace, Camp Victory, Iraq, Feb. 10.
		John R. Vines of XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg, N.C., took command of Multi-National Corps-Iraq Feb. 10 in a transfer of authority ceremony Feb. 10 at Camp Victory’s Al-Faw Palace near Baghdad.
		Casey said part of what gives him so much confidence in the XVIII Airborne Corps is what he has seen III Corps accomplish in the last year.
	www.army.com /news/articles/article_021205_01.html (739 words)

	Operation Provide Refuge - Refugee Plight Touches American's Heart
		Waving the American flag and wearing an Army XVIII Airborne Corps maroon beret, a Kosovar child rests on the shoulders of Spc.
		Joshua Bennett of the 530th Supply and Services Battalion, XVIII Airborne Corps, from Fort Bragg, N.C., holds the hand of a refugee Kosovar boy.
		Army Sgt. Jennifer L. Barrs of Fort Bragg's 507th Corps Support Group said she was at the reception center when first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton welcomed the first refugees.
	www.defenselink.mil /specials/provide_refuge (1958 words)

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		The History of the XVIII Airborne Corps, 19421962: The Fighting Corps.
		WWII "An Airborne Corps Operation." Mil Rev 25 (Nov 1945): pp.
		Ridgway, Matthew B. "An Airborne Corps Operation: From a Report by the XVIII Corps." Mil Rev 25 (Nov 1945): pp.
	www.carlisle.army.mil /usamhi/bibliographies/UnitHistories/Corps/18.doc (284 words)

	Dave Ahl - 313th ASA Battalion - Fort Bragg, NC - 1963-65 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		I was also assigned such odd jobs as the assistant adjutant, test control officer, court martial appointing officer, re-enlistment officer, message classification officer (a huge pain in the butt), and, of course, officer of the day (OD) on a rotating schedule.
		As OD in a STRAC unit (Strategic Army Corps), I had to make one formal inspection and one surprise inspection of the troops on night guard duty and (theoretically) stay awake all night cooped up in the commo shack.
		Nevertheless, apart from the semi-annual maneuvers (Desert Strike, Swift Strike) with the 82nd and 101st Airborne, and a couple of week-long training schools, the Army for me was basically one day of experience repeated 730 times.
	members.aol.com /Z321go/Bragg.htm (1289 words)

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