325th Infantry Regiment (United States)

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unit_name= 325th Infantry Regiment


caption=325th Infantry Regiment coat of arms
dates= 5 August, 1917-
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command_structure=82nd Airborne Division
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Armed Forces Expeditions - Panama
Iraq Campaign
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identification_symbol_2_label=The 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment is a unit of the 82nd Airborne Division. Its subordinate units currently constitute the 2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division.

Capabilities

The 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment deploys anywhere in the world, within 18 hours of notification.

The Regiment conducts forced entry parachute assaults to seize and retain a defended airfield or other asset, then builds up combat power in order to control land, people, and resources.

Lineage for the 3rd Battalion - 325th Infantry Regiment

World War I

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Company A, 325th Infantry, an element of the 82d Division

Organized 1 September 1917 at Camp Gordon, Georgia.

Demobilized 18 May 1919 at Camp Upton, New York State.

Inter-war Period

Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Company A, 325th Infantry, an element of the 82d Division (later redesignated as the 82d Airborne Division)

Organized in January 1922 at Columbus, Georgia.

World War II

Ordered into active military service 25 March 1942 and reorganized at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana.

Reorganized and redesignated 15 August 1942 as Company A, 325th Glider Infantry

Post World War II

Reorganized and redesignated 15 December 1947 as Company A, 325th Infantry

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps.)

Withdrawn 15 November 1948 from the Organized Reserve Corps and allotted to the Regular Army

Reorganized and redesignated 15 December 1948 as Company A, 325th Airborne Infantry

Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Airborne Battle Group, 325th Infantry, and remained assigned to the 82d Airborne Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated).

Reorganized and redesignated 25 May 1964 as the 325th Infantry

External links

http://www.bragg.army.mil/3%2D325/
* [http://www.bragg.army.mil/afvc-b/ 2 BDE 82nd Airborne Division homepage]
* [http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=8_TNBGiDaS8 In action in Iraq]