Formations of the United States Army presently in existence

Formations of the United States Army presently in existence

This is a list of formations which are currently in existence in United States Army. This list is constantly changing as the Army changes its structure over time. Due to the nature of those changes, specifically in the restructure of brigades to autonomous modular brigades, debate has arisen as to whether brigades are considered units or formations;for the purposes of this list, brigades are currently excluded.

Formations on active status are shown in bold.

Armies

* First United States Army - U.S. Army Training, Readiness, and Mobilization Command command formation at Rock Island, Georgia
* Third United States Army - United States Army Central active formation currently commanding forces in Iraq home-headquartered in Tampa, Florida
* Fifth United States Army - United States Army North command formation at Fort Sam Houston, Texas
* Sixth United States Army - United States Army South command formation at Fort Sam Houston, Texas
* Seventh Army - United States Army Europe command formation at Heidelberg, Germany
* Eighth Army - United States Forces Korea command formation at Yongsan Army Garrison, South Korea

Army Corps

* I Corps "America's Corps" at Fort Lewis, Washington
* III Corps "Phantom Corps" at Fort Hood, Texas
* V Corps "Victory Corps" at Campbell Barracks, Heidelberg, Germany; To inactivate
* XVIII Airborne Corps "Purple Dragon" at Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Army Divisions

Airborne and mountain divisions are part of the same numbering system of the infantry divisions as light infantry formations, and so are placed in that category. Reserve and National Guard divisions are also. All locales given are the locations of the individual division headquarters.

Armored Division

* 1st Armored Division "Old Ironsides" at Wiesbaden, Germany

Cavalry Division

* 1st Cavalry Division "First Team" at Fort Hood, Texas

Infantry Division

* 1st Infantry Division "The Big Red One" at Fort Riley, Kansas
* 2nd Infantry Division "Indian Head Division" at Camp Red Cloud, South Korea
* 3rd Infantry Division "Rock of the Marne" at Fort Stewart, Georgia
* 4th Infantry Division "Ivy Division/Iron Horse" at Fort Hood, Texas
* 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, New York
* 25th Infantry Division "Tropic Lightning" at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
* 28th Infantry Division (ARNG) "Keystone Division" at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
* 29th Infantry Division (Light) (ARNG) "The Blue and Gray" at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
* 34th Infantry Division (ARNG) "Red Bull Division" at Rosemount, Minnesota
* 35th Infantry Division (ARNG) "Santa Fe Division" at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
* 36th Infantry Division (ARNG) "Texas Division" at Camp Mabry, Austin, Texas
* 38th Infantry Division (ARNG) "Cyclone Division" at Indianapolis, Indiana
* 40th Infantry Division (ARNG) "Sunburst Division" at Los Alamitos, California
* 42nd Infantry Division (ARNG) "Rainbow Division" at Troy, New York
* 75th Division (Training Support) (USAR) at Houston, Texas
* 78th Division (Training Support) (USAR) "Lightning Division" at Fort Dix, New Jersey
* 80th Division (Training Support) (USAR) "Blue Ridge Division" at Richmond, Virginia
* 82nd Airborne Division "All Americans" at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
* 85th Division (Training Support) (USAR) "Custer Division" at Arlington Heights, Illinois
* 87th Division (Training Support) (USAR) "Acorn Division" at Birmingham, Alabama
* 91st Division (Training Support) (USAR) "Wild West Division" at Fort Hunter Liggett, California
* 95th Division (Institutional Training) (USAR) "Victory Division" at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
* 98th Division (Institutional Training) (USAR) "Iroquois Division" at Rochester, New York
* 100th Division (Institutional Training) (USAR) "Century Division" at Fort Knox, Kentucky
* 101st Airborne Division "Screaming Eagles" at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
* 104th Division (Institutional Training) (USAR) "Timberwolf Division" at Fort Lewis, Washington
* 108th Division (Institutional Training) (USAR) "Golden Griffins" at Charlotte, North Carolina

Army Brigades

* 172nd Infantry Brigade "Blackhawk Brigade" at Schweinfurt, Germany
* 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team "Sky Soldiers" at Vicenza, Italy

Regiments

*2nd Cavalry Regiment "Second Dragoons" at Vilseck, Germany
*3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment "Brave Rifles" at Fort Hood, Texas
*11th Armored Cavalry Regiment "Blackhorse Regiment" at Fort Irwin, California
*75th Ranger Regiment at Fort Benning, Georgia
*160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment "Night Stalkers" at Fort Campbell, Kentucky

Army Separate Battalions

Army Separate Companies

Army Separate Platoons

Army Separate Detachments

*6th Military Police Detachment
*947th Military Police Detachment

Army Alpha Units

ee also

*Transformation of the United States Army

External links

* [http://www.army.mil/modularforces/map2.htm Modularization Forces]


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