187th Infantry Regiment (United States)

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was assigned to the 11th Airborne Division in Germany from 1 March 1957 to 1 July 1958, when the 11th was inactivated and reflagged as the 24th Infantry Division. During its assignment to the 24th it was involved in the Lebanon intervention. On 8 February 1959 it was relieved from the 24th, rotated back to the United States and was assigned to the 82d Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, NC. Its colors were inactivated on 25 May 1964 and concurrently consolidated with the 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry (constituted and activated 1 February 1964 at Fort Benning, Georgia, as an element of the 11th Air Assault Division, and the consolidated unit designated as the 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry, an element of the 11th Air Assault Division (Test) at Fort Benning, GA. It was inactivated on 30 June 1965 when the 11th Air Assault Division and 2d Infantry Division were combined to form the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), during which time the elements of both the 11th and 2d were reflagged with new designations.

1244: 1099: 1083: 266: 259: 1361:, the Rakkasans manned combat outposts throughout the rural areas to provide local security for the populace, partner with Iraqi defense and police forces, and facilitate numerous economic and developmental projects. When the Rakkasans redeployed to Fort Campbell at the end of their tour in November 2008, they did not transfer authority to an incoming U.S. military unit. Instead, the area became the responsibility of the partnered Iraqi forces marking a significant step in the transference of security and authority from coalition forces to the Iraqis. 515: 79: 1291: 63: 533:. On 1 August 1950 the regiment became the 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team (ARCT) when supporting units were added and deployed to Japan, arriving on 20 September 1950. The advance party of the 3rd Battalion of the Rakkasans was the first to arrive in Korea, arriving at Kimpo Airfield on 23 September. On 24 September, it was placed under the operational control of the First Marine Division, relieving the 2d Battalion of the 7th Marine Regiment, arriving almost a week after 1220:

air assets in Saudi Arabia relocated from Dhahran and from Riyadh to the remote Prince Sultan Air Base, Camp Eagle Town II. The move's purpose was force protection, and came in the wake of the 25 June 1996 terrorist bombing at Khobar Towers which killed 19 airmen and wounded many more. U.S. and Saudi Arabian officials agreed to split the $ 200 million cost of relocating more than 4,000 US troops. Some 2nd Battalion soldiers were awarded the

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Infantry Regiment served as a test unit to help validate the Army's airmobile concept. It was relieved from the 11th on 1 February 1964 and the colors were assigned to the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, KY. There was no transfer of troops or equipment; instead, the existing 3–187th at Fort Benning was reflagged as 1–187th.

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on 12 August 1945 for occupation duty. This is where the unit gained its name; Rakkasan, which means “falling umbrella” in Japanese, when it was the only unit to parachute onto Japanese soil at the time. With soldiers landing in close proximity to local landmarks featuring Torii's the 187th adopted

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Crest: On a wreath Argent and Azure between a Japanese city symbol Gules and a mullet of seven points per fess wavy of the last and of the second, a sea lion Or charged on the shoulder with a heart Purpure and holding in his dexter paw a sword bendwise of the first with hilt and pommel of the fourth

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When the 101st was rebuilt, the separate 173d Airborne Brigade was inactivated and its assets used to form the 3d Brigade as an airborne unit consisting of 1–503d INF, 2–503d INF, and 3–187th INF. The partial airborne capability also extended to supporting units of the division (i.e., one company of

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When the Pentomic concept that replaced regiments and battalions with battle groups was introduced in 1957, Companies A, B, and C of the 187th Airborne Infantry Regiment were redesignated as HHCs of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Airborne Battle Groups, 187th Infantry, respectively. The 1st ABG, 187th Infantry

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In September 1996, elements of Raider Rakkasan (2nd Battalion), Alpha Co. "Blackhawks", Charlie Co. "Hard Rock", and Bravo Co. "Warriors", 2nd Battalion deployed to Saudi Arabia through April 1997 in support of Operation Desert Focus, providing force protection for U.S. personnel in support of U.S.

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in July 1995. The Iron Rakkasans were responsible for the southern portion of Zone C and based at South Camp, Sharm el Sheik, Egypt. During the deployment, they were instrumental in the recovery of casualties from an accident near one of the sector control centers and evacuating them to hospitals

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When the 101st returned from Viet Nam, most of its personnel in the rank of staff sergeant and below were discharged upon arrival at Oakland, California, or Seattle, Washington. What remained largely consisted of a command group of staff officers and senior NCOs. The division settled into buildings

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In October 2007 the Rakkasans again deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom 07-09 led by brigade commander Col. Dominic Caraccilo. The brigade was headquartered at Camp Striker near Baghdad with an area of operation that extended from the Euphrates river in the west to the Tigris in

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The 3d ABG, 187th Infantry was not active during the Pentomic era. The colors were redesignated on 1 February 1963 as HHC, 3d Battalion, 187th Infantry, assigned to the 11th Air Assault Division (Test) at Fort Benning, GA, and activated on 7 February 1963. Over the next year, 3rd Battalion, 187th

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in April 2003. For this action the battalion earned an unprecedented fifth Presidential Unit Citation. Following the invasion, 3d Battalion conducted six months of security operations near Rabia, Iraq, on the Syrian border, to block the flow of foreign fighters. Prior to returning stateside in

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in Panama and the 3d, 4th and 5th were assigned to the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) at Fort Campbell. The 4th and 5th were created by reflagging the existing 1–503d and 2–503d, the colors of which were soon reactivated in Korea within the

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the Torii as an unofficial part of the unit identity. After the war ended on 14 August 1945, the regiment subsequently moved to Japan on 30 August 1945, and was alleged to be the first foreign ground combat unit to enter that nation.

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and other terror groups. Senior leadership referred to the 3d Brigade Combat Team as being exceptional. Brig. Gen. Scott Brower stated that the Rakkasans are trained, well-led, and prepared to accomplish any mission given to them.

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From September 1988 through March 1989, 1st Battalion reorganized as Task Force 1–187 and deployed to the Sinai Desert, Egypt as the United States' contingent of the Multinational Force and Observers peacekeeping mission.

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Company B reorganized and redesignated Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Airborne Battle Group, 187th Infantry, and remained assigned to the 101st Airborne Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and

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soldiers during the air assault into Objective Weber and on 25 February the Rakkasans conducted the deepest and largest air assault operation in history. Striking 155 miles (249 km) behind enemy lines into the

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Company A reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Airborne Battle Group, 187th Infantry, relieved from assignment to the 101st Airborne Division, and assigned to the

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The 2d ABG, 187th Infantry remained assigned to the 101st Airborne Division and was inactivated on 1 February 1964 when the Army abandoned the Pentomic structure in favor of brigades and battalions.

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The partition line of the pale heraldically representing clouds and the doubled-handed sword, an ancient infantry weapon, symbolizes the character of the organization as an Airborne Infantry unit.

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river valley, the assault led to the timely defeat of Iraqi forces and contributed to a total allied victory. The unit moved farther north than any other unit during Operation Desert Storm.

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LTC Ronald Speirs, former company commander of E Co, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, served as a rifle company commander with the 187th Regimental Combat Team during Operation: Tomahawk

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In October 1983 the 1st, 2d, and 4th Battalions, 187th Infantry, were activated, and on 21 November 1984 a 5th Battalion was activated. The 1st and 2d Battalions were assigned to the

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On 16 September 2004, 1st Battalion and 3d Battalion were relieved from assignment to the 101st Airborne Division and assigned to the 3d Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division.

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The 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team consisted of the following units: The following units were assigned by General Order 34 (Confidential) Headquarters 11th Airborne Division:

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For 30 minutes in the early morning darkness of Sept. 6, 1968, the 187th Infantry's Alpha Company (96 men) fended off more than 600 communists, losing 28 percent of its men killed.

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U.S. soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), scan the ridgeline for enemy forces during Operation Anaconda, 4 March 2002.

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The coat of arms was originally approved on 15 December 1952 for the 187th Airborne Infantry Regiment. It was redesignated for the 187th Infantry Regiment on 7 February 1958.

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Regimental Headquarters relieved from assignment to the 101st Airborne Division; concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 187th Infantry, a parent regiment under the

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From February 2000 through August 2000 1-187 deployed to Kosovo for peacekeeping operations as a part of Task Force Falcon in support of Operation Joint Guardian.

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In 2001–2002, following the attacks of 9-11, the Rakkasans deployed to Afghanistan as Task Force Rakkasan under the command of Colonel (later Lieutenant General)

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On 28 August 1950, Operations Order Number 1, IX Corps, the 2348th Quartermaster Air Packaging and Resupply Company was attached to the command of Colonel Bowen

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in the eastern Shah-i-Khot region. The 2d Battalion (Raider Rakkasans) as well as Companies B,C, and D, 1st Battalion (Leader Rakkasan), were awarded the

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on 31 January 1945, blocking Japanese forces as part of the advance on Manila from the south. From then until April 1945, the 187th fought their way from

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On 6 September 2016, the U.S. Army announced it would deploy about 1,400 soldiers from 3d Brigade Combat Team to Afghanistan in fall 2016 in support of

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HHC 3d Airborne Battle Group redesignated 1 February 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 187th Infantry, and assigned to the

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They returned to Fort Campbell in 2004 and redeployed to Iraq again in the fall of 2005. During their second tour in Iraq, they focused operations in

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hit the Sinai Peninsula. Again the Iron Rakkasans performed road recon and rescue operations throughout the peninsula. The Iron Rakkasans earned an

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The 3-187th Infantry's exploits from 10 to 20 May 1969 on hill 937 in the A Shau Valley were depicted in a 1987 movie using the hill's nickname

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HHC 2d Airborne Battle Group redesignated as HHC 2d Battalion, 187th Infantry, assigned to the 193d Infantry Brigade, and activated in Panama

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1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment constituted and activated at Fort Benning, Georgia, as an element of the 11th Air Assault Division.

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three in a supporting unit was airborne). This lasted only until April 1974, when jump status for the 3d Brigade was terminated, and the

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The following units were attached on 26 August 1950 per General Order 42, Headquarters 11th Airborne Division dated 25 August 1950:

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who renamed the battalion the "Iron Rakkasans" after the physical training test he created. CSM Donald Purdy was the Battalion

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are the only active elements of the regiment; they are assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division.

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which had seen significant violence in the war and was often a staging area for the insurgency. As a unit following the

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Reorganized as the 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team on 1 August 1950 and posted to Japan where it served in the

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The 187th is one the most highly decorated units in the United States Army. Its unit awards include the following:

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3d Battalion relieved from assignment to the 11th Air Assault Division and assigned to the 101st Airborne Division.

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The following units were added on 23 August 1950 by General Order 41, 11th Airborne Division dated 22 August 1950:

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A Rakkasan takes cover behind a mud wall in Iraq. Their helmet has a patch of the unit's distinctive torii symbol.

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The 1950s and early 1960s were a turbulent time for the Rakkasans, they returned to the US in 1955, this time to

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From July 1984 to January, 1985, the 4th Battalion, reorganized at TF-4-187 (Rakkasan Raiders) deployed to the

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The winged sword with three notches in the blade signifies the unit's score of three combat jumps, one in the

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One month later, on 20 October 1950, the regiment made successful combat parachute assaults near the towns of

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187th Infantry Regiment Regiment withdrawn from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the

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The Rakkasans moved back to Fort Campbell, Kentucky in February 1964, to serve as part of the 3rd Brigade,

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2d Battalion inactivated 10 July 1987 in Panama and relieved from assignment to the 193d Infantry Brigade.

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1st Battalion inactivated 1 May 1987 in Panama and relieved from assignment to the 193d Infantry Brigade.

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SGM Eric J Geressy (Iraq) Silver Star, three Bronze Stars, and the Army Commendation Medal for Valor

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for their actions during the deployment. The unit returned to the United States in January 1996.

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Battle Focused Training for Peacekeeping Operations: A METL Adjustment for Infantry Battalions

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In April 1949, the regiment returned to the United States and was stationed at what was then

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were transferred to the 187th ARCT to bring it up to full strength for overseas deployment.

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1st Battalion activated at Fort Campbell, Kentucky and assigned to 101st Airborne Division.

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In 1995 the Iron Rakkasans battalion was organized as Task Force 3-187 and deployed to the

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2d Battalion activated at Fort Campbell, Kentucky and assigned to 101st Airborne Division.

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HHC 1st Battalion relieved from assignment to the 11th Airborne Division, assigned to the

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The 187th led the second and last parachute assault in Korea on 23 March 1951 as part of

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1st Battalion, 187th Infantry redesignated as the 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment

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February 2004 the Iron Rakkasans conducted combat operations in Husaybah, Iraq with the

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Hardy, Kerensa (14 August 2008). "17th IA MiTT helps Iraqi partners with transition".

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3d Battalion, 187th Infantry redesignated as the 3d Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment

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In 2003, the Rakkasans, commanded by Colonel Mike Linnington, were deployed for the

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Dyhouse, Janie (September 2018). "'Storm of Steel': Ap Trang Dau, September 1968".

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patches or designs on their helmets in honor of the unit's parachuting into Japan.

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The symbolism includes: Slang term : Angels From Hell, For retired insignia.

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Hardy, Kerensa (7 August 2008). "Rakkasans: South Baghdad ready for transition".

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2d Airborne Battle Group relieved from assignment to the 101st Airborne Division.

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Reorganized and redesignated 30 June 1949 as the 187th Airborne Infantry Regiment

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2d Airborne Battle Group inactivated 3 February 1964 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

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as the title. For this action the unit received the Presidential Unit Citation.

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recently vacated by the "U.S. Army Training Center, Fort Campbell, Kentucky."

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2d and 4th Ranger Infantry companies (Airborne) (3 March 1951 – 4 April 1951)

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Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)

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The heart on the lion's shoulder points out the action on Purple Heart Hill.

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1st Airborne Battle Group relieved 8 February 1959 from assignment to the

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utilizing Multinational Forces Helicopters. On 23 November 1995, the 7.3

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Agribusiness Development Team (Provisional), Oklahoma Army National Guard

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Special Troops Battalion, 3d Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division

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From 1991 to 1993 the 3-187 was commanded by Lt. Colonel (later General)

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Shield: Azure on a pale nebuly Argent a double handed sword erect Gules.

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Agribusiness Development Team (Provisional), Indiana Army National Guard

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Tactical Liaison Office Team, 8177th Army Unit. (Tactical Intelligence)

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1st Airborne Battle Group relieved 1 July 1958 from assignment to the

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was formed and the regiment was redesignated a para-glider regiment.

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province, with the 3d Battalion. The brigade commander was Colonel

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The Rakkasans: The Combat History of the 187th Airborne Infantry

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where prisoners had forcibly seized and held Brigadier General

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Shoulder patch for the 187th Regimental Combat Team (Airborne)

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on 9 January 1944 for glider training. The regiment staged at

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Headquarters, 3d Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division

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615th Military Police Company (1 April 2010 - 30 April 2010)

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3d Battalion, 172d Infantry Regiment (Task Force Avalanche)

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helicopter after conducting a search for weapons caches in

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Platoon, Ambulance Company, 11th Airborne Medical Battalion

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Battery "A", 88th Airborne Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion

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Platoon, Clearing Company, 11th Airborne Medical Battalion

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missions. During one such mission in March 1968 Captain

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Airborne units and formations of the United States Army

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On 16 September 1987, the following actions took place:

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stands for the unit's seven campaigns in that country.

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Task Force Rakkasan consisted of the following units:

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1st Airborne Battle Group inactivated 25 May 1964 at

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GHAZNI, PAKTYA, PAKTIKA, AND KHOWST PROVINCE (OEF 4)

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On 1 October 2005, the following actions took place:

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The following actions took place on 1 February 1964:

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Provincial Reconstruction Team Paktika (Provisional)

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On 25 April 1957, the following actions took place:

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