The United States 173rd Airborne Brigade serves in Vicenza, Italy. It is European Command's conventional airborne strategic response force for the European Theater. A piece of fabric. ... The U.S. European Command (EUCOM) is unified combatant command of the United States military, headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. ... U.S. paratroopers jump into Australia on a military training exercise. ...

History

The 173rd Airborne Brigade was constituted on 5 August 1917 as an infantry brigade and organized on 25 August 1917 at Camp Pike, Arkansas, as an element of the U.S. 87th Infantry Division. The brigade deployed to France in 1918 as part of the Division, but it did not participate in any named campaigns. After its return to the United States, the brigade was demobilized in January 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey. August 5 is the 217th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (218th in leap years), with 148 days remaining. ... 1917 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Infantry, thought to be of the Royal Irish Rifles, in the First World War Infantry are soldiers who fight primarily on foot, although modern infantry may be transported in any number of fashions. ... August 25 is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (238th in leap years), with 128 days remaining. ... 1917 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... State nickname: The Natural State Other U.S. States Capital Little Rock Largest city Little Rock Governor Mike Huckabee Official languages English Area 137,732 km² (29th)  - Land 134,856 km²  - Water 2,876 km² (2. ... The 87th Infantry Division was a unit of the United States Army in World War I and World War II. World War I Saw no combat; was activated 25 August 1917, went overseas in September 1918, retained and was inactivated in January 1919. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Fort Dix is a census-designated place located in Burlington County, New Jersey. ...

On 24 June 1921 the unit was reconstituted as Headquarters and Headquarters Company (H&HC or HHC), 173rd Infantry Brigade, and was again assigned to the 87th Division at Shreveport, Louisiana. It was reorganized in December 1921 at Mobile, Alabama, redesignated 23 March 1925 as HHC 173rd Brigade, and redesignated 24 August 1936 as HHC 173rd Infantry Brigade. June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 190 days remaining. ... 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Shreveport, Louisiana is the third largest metropolitan city in the state of Louisiana, USA. It is located in Caddo Parish, and as of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 200,145. ... December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Mobile and Mobile Bay from space, June 1991 Mobile (pronounced mo-BEEL) is a city located in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. ... March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (83rd in Leap years). ... 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... August 24 is the 236th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (237th in leap years), with 129 days remaining. ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

During World War II, brigades were eliminated from divisions. Consequently, HHC 173rd Infantry Brigade was designated as the 87th Reconnaissance Troop in February 1942 and activated 15 December 1942. It entered combat in 1944 and fought in three European campaigns (Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe). After the war, the troop reverted back to reserve status and was posted from 1947 through to 1951 at Birmingham, Alabama. On 1 December 1951 at Birmingham, Alabama, the 173rd was inactivated and released from its assignment to the 87th Infantry Division. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km (over 11 miles) into the air, August 9, 1945 after the Allied atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. ... Brigade is a term from military science which refers to a group of several battalions (typically two to four), and directly attached supporting units (normally including at least an artillery battery and additional logistic support). ... A division is a large military unit or formation usually consisting of around ten to fifteen thousand soldiers. ... February is the second month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Birmingham is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Jefferson County. ... December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ...

On 26 March 1963, the 173rd Airborne Brigade (Sep) was allotted to the Regular Army and activated on Okinawa. Brigadier General Ellis W. Williamson took command the unit, which was chartered to serve as the quick reaction force for the Pacific Command. Under Williamson the unit trained extensively, making mass parachute jumps. They earned the nickname Tien Bien, or Sky Soldiers, from the Nationalist Chinese paratroopers. March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in leap years). ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Regular Army is the name given to the permanent force of the United States Army which is maintained during peacetime. ... This article is about the prefecture. ...

Deployed to Vietnam in May 1965, the brigade was the first major ground combat unit of the United States Army to serve there. The brigade ws the first to go into War Zone D to destroy enemy base camps and introduced the use of small long range patrols. Its Operation Junction City, which took place on on 22 February 1967, was the only combat parachute jump of the Vietnam conflict. This article is about the month of May. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... February 22 is the 53rd day of every year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The unit fought in the Iron Triangle and blocked North Vietnamese Army incursions at Dak To during some of the bloodiest fighting of the war in the summer and fall of 1967, which culminated in the capture of Hill 875. Elements of the brigade conducted an amphibious assault against NVA and VC forces as part of an operation to clear the rice-growing lowlands along the Bong Song littoral. Iron triangle is a phrase typically used by American political scientists to describe what are deemed to be cozy relationships in U.S. politics between the legislature, government bureaucracies, and constituencies; which ultimately result in very tight policy-making circles. ... knulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din... Dak To is a village in the central highlands area of Vietnam that is adjacent to the borders of Laos and Cambodia. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Amphibious Assault is an electronic music project by Fallon Bowman. ... knulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din mammaknulla din... A Viet Cong soldier, heavily guarded, awaits interrogation following capture in the attacks on Saigon during the festive Tet holiday period of 1968. ... A littoral is the region near the shoreline of a body of fresh or salt water. ...

The 1st and 2nd Battalions, 503rd Infantry were the first Army combat units from the 173rd sent to the Republic of South Vietnam, accompanied by the 3rd Battalion, 319th Artillery. They were supported by the 173rd Support Battalion, 173rd Engineers, Troop E, 17th Cavalry and Co D, 16th Armor. The First Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment and the 161st Field Battery of the Royal New Zealand Army were later attached to the brigade during the first year. Late in August 1966, the 173rd received another infantry battalion, the 4/503rd from Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The 3/503rd joined the brigade at Tuy Hoa in September 1967 following the former's reactivation and training at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The 173rd was also assigned Co N, 75th Infantry (Ranger). At its peak in Vietnam, the 173rd Airborne Brigade (Sep) comprised nearly 3,000 soldiers. Cap badge of the Royal Australian Regiment The Royal Australian Regiment (RAR) is the main regular infantry formation in the Australian Army. ... Note: as an adjective (stressed on the second syllable instead of the first), august means honorable. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... September is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with the length of 30 days. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Fort Bragg is a census-designated place and United States Army post, in Cumberland County, North Carolina, near Fayetteville. ...

During more than six years of continuous combat, the brigade earned 14 campaign streamers and four unit citations. Sky Soldiers serving in Vietnam received 13 Medals of Honor, 32 Distinguished Service Crosses, 1736 Silver Stars and over 6,000 Purple Hearts. There are over 1,790 Sky Soldiers' names on the wall at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. The brigade was deactivated on 14 January 1972 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. A campaign streamer is a long streamer attached to the headpiece of a military flag, denoting participation of that military service in a particular battle/campaign/war (not to be confused with a tassel, which also hangs from a headpiece). ... This article is about the military award; for the computer game, see Medal of Honor (computer game). ... The Distinguished Service Cross (D.S.C.) is a military decoration for courage. ... The Silver Star is a United States military award which is presented to any person who, while serving in any capacity with the United States Armed Forces, is cited for gallantry in action against an enemy of the United States while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing... The Purple Heart is a U.S. military decoration awarded in the name of the President of the United States to those who are wounded or killed while serving in or with the U.S. military after April 5, 1917. ... The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall is the most identified feature of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the... January 14 is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Fort Campbell is a large post of the United States Army located approximately ten miles northwest of downtown Clarksville, Tennessee. ...

The 173rd Airborne Brigade was reactivated on 12 June 2000 at Caserma Ederle in Vicenza, Italy, where it now serves. On March 26, 2003, the 173rd Airborne Brigade conducted a combat jump into Northern Iraq onto Bashur Airfield as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Comprised of the 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry; and 1st Battalion (Airborne), 508th Infantry; the brigade served mainly in Kirkuk until February 2004. For other uses of the term, see Iraq war (disambiguation) The 2003 invasion of Iraq (also called the 2nd or 3rd Persian Gulf War) began on March 20, 2003, when forces belonging primarily to the United States and the United Kingdom invaded Iraq arguably without the explicit backing of the...

External Links

• The 173d Airborne Brigade's official webpage
• The International Society of the 173d Airborne Brigade
• History of the 173d Airborne Brigade, including Casper Platoon patch
• Official heraldry entry for 173d Airborne Brigade
• 173d.com (note: multimedia front page - slow loading)
• {http://www.casperplatoon.com/ 173rd Airborne brigades aviation platoon}
• {http://homepage.mac.com/greenaire/iMovieTheater11.html/ Casper platoon photo movie}
• {http://homepage.mac.com/greenaire/iMovieTheater20.html/ Casper Platoon home movies}