Infantry Branch (United States)
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The Infantry Branch is a branch of the United States Army
First established in 1775.
on 14 June 1775. However, the oldest Regular Army infantry regiment, the 3rd Infantry Regiment, was constituted on 3 June 1784, as the First American Regiment
Army organized into seven infantry regiments, 1815
Ten one year regiments were authorized by the Act of 11 February 1847. and after the Mexican American war reduced back to pre war levels. (Mexican War expansion added eight regiments (designated 9th–16th Infantry), 1847, but these were discontinued,)
Civil war expansion to 19 regiments
In a major expansion under General Order 92, War Department, 23 November 1866, pursuant to an act of 28 July 1866 (14 Stat. 332), 2d and 3d battalions of the existing 11th- 19th Infantry Regiments were designated 20th–37th Infantry Regiments, with four new regiments (38th–41st) to be composed of black enlisted men, and new 42d-45th Infantry Regiments for wounded veterans of the Civil War.
(Reduced by consolidation to 25 regiments, under General Order 17, War Department, 15 March 1869, with the 24th and 25th constituting the black enlisted force.)
On the 2nd of February 1901, Congress passed the Army Reorganization Act which authorized five additional regiments (26th-30th).
The Militia Act of 1903
establishes the national guard.
In 1916 Congress enacted the National Defense Act and under War Department General Orders Number 22 dated 30 June 1916 that ordered seven new Regiments to be organised; four in the Continental United States, one in the Philippine Islands (31st Infantry Regiment (United States), one in Hawaii (32nd Infantry Regiment (United States), and one, the 33rd Infantry, in the Canal Zone.
In 1917 a new numbering system was set up 1–100 for regular army, 101–300 for the national guard, 301 and up for the National Army (USA). 167 national guard units were renumbered from the old state system to the new federal system. However the "69th, and 71st New York" were able to loby for there old 19th Century numbers which created doubles of these numbers.
A new system, the U.S. Army Combat Arms Regimental System, or CARS, was adopted in 1957 to replace the old regimental system. CARS uses the Army's traditional regiments as parent organizations for historical purposes, but the primary building blocks are divisions, and brigade became battalions. Each battalion carries an association with a parent regiment, even though the regimental organization no longer exists. In some brigades several numbered battalions carrying the same regimental association may still serve together, and tend to consider themselves part of the traditional regiment when in fact they are independent battalions serving a brigade, rather than a regimental, headquarters.
The CARS was replaced by the U.S. Army Regimental System
(USARS) in 1981.
There are exceptions to USARS regimental titles, including the Armored Cavalry Regiments and the 75th Ranger Regiment created in 1986. On 1 October 2005, the word "regiment" was formally appended to the name of all active and inactive CARS and USARS regiments. So, for example, the 1st Cavalry officially became titled the 1st Cavalry Regiment
), 3/4 inch in height.
Crossed muskets were first introduced into the Army as the insignia of officers and enlisted men of the Infantry on 19 November 1875 (War Department General Order No. 96 dtd 19 Nov 1875) to take effect on or before 1 June 1876. Numerous attempts in the earlier years were made to keep the insignia current with the ever changing styles of rifles being introduced into the Army. However, in 1924 the branch insignia was standardized by the adoption of crossed muskets and the 1795 model Springfield Arsenal musket was adopted as the standard musket to be used. This was the first official United States shoulder arm, made in a government arsenal, with interchangeable parts, caliber .69, flint lock, smooth bore, muzzle loader. The standardized musket now in use was first suggested by Major General Charles S. Farnsworth
, U.S. Army, while he was the first Chief of Infantry, in July 1921, and approved by General Pershing, Chief of Staff, in 1922. The device adopted in 1922 has been in continual use since 1924. There have been slight modifications in the size of the insignia over the years; however, the basic design has remained unchanged.
The plaque design has the branch insignia, letters and border in gold. The background is light blue.
Personnel assigned to the Infantry branch affiliate with a specific regiment and wear the insignia of the affiliated regiment.
There is no standard infantry regimental flag to represent all of the infantry regiments. Each regiment of infantry has its own coat of arms which appears on the breast of a displayed eagle. The background of all the infantry regimental flags is flag blue with yellow fringe.
Light blue – 65014 cloth; 67120 yarn; PMS 5415.
The Infantry has made two complete cycles between white and light blue. During the Revolutionary War, white facings were prescribed for the Infantry. White was the color used for Infantry until 1851 at which time light or Saxony blue was prescribed for the pompon and for the trimming on Infantry horse furniture. In 1857, the color was prescribed as light or sky blue. In 1886, the linings of capes and trouser stripes were prescribed to be white. However, in 1902, the light blue was prescribed again. In 1917, the cape was still lined with light blue but the Infantry trouser stripes were of white as were the chevrons for enlisted men. The infantry color is light blue; however, infantry regimental flags and guidons have been National Flag blue since 1835. White is used as a secondary color on the guidons for letters, numbers, and insignia.
14 June 1775. The Infantry is the oldest branch in the Army. Ten companies of riflemen were authorized by the Continental Congress Resolve of 14 June 1775. However, the oldest Regular Army Infantry Regiment, the 3d Infantry, was constituted on 3 June 1784 as the First American Regiment.
is currently at Fort Benning
.
United States Army
The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
First established in 1775.
History
Ten companies of riflemen were authorized by a resolution of the Continental CongressContinental Congress
The Continental Congress was a convention of delegates called together from the Thirteen Colonies that became the governing body of the United States during the American Revolution....
on 14 June 1775. However, the oldest Regular Army infantry regiment, the 3rd Infantry Regiment, was constituted on 3 June 1784, as the First American Regiment
First American Regiment
The First American Regiment was the first peacetime regular army force authorized by United States Congress after the American Revolutionary War...
Organization
On 3 March 1791, Congress added to the Army "The Second Regiment of Infantry- The Act of 16 July 1798, authorized twelve additional regiments of infantry
- an Act of Congress on 11 January 1812, increased the regular army to 46 infantry and 4 rifle regiments
- an Act of Congress on 3 March 1815, which reduced the Regular Army from the 46 infantry and 4 rifle regiments it fielded in the War of 1812 to a peacetime establishment of 8 infantry regiments (reduced to 7 in 1821). The Army's current regimental numbering system dates from this act.
Army organized into seven infantry regiments, 1815
- 1st Infantry Regiment (United States)
- 2nd Infantry Regiment (United States)2nd Infantry Regiment (United States)The 2nd Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment in the United States Army. It has served the United States for more than two hundred years. It is the third oldest regiment in the US Army with a Lineage date of 1808 and a history extending back to 1791...
- 3rd Infantry Regiment (United States)
- 4th Infantry Regiment (United States)
- 5th Infantry Regiment (United States)5th Infantry Regiment (United States)The 5th Infantry Regiment is the third-oldest infantry regiment of the United States Army, tracing its origins to 1808...
- 6th Infantry Regiment (United States) (Converted to Armored Infantry, 1st AD in 1940)
- 7th Infantry Regiment (United States)7th Infantry Regiment (United States)The United States Army's 7th Infantry Regiment, known as "The Cottenbalers" from an incident that occurred during the Battle of New Orleans, while under the command of Andrew Jackson, when soldiers of the 7th Infantry Regiment held positions behind a breastwork of bales of cotton during the...
- 8th Infantry Regiment (United States) added in 1838
Ten one year regiments were authorized by the Act of 11 February 1847. and after the Mexican American war reduced back to pre war levels. (Mexican War expansion added eight regiments (designated 9th–16th Infantry), 1847, but these were discontinued,)
- 9th Infantry Regiment (United States) added 1855
- 10th Infantry Regiment (United States) added 1855
Civil war expansion to 19 regiments
- 11th Infantry Regiment (United States)11th Infantry Regiment (United States)The 11th Infantry Regiment is a regiment in the United States Army.-The First 11th Infantry:Under the authority granted the President by the Act of July 16, 1798, to raise twelve additional regiments of infantry, the first 11th Infantry came into existence in the Army of the United States in...
- 12th Infantry Regiment (United States)
- 13th Infantry Regiment (United States)13th Infantry Regiment (United States)The 13th Infantry Regiment is a United States Army infantry regiment whose battalions are currently tasked as basic training battalions.- History :...
- 14th Infantry Regiment (United States)
- 15th Infantry Regiment (United States)
- 16th Infantry Regiment (United States)16th Infantry Regiment (United States)The 16th Infantry Regiment is a regiment in the United States Army.-Formation:The 34th Infantry Regiment and 11th Infantry Regiment consolidated into the 16th Infantry Regiment on 3 March 1869. The 11th Infantry's history prior to the consolidation is normally included with the 16th's.-U.S...
- 17th Infantry Regiment (United States)17th Infantry Regiment (United States)The 17th Infantry Regiment is a United States Army infantry regiment. While the 17th Infantry Regiment was organized on January 11, 1812, it was consolidated with the 3rd Infantry due to extremely heavy losses at Frenchtown, and lost its identity two years later until May 3, 1861, when it was...
- 18th Infantry Regiment (United States)
- 19th Infantry Regiment (United States)19th Infantry Regiment (United States)The 19th Infantry Regiment is a United States Army infantry regiment which is assigned to the US Army Training and Doctrine Command, with the assignment of conducting Basic and Advanced Infantry Training.-Civil War:...
In a major expansion under General Order 92, War Department, 23 November 1866, pursuant to an act of 28 July 1866 (14 Stat. 332), 2d and 3d battalions of the existing 11th- 19th Infantry Regiments were designated 20th–37th Infantry Regiments, with four new regiments (38th–41st) to be composed of black enlisted men, and new 42d-45th Infantry Regiments for wounded veterans of the Civil War.
- 20th Infantry Regiment (United States)20th Infantry Regiment (United States)The 20th Infantry Regiment is a United States Army infantry regiment.-History:It was organized on 6 June 1862 at Fort Independence , as the 2nd Battalion of the 11th Infantry, one of the nine "three-battalion" regiments of regulars, each battalion containing eight companies of infantry, in...
- 21st Infantry Regiment (United States)21st Infantry Regiment (United States)The 21st Infantry Regiment is a United States Army infantry regiment.-Lineage:*Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry*Organized 20 May 1862 at Fort Hamilton, New York...
- 22nd Infantry Regiment (United States)
- 23rd Infantry Regiment (United States)23rd Infantry Regiment (United States)The 23rd Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment in the United States Army originally formed on June 26th 1812. The 23rd saw action in 14 battles during the War of 1812...
- 24th Infantry Regiment (United States)24th Infantry Regiment (United States)The 24th Infantry Regiment was a unit of the United States Army, active from 1869 until 1951, and again from 1995 until 2006. The regiment is notable for having a colorfully checkered history, with a record of mostly meritorious service and valorous combat performance interspersed with episodes of...
- 25th Infantry Regiment (United States)
(Reduced by consolidation to 25 regiments, under General Order 17, War Department, 15 March 1869, with the 24th and 25th constituting the black enlisted force.)
On the 2nd of February 1901, Congress passed the Army Reorganization Act which authorized five additional regiments (26th-30th).
- 26th Infantry Regiment (United States)
- 27th Infantry Regiment (United States)27th Infantry Regiment (United States)The 27th Infantry Regiment, nicknamed the Wolfhounds, is a unit of the United States Army established in 1901, that served in the Philippine-American War, in the Siberian Intervention after World War I, and as part of the 25th Infantry Division during World War II, the Korean War, and later the...
- 28th Infantry Regiment (United States)28th Infantry Regiment (United States)Since the establishment of the United States Army in 1775, three regiments have held the designation 28th Infantry Regiment. The first was a Provisional unit that was constituted on 29 January 1813 and served during The War of 1812. The second was a reorganization and redesignation of 2nd...
- 29th Infantry Regiment (United States)29th Infantry Regiment (United States)The 29th Infantry Regiment is a unit of the United States Army first formed in 1813.-Establishment and early missions:The first 29th Infantry was constituted on 29 January 1813, and saw service in the War of 1812. Following this, the regiment was merged with the 6th Infantry...
- 30th Infantry Regiment (United States)30th Infantry Regiment (United States)The 30th Infantry Regiment is a United States Army infantry regiment.-Lineage:*Constituted 2 February 1901 in the Regular Army as the 30th Infantry...
The Militia Act of 1903
Militia Act of 1903
The National Guard Bureau is the federal instrument responsible for the administration of the National Guard of the United States established by the United States Congress as a joint bureau of the Department of the Army and the Department of the Air Force. It was created by the Militia Act of 1903...
establishes the national guard.
In 1916 Congress enacted the National Defense Act and under War Department General Orders Number 22 dated 30 June 1916 that ordered seven new Regiments to be organised; four in the Continental United States, one in the Philippine Islands (31st Infantry Regiment (United States), one in Hawaii (32nd Infantry Regiment (United States), and one, the 33rd Infantry, in the Canal Zone.
- 31st Infantry Regiment (United States)
- 32nd Infantry Regiment (United States)
- 33rd Infantry Regiment (United States)33rd Infantry Regiment (United States)The 33rd Infantry Regiment was an American unit stationed in the Panama Canal Zone and Caribbean from 1916-1956. Though providing troops for various other American military formations, the Regiment had no battle honours of its own.-History:...
- 34th Infantry Regiment (United States)34th Infantry Regiment (United States)The 34th Infantry Regiment is a Regular Army infantry regiment of the United States Army. It saw combat in World War I, in the Pacific Theater of Operations in World War II, and was the first full American regiment deployed in combat in the Korean War...
- 35th Infantry Regiment (United States)35th Infantry Regiment (United States)The 35th Infantry Regiment was created on 1 July 1916 at Douglas, Arizona from elements of the 11th, 18th and 22nd Infantry Regiments. The 35th served on the Mexican Border during the First World War and was stationed at Nogales, Arizona in 1918...
- 36th Infantry Regiment (United States)36th Infantry Regiment (United States)The 36th Infantry Regiment is a United States Army infantry regiment.-Lineage:The 36th Infantry was formed on 1 July 1916 at Brownsville, Texas from elements of the 4th Infantry, 26th Infantry and 28th Infantry...
(Converted to Armored Infantry, 3rd AD) - 37th Infantry Regiment (United States)37th Infantry Regiment (United States)The 37th Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment in the United States Army.-Lineage:Constuted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as the 37th Infantry. Organized 12 July 1916 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas from personnel of the 3rd, 9th, and 30th Infantry Regiments. Inactivated 20 October 1921 at Fort...
In 1917 a new numbering system was set up 1–100 for regular army, 101–300 for the national guard, 301 and up for the National Army (USA). 167 national guard units were renumbered from the old state system to the new federal system. However the "69th, and 71st New York" were able to loby for there old 19th Century numbers which created doubles of these numbers.
- 38th Infantry Regiment (United States)38th Infantry Regiment (United States)The 38th Infantry Regiment is a United States Army infantry regiment.-First 38th Infantry Regiment:The 38th Infantry was first established on July 28, 1866, as part of the Regular Army, one of six segregated, all-black regiments created following the Civil War...
- 39th Infantry Regiment (United States)
- 40th Infantry Regiment (United States)40th Infantry Regiment (United States)The 40th Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment in the United States Army.-Lineage:Constuted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as the 40th Infantry. Organized 20 June 1917 at Fort Snelling, Minnesota from personnel of the 36th Infantry. Assigned to the 14th Infantry Division 5 July 1918. Relieved...
- 41st Infantry Regiment (United States)41st Infantry Regiment (United States)The U.S. 41st Infantry Regiment is a regiment of the United States Army. Its 1st Battalion is currently assigned to the 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division...
(Converted to Armored Infantry, 2nd AD) - 42nd Infantry Regiment (United States)42nd Infantry Regiment (United States)The 42nd Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment in the United States Army.-Lineage:Constuted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as the 42nd Infantry. Organized 24 June 1917 at Fort Douglas, Utah from personnel of the 20th Infantry. Assigned to the 12th Infantry Division 5 July 1918. Relieved from...
- 43rd Infantry Regiment (United States) (Reorganized April 1921 as a PS-Unit)
- 44th Infantry Regiment (United States)44th Infantry Regiment (United States)The 44th Infantry Regiment was part of USAFFE's Philippine Division during World War II.-History of the 44th Infantry Regiment:...
(Reorganized April 1921 as a PS-Unit) - 45th Infantry Regiment (United States)45th Infantry Regiment (United States)The 45th Infantry Regiment was a unit of the Philippine Scouts in the Philippine Division.-History:The 45th along with the 57th Infantry Regiment were the first two infantry regiments of the Philippine Scouts which were formed after World War I...
(Reorganized April 1921 as a PS-Unit) - 46th Infantry Regiment (United States)46th Infantry Regiment (United States)The 46th Infantry Regiment is a unit in the United States Army that served in WWII.-History:During World War II, the 46th Infantry Regiment was assigned to the 5th Armored Division...
(Converted to Armored Infantry, 5th AD) - 47th Infantry Regiment (United States)
- 48th Infantry Regiment (United States)48th Infantry Regiment (United States)The 48th Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment in the United States Army first formed in 1917.-History:The 1st and 2nd Battalions, 48th Infantry, were mechanized infantry units assigned to the 3rd Armored Division in West Germany during the Cold War...
(Converted to Armored Infantry, 7th AD) - 49th Infantry Regiment (United States)49th Infantry Regiment (United States)The 49th Infantry Regiment was an Regular infantry regiment in the United States Army.-Lineage:Constuted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as the 49th Infantry. Organized 1 June 1917 at Syracuse, New York, from personnel of the 23rd Infantry. Inactivated 18 November 1921 at Fort Snelling, Minnesota...
(Converted to Armored Infantry, 8th AD) - 50th Infantry Regiment (United States)50th Infantry Regiment (United States)The 50th Infantry Regiment is a United States Army infantry regiment.-Lineage:*Constituted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as the 50th Infantry.*Organized 1 June 1917 at Syracuse, New York.*Assigned 31 July 1918 to the 20th Division....
(Converted to Armored Infantry, 6th AD) - 51st Infantry Regiment (United States)51st Infantry Regiment (United States)The 51st Infantry Regiment is a Regiment of the United States Army first established in 1917.-History:Company F is currently serving as the anti-tank element of the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division. Company F is operating the M1134 Anti-Tank variant of the basic Stryker system...
(Converted to Armored Infantry, 4th AD) - 52nd Infantry Regiment (United States)52nd Infantry Regiment (United States)The 52nd Infantry Regiment was first activated June 16, 1917, at Chickamauga, Georgia. The unit first saw combat in Meuse-Argonne, in Northern France, and in Alsace, France, during World War I....
(Converted to Armored Infantry, 9th AD) - 53rd Infantry Regiment (United States)53rd Infantry Regiment (United States)The 53rd Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the United States Army. It served as a part of the 7th Infantry Division for most of its history.-World War I:...
- 54th Infantry Regiment (United States)54th Infantry Regiment (United States)The 54th Infantry Regiment is a regiment of the United States Army, first constituted for World War I and existing today as a basic training unit stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia....
(Converted to Armored Infantry, 10th AD) - 55th Infantry Regiment (United States)55th Infantry Regiment (United States)The 55th Infantry Regiment was a Regular infantry regiment in the United States Army.-Lineage:Constituted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as the 55th Infantry. Organized 16 June 1917 at Chickamauga Park, Georgia from personnel of the 17th Infantry. Assigned to the 7th Infantry Division 16 November...
(Converted to Armored Infantry, 11th AD) - 56th Infantry Regiment (United States)56th Infantry Regiment (United States)The 56th Infantry Regiment was an Regular infantry regiment in the United States Army.-Lineage:Constituted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as the 56th Infantry. Organized 16 June 1917 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia from personnel of the 17th Infantry. Assigned to the 7th Infantry Division 16 November...
(Converted to Armored Infantry, 12th AD) - 57th Infantry Regiment (United States)57th Infantry Regiment (United States)The 57th Infantry Regiment was a unit in the Philippine Scouts. During their combat in Bataan members received 1 Medal of Honor, 21 Distinguished Service Crosses and 68 Silver Stars.-History:...
(Reorganized April 1921 as a PS-Unit) - 58th Infantry Regiment (United States)58th Infantry Regiment (United States)The 58th Infantry Regiment is a Regiment of the United States Army first established in 1917.-Lineage:Constituted 15 May 1917 in the regular army as the 58th Infantry. Organized 5 June 1917 at Gettysburg National Park, Pennsylvania, from personnel of the 4th Infantry Regiment. Assigned to the 4th...
- 59th Infantry Regiment (United States)59th Infantry Regiment (United States)The 59th Infantry Regiment is a Regiment of the United States Army first established in 1917.-Lineage:Constuted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as the 59th Infantry. Organized 8 June 1917 at Gettysburg National Park, Pennsylvania from personnel of the 4th Infantry Regiment. Assigned to the 4th...
(Converted to Armored Infantry, 13th AD) - 60th Infantry Regiment (United States)
- 61st Infantry Regiment (United States)61st Infantry Regiment (United States)The 61st Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment of the United States Army traditionally associated with the 5th Infantry Division.-History:The regiment's camaign honors include Vietnam War...
- 62nd Infantry Regiment (United States)62nd Infantry Regiment (United States)The 62nd Infantry Regiment was an Regular infantry regiment in the United States Army.-Lineage:Constituted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as the 62nd Infantry. Organized 1 June 1917 at the Presidio of San Francisco, Calafornia, from personnel of the 12th infantry. Assigned to the 8th Infantry...
(Converted to Armored Infantry, 14th AD) - 63rd Infantry Regiment (United States)63rd Infantry Regiment (United States)The 63rd Infantry Regiment was an Regular infantry regiment in the United States Army.-Lineage:Constituted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as the 63rd Infantry. Organized 1 June 1917 at the Presidio of San Francisco, California, from personnel of the 12th infantry. Assigned to the 11th Infantry...
- 64th Infantry Regiment (United States)64th Infantry Regiment (United States)The 64th Infantry Regiment was an Regular infantry regiment in the United States Army.-Lineage:Constituted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as the 64th Infantry. Organized 1 June 1917 at Camp Baker, Texas, from personnel of the 34th infantry. Assigned to the 7th Infantry Division 16 November 1917...
- 65th Infantry Regiment (United States)65th Infantry Regiment (United States)The 65th Infantry Regiment, nicknamed "The Borinqueneers," was an all-volunteer Puerto Rican regiment of the United States Army. Its motto was Honor et Fidelitas, Latin for Honor and Fidelity. It participated in World War I, World War II, and the Korean War...
(Reorganized by the Reorganization Act of 4 June 1920 from the Porto Rico Regiment) - 66th Infantry Regiment (United States)66th Infantry Regiment (United States)The 66th Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment in the United States Army.-History:-Lineage:...
- 67th Infantry Regiment (United States)
- 68th Infantry Regiment (United States) (converted to Armor Regiment in 1940)
- 69th Infantry Regiment (United States)69th Infantry Regiment (United States)The 69th Infantry Regiment was a Regular Army infantry regiment in the United States Army.-History:There have been three different lineages started under this number: The Famous 69th Infantry Regiment , and two under the Federal designation....
- 69th Infantry Regiment (New York) (redesignated from 165th in 1996)
- 70th Infantry Regiment (United States)70th Infantry Regiment (United States)The 70th Infantry Regiment was an Regular infantry regiment in the United States Army.-Lineage:Constituted 9 July 1918 in the Regular Army as the 70th Infantry. Assigned to the 10th Infantry Division Organized 10 August 1918 at Camp Funston, Kansas. from Personnel of the 20th Infantry...
- 71st Infantry Regiment (United States)71st Infantry Regiment (United States)The 71st Infantry Regiment was a Regular infantry regiment in the United States Army active briefly during 1918-1919.-History:There have been 2 different lineages started under this number: the famous 71st Infantry Regiment , and 1 under the Federal designation.Constituted 9 July 1918 in the...
- 71st Infantry Regiment (New York)71st Infantry Regiment (New York)The 71st Infantry Regiment is an organization of the New York State Guard. Formerly, the 71st Infantry was a regiment of the New York State Militia and then the Army National Guard from 1850 to 1993.-Foundation:...
- 72nd Infantry Regiment (United States)
- 73rd Infantry Regiment (United States)
- 74th Infantry Regiment (United States)74th Infantry Regiment (United States)The 74th Infantry Regiment was an Regular infantry regiment in the United States Army.-History:There have been two lineages started with this number...
(Redesignation from 474th Infantry) - 75th Infantry Regiment (United States)75th Infantry Regiment (United States)The 75th Infantry Regiment was a Regular infantry regiment in the United States Army.-History:...
- 75th Ranger Infantry Regiment (Airborne)75th Ranger Infantry Regiment (Airborne)The 75th Infantry Regiment was the United States Army Ranger unit of the Vietnam War era.-History:On 1 January 1969, as part of the U.S. Army Combat Arms Regimental System , the U.S. Army Rangers were re-organized in Vietnam as the 75th Infantry Regiment...
- 75th Ranger Regiment (United States)75th Ranger Regiment (United States)The 75th Ranger Regiment , also known as Rangers, is a Special Operations light infantry unit of the United States Army. The Regiment is headquartered in Fort Benning, Georgia with battalions in Fort Benning, Hunter Army Airfield and Joint Base Lewis-McChord...
- 76th Infantry Regiment (United States)
- 77th Infantry Regiment (United States) (PS)
- 78th Infantry Regiment (United States) (PS)
- 79th Infantry Regiment (United States) (PS)
- 80th Infantry Regiment (United States)
- 81st Infantry Regiment (United States)
- 82nd Infantry Regiment (United States)
- 83rd Infantry Regiment (United States)
- 84th Infantry Regiment (United States)
- 85th Infantry Regiment (United States)85th Infantry Regiment (United States)The 85th Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment in the United States Army.-History:The 85th Infantry was briefly activated during WWI but never sent overseas then reactivated during WWII at Camp Hale in 1942, with 3 Battalions, and attached to the 10th Mountain Division.-Lineage:Constuted 31...
(Mountain) - 86th Infantry Regiment (United States)86th Infantry Regiment (United States)The 86th Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment in the United States Army.-History:The 86th Infantry was briefly activated during WWI but never sent overseas, then reactivated during WWII at Camp Hale in 1942, with 3 Battalions, and attached to the 10th Mountain Division.-Lineage:Constuted 31...
(Mountain) - 87th Infantry Regiment (United States) (Mountain)
- 88th Infantry Regiment (United States)88th Infantry Regiment (United States)The 88th Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the United States Army. It was created as the 88th Infantry Airbone Battalion on 10 October 1941 as the US Army's first glider glider infantry unit. Attached to the Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia, the unit was authorised a strength of...
- 89th Infantry Regiment (United States)
- 90th Infantry Regiment (United States)
- 91st Infantry Regiment (United States)
- 92nd Infantry Regiment through 100th Infantry Regiment (never constituted)
A new system, the U.S. Army Combat Arms Regimental System, or CARS, was adopted in 1957 to replace the old regimental system. CARS uses the Army's traditional regiments as parent organizations for historical purposes, but the primary building blocks are divisions, and brigade became battalions. Each battalion carries an association with a parent regiment, even though the regimental organization no longer exists. In some brigades several numbered battalions carrying the same regimental association may still serve together, and tend to consider themselves part of the traditional regiment when in fact they are independent battalions serving a brigade, rather than a regimental, headquarters.
The CARS was replaced by the U.S. Army Regimental System
U.S. Army Regimental System
The United States Army Regimental System was established in 1981 to replace the Combat Arms Regimental System, to provide each Soldier with continuous identification with a single regiment, and to support that concept with a personnel system that would increase a soldier’s probability of serving...
(USARS) in 1981.
There are exceptions to USARS regimental titles, including the Armored Cavalry Regiments and the 75th Ranger Regiment created in 1986. On 1 October 2005, the word "regiment" was formally appended to the name of all active and inactive CARS and USARS regiments. So, for example, the 1st Cavalry officially became titled the 1st Cavalry Regiment
Branch Insignia
Two gold color crossed muskets, vintage 1795 Springfield musket (Model 1795 MusketModel 1795 Musket
thumbThe Model 1795 Musket was a .69 caliber flintlock musket produced in the late 18th and early 19th century at both the Springfield and Harper's Ferry US Armories.The Model 1795 was the first musket to be produced in the United States...
), 3/4 inch in height.
Crossed muskets were first introduced into the Army as the insignia of officers and enlisted men of the Infantry on 19 November 1875 (War Department General Order No. 96 dtd 19 Nov 1875) to take effect on or before 1 June 1876. Numerous attempts in the earlier years were made to keep the insignia current with the ever changing styles of rifles being introduced into the Army. However, in 1924 the branch insignia was standardized by the adoption of crossed muskets and the 1795 model Springfield Arsenal musket was adopted as the standard musket to be used. This was the first official United States shoulder arm, made in a government arsenal, with interchangeable parts, caliber .69, flint lock, smooth bore, muzzle loader. The standardized musket now in use was first suggested by Major General Charles S. Farnsworth
Charles S. Farnsworth
Charles Stewart Farnsworth was an American general and civic leader.-Early life:Farnsworth was born in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania and attended local public schools...
, U.S. Army, while he was the first Chief of Infantry, in July 1921, and approved by General Pershing, Chief of Staff, in 1922. The device adopted in 1922 has been in continual use since 1924. There have been slight modifications in the size of the insignia over the years; however, the basic design has remained unchanged.
- Branch Plaque
The plaque design has the branch insignia, letters and border in gold. The background is light blue.
- Regimental Insignia
Personnel assigned to the Infantry branch affiliate with a specific regiment and wear the insignia of the affiliated regiment.
- Regimental Coat of Arms
There is no standard infantry regimental flag to represent all of the infantry regiments. Each regiment of infantry has its own coat of arms which appears on the breast of a displayed eagle. The background of all the infantry regimental flags is flag blue with yellow fringe.
- Branch Colors
Light blue – 65014 cloth; 67120 yarn; PMS 5415.
The Infantry has made two complete cycles between white and light blue. During the Revolutionary War, white facings were prescribed for the Infantry. White was the color used for Infantry until 1851 at which time light or Saxony blue was prescribed for the pompon and for the trimming on Infantry horse furniture. In 1857, the color was prescribed as light or sky blue. In 1886, the linings of capes and trouser stripes were prescribed to be white. However, in 1902, the light blue was prescribed again. In 1917, the cape was still lined with light blue but the Infantry trouser stripes were of white as were the chevrons for enlisted men. The infantry color is light blue; however, infantry regimental flags and guidons have been National Flag blue since 1835. White is used as a secondary color on the guidons for letters, numbers, and insignia.
- Birthday
14 June 1775. The Infantry is the oldest branch in the Army. Ten companies of riflemen were authorized by the Continental Congress Resolve of 14 June 1775. However, the oldest Regular Army Infantry Regiment, the 3d Infantry, was constituted on 3 June 1784 as the First American Regiment.
Current configuration
The United States Army Infantry SchoolUnited States Army Infantry School
The United States Army Infantry School is located in Fort Benning, Georgia. It is made up of the following components:*192d Infantry Brigade...
is currently at Fort Benning
Fort Benning
Fort Benning is a United States Army post located southeast of the city of Columbus in Muscogee and Chattahoochee counties in Georgia and Russell County, Alabama...
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- 1st Infantry Division
- 2nd Infantry Division
- 3rd Infantry Division
- 4th Infantry Division
- 10th Mountain Division
- 25th Infantry Division
See also
- United States Army branch insigniaUnited States Army branch insigniaBranch insignia of the United States Army refers to military emblems that may be worn on the uniform of the United States Army to denote membership in a particular area of expertise and series of functional areas...
- Coats of arms of U.S. Infantry RegimentsCoats of arms of U.S. Infantry RegimentsCoats of arms of US Infantry Regiments are heraldic emblems associated with infantry regiments in the US Army. By Army regulation, all regiments of the US Army organized under a Table of Organization and Equipment are authorized a coat of arms to be displayed on the organization's standard, called...
- Guidon (United States)
- Combat Infantryman BadgeCombat Infantryman BadgeThe Combat Infantryman Badge is the U.S. Army combat service recognition decoration awarded to soldiers—enlisted men and officers holding colonel rank or below, who personally fought in active ground combat while an assigned member of either an infantry or a Special Forces unit, of brigade size...
- Blue Infantry CordBlue Infantry CordThe Infantry Blue Cord is a U.S. Army decoration worn over the right shoulder of all qualified U.S. Army infantryman. It is a fourragere in light blue worn under the right shoulder and under the right epaulette of a U.S. Army infantryman's Class A dress green or dress blue uniform jacket or Class...
- Field Artillery Branch (United States)
External links
- http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/inf/default.htm
- http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/div/default.htm
- http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/UniformedServices/crossed_musket.aspx