41st Infantry Regiment (United States)
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Indian Wars
World War II
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Operation Joint Guardian | |
Commanders | |
Commanding officer | LTC Richard Campbell |
Command Sergeant Major | CSM Michael Eilers |
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The U.S. 41st Infantry Regiment is a regiment of the United States Army. Its 1st Battalion is currently assigned to the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team,
History
41st United States Infantry Regiment
The 41st United States Infantry Regiment was one of six segregated regiments (2 cavalry and 4 infantry) created in 1866 following the
Significant dates:
- Constituted 1866-07-28 in the Regular Army as the 41st United States Infantry Regiment
- Organized 1866-12-25 at Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Consolidated 1869-03-15 with the 38th United States Infantry Regiment; consolidated units redesignated as 24th Infantry Regiment.
20th century
The 41st Infantry Regiment was formed on 20 June 1917 at
On 24 March 1923, the 41st Infantry was assigned to the
The 41st Infantry was relieved on 1 July 1940 from the 8th Division, and was ordered to active duty, less Reserve personnel, on 15 July 1940 as the 41st Infantry (Armored), at
The regiment was part of the Western Task Force of Operation Torch, which landed at Casablanca in French Morocco on 8 November 1942. Later it was an active participant in the invasion of Sicily (July 10, 1943 - August 17, 1943). With the 2nd Armored Division the 41st would play an integral role in the arduous Normandy Campaign, the Battle of the Bulge and the Western Allied invasion of Germany.
The regiment was awarded four Presidential Unit Citations during the
Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1963 as the 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry. On 22 March 1983, the battalion was issued its first M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicles. After a long summer of training, the battalion conducted an ARTEP in December 1983. In November 1984, the battalion received movement orders to rotate to the 2nd Armored Division (Forward) in early summer 1986 as the Army's first COHORT rotational battalion. Upon arriving at Garlstedt, Germany the 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry proved its combat readiness by leading the way in numerous field exercises. There were four (Mech) battalions of the 41st Infantry in the 2nd Armd Div at this time.
Operation Desert Storm
In late 1990 the 3rd Brigade of the 2nd Armored Division (FWD), then based at Lucius D. Clay Kaserne, 24 km north of
A year later, the battalion was inactivated on 15 June 1992 in Germany.
3rd Battalion also participated in the Gulf War, deploying as part of Tiger Brigade with the
The battalion was reactivated on 16 December 1992 at
- Task Force 1-41 Infantry Valorous Unit Award Citation
For extraordinary heroism in action against an armed enemy. Task Force 1-41 was the first coalition force to breach the Saudi Arabian border on 15 February 1991 and conduct ground combat operations in Iraq engaging in direct and indirect fire fights with the enemy on 17 February 1991. The Task Force was part of the VII Corps main attack beginning 24 February 1991 as it conducted a forward passage through 1st Infantry Division elements and began a mission to clear a zone which again resulted in enemy contact. On 26 February, following a 60 kilometer road march, the Task Force immediately engaged in ground combat with armored and dismounted enemy of brigade size. For six hours it was involved in continuous combat with a tenacious and determined enemy occupying extremely well prepared and heavily fortified bunkers. Task Force infantry elements dismounted and engaged the enemy in numerous short range fire fights while methodically clearing the extensive bunker complex. By morning the Task Force had systematically reduced the entrenched enemy positions in zone. Continuing as part of the VII Corps attack the Task Force travelled 85 kilometers in less than 24 hours while engaging at short range multiple, dug in enemy tanks in ambush positions. The Task Force reached its final objective 28 February 1991 with a push which continued the destruction of enemy armored vehicles. During the entire ground campaign, involving their attack through Iraq into Kuwait, Task Force 1-41 travelled over 200 Kilometers in 72 hours and destroyed 65 armored vehicles and 10 artillery pieces, while capturing over 300 enemy prisoners.[6]
Post Cold War
First Battalion
The battalion was reactivated on 16 December 1992 at Fort Polk, Louisiana, after the 5th Infantry Division there had been redesignated as the 2d Armored Division. It was inactivated 15 December 1995 at Fort Hood, Texas, and relieved from assignment to the 2d Armored Division; Assigned 16 February 1996 to the 1st Armored Division and activated at Fort Riley, Kansas; It was activated at Fort Riley, Kansas as the 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry on 29 March 1996, along with Battery C, 1-4th Air Defense Artillery, for garrison operations only.
In January 1997, the 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment "Dragoons" became the first CONUS-based battalion-sized unit and above to be alerted for deployment to Europe as part of the ongoing peacekeeping effort in the former Yugoslavia, which saw Europe-based U.S. forces arrive in December, 1995.[7] By March, 1997, the Task Force 1-41 Infantry deployed to Bosnia-Herzegovina. The task force was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Robert Rush and consisted of Alpha Company, "Team Tank" (M1A1 tank company- A company "Ironhorse",1st Battalion, 13th Armored Regiment),[8] C Company, D Company[9] "Demon Dawgs" and Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC) "Headhunters", 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment. Bravo Company, which was organic to 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, and C/1-4 ADA did not deploy with TF 1-41 IN and remained at Fort Riley, assigned to the 1st Battalion, 13th Armored Regiment (Task Force 1-13 AR until December 1997) for the duration of the deployment.
After drawing an equipment set (M1 Abrams and M2 Bradley series combat vehicles) in Europe and arriving in Bosnia-Herzegovina in early April 1997, TF 1-41 Infantry was assigned to Camps Dobol and Demi, both east and southeast of
In 2002 the 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment deployed to Kuwait for a rotation in Operation Desert Spring with 3ID where it did six months in the hot Kuwaiti desert. The battalion then deployed back home for three months not knowing they would be deployed into action by 3rd ID to deploy with them for the Iraqi invasion in 2003. The battalion followed behind 3rd ID until coming up on
In August 2004, battalion personnel, having newly arrived from Fort Riley, Kansas and attached to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, conducted a right-seat ride with the troopers of the 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division.[10] A right-seat ride gave incoming units a chance to see what the current units were doing. The right-seat ride lasted two days, beginning 2 August, and was carried out around Camp Cuervo in northeastern Baghdad, where 2-8th Cavalry was located. During the right-seat ride, 1-41st Infantry personnel took the extra seats in the 2-8th Cavalry troopers' vehicles and tagged along for the ride, standing back to study how certain things were done at some points and getting their feet wet to help at others.
The battalion was redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment; relieved 16 April 2007 from assignment to the 1st Armored Division and assigned to the 3d Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division; and then inactivated 15 March 2008 at Fort Riley, Kansas. In March 2008, the 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment was inactivated along with the rest of the 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division. The 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division was reflagged as the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division. 1-41st Infantry's mission was to deploy, with or without equipment, build combat power, conduct military operations in support of the 3d Brigade Combat Team (not to be confused with the modular brigade combat team), or other headquarters, and redeploys.
The 3d Brigade, 1st Armored Division was subsequently reorganized as the 3rd Brigade Combat Team and reactivated at Fort Bliss, Texas. The 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment was subsequently reactivated as part of the reorganized brigade in July 2009 (official Army lineage sources state 16 August 2009).
In 2014, 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry was serving with the International Security Assistance Force's Train Assist Advise Command North in northern Afghanistan. It relieved another U.S. battalion in January 2014.[11]
Reorganized and Redesignated 1 April 2015 at Fort Carson, Colorado.
In March 2016, companies from 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division deployed to Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Attached to the 2-77 Field Artillery battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division conducted defensive ground operations as members of Task Force South.
In April 2018, 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division conducted ground defensive patrols in Helmand Province, Afghanistan as members of Task Force South West to protect the area of operations from enemy operations.[12]
Third Battalion
In 2002 1st Battalion deployed to
The battalion was officially redesignated on 1 October 2005 as the 3rd Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment; it was relieved on 16 April 2007 and assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division. The 3rd Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment was subsequently reactivated as part of the reorganized 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division in July 2009 at
In December, 2012, 3-41 IN BN deployed to the
Within a year of redeployment from Afghanistan, 3-41 was once again called upon, deploying to
Campaign credits
World War II:
Southwest Asia:
Southwest Asia: Campaigns to be determined
Afghanistan: Operation Enduring Freedom
Dijaboudi Africa: Operation Enduring Freedom
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation(Army) for NORMANDY
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for CHERBOURG
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for PUFFENDORF-ROER
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for ARDENNES
- Belgian Fourragere1940
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in Belgium
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes
- Valorous Unit Award for IRAQ-KUWAIT 1991, Afghanistan 2012
- Army Superior Unit Award for 1997
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for April 2003 for action in As Samawah
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for IRAQ 2004–2005, AFGHANISTAN 2012–2013, AFGHANISTAN 2018
References
This article incorporates public domain material from 1 Bn 41st Infantry Lineage and Honors. United States Army Center of Military History.
- ^ Clay, Steven E. (2010). U.S. Army Order of Battle, 1919-1941, Volume 1. The Arms: Major Commands and Infantry Organizations. Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: Combat Studies Institute Press. p. 390.
- ^ Hillman (1993), p. 6
- ^ Hillman, p.5-6
- ^ Dinackus, 2000, p. 4-10
- ^ a b Hillman, p.6
- ^ a b c VUA Citation
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- ^ Morgan, Wesley (September 2014). "Afghanistan Order of Battle" (PDF).
- ^ "Stalwart Soldiers support TF Southwest".