2nd battalion, 16th infantry regiment

CEDAR FALLs was followed by the enormous and extended Operation JUNCTION CITY. In February 1917, Wilson recalled Pershing's expedition from Mexico. The regiment would remain there until 1941, during which time it became known as, New Yorks Own and adopted as its regimental song, The Sidewalks of New York. During this period the regiment engaged in the normal peacetime training routine of the 1920s and 30s which consisted of troop schools and individual, squad, and platoon training in the winter and spring, followed by the training of the Organized Reserve, R.O.T.C., and C.M.T.C. It doing so, the 1st Infantry Division (whom the regiment was assigned to during World War II) established a permanent presence for the US Army in North Africa. In September while conducting pacification efforts near Claymore Corners, the 2nd Battalion was suddenly redeployed by air to the vicinity of Loc Ninh to help hunt for the 7th Peoples Army of Vietnam (PAVN) Divisions 141st Regiment. As with the 2nd Battalion, the Iron Ranger battalion remained nominally active as its colors and records were shipped to Germany for its postwar mission. In August 2003, the Iron Rangers, equipped as a standard Bradley Fighting Vehicle-equipped battalion, deployed with the 1st Brigade to Ramadi, Anbar Province, in western Iraq. [citation needed] Due to its popularity, Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia later nicknamed the 16th Infantry as "New York's Own" and ''The Sidewalks of New York" became the regimental song. The Iron Rangers returned to Fort Riley from Afghanistan in December 2011. The brigade was initially attached to the 82nd Airborne Division and took over Area of Operations (AO) Topeka on 26 September. Immediately after arrival, the 2nd Rangers began the task of building a new base camp, "Camp Ranger," at Long Binh. 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines is reactivated at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. In 1965, the 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment became the first element of the regiment to deploy to South Vietnam. The sites of these missions included many areas that were to become well known to many U.S. infantrymen during the Vietnam years: the impenetrable jungles of Tay Ninh near Cambodia; Ho Bo Woods; the "Iron Triangle"; the Michelin Rubber Plantation; the Trapezoid, and War Zones C and D. In all these places, the 2nd Rangers inflicted heavy losses on enemy manpower and supplies. The training of infantry squads on the Bradley Fighting Vehicle, and crew training and weapons firing for both Bradleys and M1A2 Abrams tanks on Fort Rileys Multiple Purpose Range Complex are the order of the day. On 1 June 1944, the men of the 16th Infantry departed their D-Camps in southwestern England and embarked on amphibious assault ships at the port of Weymouth. Gone was the uncertainty of who the immediate enemy was or what kind of war for which Soldiers needed to prepare. Unlike the previous three years during which the regiment was predominantly preoccupied with what were essentially Military Police duties, the regiment was now going to focus on staving off the Red threat to central Europe. Now known as the Maine Rangers the battalion headquarters was subsequently relocated to Portland, Maine, in 1977, and finally to Scarborough, Maine, in 1978. The long-awaited assault on "Fortress Europe" began in the early hours of 6 June 1944 as the 16th Infantry Regiment moved toward Omaha Beach. Cheyennes Utes Pine Ridge War with Spain Santiago Philippine Insurrection Luzon 1899 Mexican Expedition Mexico 1916-1917 A monument erected by the French government in Meurthe-et-Moselle honors the first three 16 Infantry soldiers killed in that battle. There, the Devil Rangers were tasked with securing the site where on 3 March 1991 the negotiations were held between coalition forces and Iraqi leaders to finalize the cease-fire agreements. Along with the rest of the Big Red One, it relentlessly attacked until the German rail line that supplied their front line troops was severed forcing a major withdrawal of the enemys forces. During its Civil War actions, the regiment earned 12 campaign streamers and 3 of the regiments members, Captain Henry C. Wood, Forst Lieutenant John H. Patterson and Captain James M. Cutts, earned the regiments first Medals of Honor. Although its personnel were transferred home individually to be assigned to other commands, or be released from service, the battalion remained active while its colors and records were transported to Fort Riley where it would be reorganized as a mechanized infantry battalion in April 1970. That month the battalion and the 5th Battalion, 60th Infantry swapped colors and divisions and the 1st Battalion became a mechanized infantry unit which it has remained ever since. Colleville-sur-Mere, France. In a classic meeting engagement on 12 September, the battalion battled and pursued the 141st Regiment over the next two days inflicting hundreds of casualties and over fifty known KIA. After a four-day brawl with the battle-hardened troops of the 15th Panzergrenadier Division (Wehrmacht), the men of the 16th Infantry finally captured the town and soon after the Sicily campaign ended. After D-Day, the 16th Infantry became the division reserve, and after a brief rest, continued moving inland. During most of the rest of 1967, the battalion continued to conduct pacification efforts with 5th Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) Division partner units and conduct patrols, ambushes, and search and destroy missions near Ben Cat. Cedar Falls was followed by the enormous and extended Operation Junction City. Cory F. Hiltz: 20: 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2d Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division: La Verne . The 2nd Battalion was assigned the mission of providing security in the southern area of the Tisa Nissan Qada (district) in southeastern Baghdad- a notoriously violent area which had been relatively lawless even under the reign of Saddam Hussein. On 7 January 1963, it was reorganized and redesignated as the 3rd Battalion, 16th Infantry and reassigned to the 187th Infantry Brigade (Separate). Reorganized 14 April 1869, under the act of 3 March 1869, the present 16th Infantry was formed by the consolidation of the Eleventh (11th) and Thirty-fourth (34th) Regiments of Infantry. In this conflict the regiment earned 4 campaign streamers and each of the 2nd and 5th Battalions earned a Valorous Unit Award Streamer embroidered IRAQ-KUWAIT. For this deployment, the battalion was attached to the Combined Joint Special Operations Command-Afghanistan (CJSOCC-A) and assigned to support a new effort known as the Village Stability Operations (VSO) program. In 1983, the US Army underwent a major reorganization that encompassed a new division TOE (i.e., Division 86 or the J-Series TOE) and something called the US Army Regimental System (USARS). Additionally, the regiment, or its subordinate units, was awarded five presidential unit citations and two distinguished unit citations from the United States, two Croix de Guerre and the Mdaille militaire from the government of France, and the Belgian Fourragerre and two citations from the government of Belgium. With reduced forces and additional ANA partners, the Rangers began to place the Afghans in the lead militarily. With reduced forces and additional ANA partners, the Rangers began to place the Afghans in the lead militarily. The intent for CEDAR FALLS was to imposed severe casualties on VC units in Military Region 4, known as the Iron Triangle and the Thanh Dien Forest. This act precipitated U.S. military involvement in the Persian Gulf. The 16th Infantry, along with the rest of the 1st Division, marched into the Coblenz Bridgehead in late 1918 to perform occupation duty there for the next 9 months. The 3rd BLT held positions to the east and south of LE GD HAMEAU. Oct 63-Mar 64 - Fort Riley, KS . 23 August 2018. While the 2nd Battalion at Fort Riley focused on those major exercises, it also participated in a number of other important training events during this period. The 16th Infantry Regiment ("Semper Paratus")[1] is a regiment in the United States Army and has traditionally been a part of the 1st Infantry Division. Even so, the battalion joined in a number of combat operations such as Bear Trap, Friendship, Kentucky Cougar, Iron Danger and Toan Thang IV. After about a month of POW exchanges, the regiment was moved to Bamburg, Germany in June 1945, where it remained until February 1946 when it transferred to Landshut, Germany, while the subordinate units were sent to surrounding communities. The division then moved to its first stateside duty station at Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky. Pennypacker would hold the command for fourteen years, longer than any other in the regiments history. In August 2012, the 2nd Battalion underwent its first of several expansions to its AO when it assumed responsibility for a third district and a third ANA Kandak as the Surge forces in the country were being withdrawn. This clash was quickly followed in succession by the regiments involvement the battles at Antietam, Shepherdstown Ford, and Leetown. These consisted of Operations El Paso I, II, and III, Allentown and Fairfax. Oct. 17, 1949. In early August, the regiment reached the town of Troina in eastern Sicily. The division was sent to bolster the northern shoulder of the bulge near Camp Elsenborn. After a more calm, though still dangerous tour this time around, the battalion returned to Fort Riley in late April and early May 2010, with the exception of A Company, which remained until that August. The BUSHMASTER operations were followed by MASTIFF in February 1966. In the fall of 1909, the regiment received orders once again for another overseas move, this time to Alaska. These men, and tens of thousands of others, did as their country asked to the end, even though the wars level of support was eroded over time by political bickering back home. With the exception of the 3rd Brigade, the division was now part of the heavy forces maintained in the United States that were tagged for deployment to Germany to reinforce NATO forces there in the event of an invasion by the Soviet Union. Two years later, in April 1996, the 2nd Battalion was also inactivated, leaving the Iron Rangers as the only active element remaining in the regiment. After the El Paso missions, the battalion next took part in Operation Amarillo in August near Lai Kh, and Operations Tulsa/Shenandoah in October and November. 22nd Infantry Battalion [also called 2nd Battalion] was organized with six companies of the 2nd . Fear of a second communist front caused the disbandment of the U.S. Constabulary and the reinforcement of Germany with an armored division and three more infantry divisions in 1951. In 1965, the 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment and the 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment became the first elements of the Division to deploy to South Vietnam. All of this was conducted in heavy snows during one of the coldest European winters on record. The 1st Rangers participated in two major fights during JUNCTION CITY: Prek Klok and Ap Gu. It sustained 1,037 soldiers killed in action or mortally wounded, and 3,389 wounded. As with its brother battalion, the 2nd Rangers were sent to Afghanistan for this tour, this time to the eastern sections of Ghazni Province. By noon of that bloody day, the 16th Infantry had broken through the beach defenses and established a foothold that allowed follow-on units to land and move through. The battalion next experienced two additional significant firefights during Operation BILLINGS north of Phuoc Vinh in June. The Highland Light Infantry ( HLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1881. By 14 July 1943, the regiment had moved through Pietraperzia, Enna, and Villarosa. The 34th Infantry was organized by direction of the president 4 May 1861 as the Third Battalion, 16th Infantry and designated Thirty-fourth Infantry on 21 September 1866 under the act of 28 July 1866.The honors and battle history earned by the 11th Infantry during the Civil War became the 16th Infantry's with the 1869 consolidation and are displaying on its colors. Following the Battle of Objective NORFOLK, the 5th Battalion raced ahead to assist in cutting the Iraqi lines of retreat from Kuwait City. Over the next year the Iron Rangers had numerous skirmishes with Sunni insurgents in and around the provincial capital city of Ramadi. Hits - 1,627. Just after the 16th Infantry was reorganized in Germany in 1948, the regiment needed to come up with a name for its various sports teams. After Tet, the battalion successively partook in Operations Quyet Thang and Toan Thang. As always, the Rangers of the 16th Infantry Regiment stand ready to defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies and fight under Old Glory when their nation calls. As part of the new 1st Expeditionary Division, soon to become known as the "Big Red One," the 16th Infantry, commanded by William Herbert Allaire Jr.,[2] sailed from Hoboken, New Jersey, and landed at St. Nazaire, France, near the end of June 1917. In a brief skirmish, that brigade's commander was scooped up by soldiers of the battalion. The battalions colors and records were transported back to Fort Riley where it was reorganized as a mechanized infantry battalion in April 1970. On the second day of the offensive, the 2nd Battalion, operating in conjunction with the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry, took on the 9th PLAF Divisions 273rd Regiment. Soon after H-Hour, the Division's 16th Regiment was fighting for its life on a strip of . The 2nd Battalion arrived home recently in February 2013 to begin the transition from a Counterinsurgency force to whatever focus the Army needs to confront its future challenges. In February 1917, Wilson recalled Pershings expedition from Mexico. After sustaining very heavy casualties from enemy artillery fire and the cold dreary weather, the entire division was sent to a rest camp on 12 December 1944. The 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry, nicknamed the "Rangers," was inactivated on 1 May 2015 at Fort Riley. In January 1967, the 1st Battalion next joined in Operation Cedar Falls, a major effort conducted by the 1st and 25th Infantry Divisions, the 173rd Airborne Brigade and the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in Military Region 4, known as the "Iron Triangle" and the Thanh Dien Forest. On 1 September 2009, the 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry returned to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, 20092011. The regiment then moved down to Texas in 1880. The division was sent to bolster the northern shoulder of the bulge near Camp Elsenborn. By late afternoon of D-Day the 2nd BLT 16th Infantry had organized a defensive position to the south and west of COLLEVILLE SUR MER. Flush on the heels of what was a significant US-RVN victory, the 2nd Rangers partook in Operations QUYET THANG and TOAN THANG. The operation made use of practically all infantry tactics used in counterinsurgency operations, including day and night ambushes, village seal and search missions, heliborne assault, search and clear, and search and destroy operations. Throughout the summer and fall the training went apace and soon it was time for exposure to actual combat. In late February the 2nd Rangers operated once again with their brother battalion when the Big Red Ones 2nd and 3rd Brigades deployed to the vicinity of Ben Suc to clear out a notorious VC support zone and bring the 272nd Peoples Liberation Army Front (PLAF) Regiment to battle. For the next ten days the 16th Infantry pushed into that country arriving near Falkenau by 7 May. Others were hit as they struggled through the surf or tried to run across the sand weighted down with water-logged equipment. For a week the regiment conducted several attacks against die-hard enemy troops. In Germany, the 1st Battalion also conducted training events similar to those of the 2nd Battalion, less assistance to the National Guard and R.O.T.C. The regiment was awarded 11 campaign streamers, as well as 2 Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry (with Palm) Streamers for 1965-1968 and 1969 and the Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal (First Class) Streamer for 1965-1970. Stationed predominantly at Fort McKinley near Manila, this tour in the islands was much calmer than the previous. The last months in Vietnam saw the battalion working closely with its ARVN counterparts as it concurrently prepared to end its mission and redeploy to Fort Riley. During that time, he was assigned as a Bradley Fighting Vehicle commander and the Iron Ranger battalion master gunner and rose to the rank of staff sergeant. The end of the war with Japan ushered in what has since become known as the atomic age. With the advent of atomic weapons, the US Army began to experiment with how units could best operate on the nuclear battlefield. For a week the regiment conducted several attacks against die-hard enemy troops. Company B, 16th Infantry was first constituted on 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Company B, 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry and was . Throughout 1969, the 2nd Rangers performed numerous and varied missions in support of the pacification campaign. The regiment was organized into three battalions of eight companies each. These were the battles of Landing Zone (LZ) Rufe and LZ X-Ray. Therefore, in August 1999, the 1st Battalion deployed to Bosnia on Operation JOINT FORGE from August 1999 to April 2000 with the 1st Brigade for peacekeeping operations as part of the NATO-led Stabilization Force (SFOR) 6 rotation. The regiment that actually fought during the Civil War was organized by order of the president 4 May 1861 and confirmed by the act of 29 July 1861 as the 16th Infantry Regiment. After the operations around Loc Ninh, the battalion was assigned to the "Accelerated Pacification Campaign" in November and continued on this effort into the new year as part of the Lam Son mission in the Phu Loi area north of Di An. In March 1916, Villa raided Columbus, New Mexico, which, in turn, caused President Woodrow Wilson to order Pershing to take an expedition into Mexico to find Villa. Two days later the 16th Infantry was launched on an attack through a break in the lines near Marigny and drove on the city of Coutances where it established battle positions on 29 July. The unit conducted numerous air assaults during BUSHMASTER and earned a reputation for flexibility, mobility, and aggressiveness. On 21 September 1866 under the act of 28 July 1866 the Second Battalion became the Twenty-fifth Infantry and the Third Battalion became the Thirty-fourth Infantry. The division wasted no time getting this newly arrived brigade into the fight and in early November the battalion air assaulted into the field to participate in Operation BUSHMASTER I. Its men had earned four Medals of Honor, 87 Distinguished Service Crosses, and 1,926 Silver Stars. On 15 January 1945, the Big Red One launched its part of the Allied counteroffensive to reduce the Bulge. After the latter maneuver, the entire division was sent to Fort Benning, Georgia, to participate in a corps-level maneuver experiment designed to improve the employment of the new triangular division structure. After motoring south past Paris, the regiment caught up with the enemy again near Mons, Belgium, where it helped the 1st Infantry Division destroyed six German divisions in August and early September. Toward the end of 1966, the 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry began a series of pacification or revolutionary development operations. The battalion was deployed to Camp Dobol, but had elements located at Camps McGovern, Demi and Comanche, as well. For the next month, the men of the 16th Infantry held defensive positions there, conducted heavy patrolling toward the German positions near Faymonville, and engaged in a number of firefights with troops of the 1st SS Panzer and 3rd Fallshirmjaeger Divisions. One of these initiatives a reorganization of Army ground forces which became known as the Pentomic Division. In early 1957, the 1st Infantry Division began to reorganize under the Pentomic Tables of Organization and Equipment (TOE). The battalion remained engaged in that mission until September 1969 when it was transferred permanently to Lai Khe where it joined the 1st Battalion under the Big Red Ones 3rd Brigade, an assignment that held for the remainder of the war. On the night of 26 February 1991, the 1st Brigade next collided with the Republican Guard's Tawalakana Division and the 37th Brigade, 12th Armored Division. Two years later, the division was transferred once again, but this time, the brigades, regiments, and smaller units were sent to garrison small posts all over the northeastern US. Just over a year later, in February 2007, the battalion deployed to eastern Baghdad as part of President's George W. Bush's Surge in Iraq. The battalions work changed in early March 1970 when it was ordered to pack up its equipment and prepare to depart Vietnam. 1st Battalion deployed to Bosnia in August 1999 through March 2000 along with supporting elements Fort Riley for peacekeeping operations. Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2006-2009, Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ Sep 2006-Aug 2007 Its men had earned four Medals of Honor, 87 Distinguished Service Crosses, and 1,926 Silver Stars. 2LT Harry Smith and SFC Joe Shine develop plans during Operation Plumb Bob. As more units arrived, they found the now disorganized lead troops pinned down and congested. At Troina the regiment experienced some of the most bitter fighting it would see during the war. Date 1944-06-06. 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment "Ramrods" . Starting in late January, the battalion, along with almost the entire combat force of U.S. Army, Vietnam (USARV), engaged in the Tet Counteroffensive designed to defeat the massive Tet Offensive of 1968. The 16th Infantry Regiment Association will conduct its next reunion in Fort Worth, TX, Distinguished & Honorary Members of the Regiment, Pay / Renew Memberships / Program Donations, Occupation of Richmond and the Indian Wars 1865-1898, New Operation Desert Storm and Bosnia Maps, How To Access The Master Regimental Database System (MRDS). 2d Battalion, 23d Infantry Regiment. This pacification operation had been continuously maintained on a rotational basis by several infantry battalions for over six months prior to the arrival of the 2nd Battalion. Throughout 1969, the 2nd Rangers performed numerous and varied missions in support of the pacification campaign. The latter mission was designed to bring the 9th PLAF Division to battle in War Zone C, but the enemy declined to take the bait. Some historians and veterans of the conflict noted that the 2nd Battalion had been undermanned when given the orders to deploy. The end of January 1968 saw the beginning of the infamous Tet Offensive, the VC effort to overrun and win the war in South Vietnam. It was constituted on 12 April 1808 as the 6th Infantry and consolidated with 4 other regiments in 1815 to form the present unit. Once again the regiment had fought with valor and courage to help win a war against the nation's enemies. The following January, the 1st Division was assembled at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, where it was brought to full war strength and conducted the training requirements of the US Armys Protective Mobilization Plan. The battalion arrived on the USNS Gordon on 14 July 1965 as a part of the 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division and debarked at Vung Tau. There was no longer an active third brigade in the division, however, the South Carolina National Guards 218th Infantry Brigade was assigned as a roundout unit to fulfill that role. Less than 2 years later, the brigade received a new commanding general who was none other than Black Jack Pershing. With Afghans in the lead for all aspects of the fight, and local Afghans actively resisting the Taliban and other insurgent forces, the stage appeared set for the ISAF mission to soon come to a close within Afghanistan as the battalion ended its own tour. The Rangers succeeded in significantly reducing the insurgent threat by focusing on heavy local patrolling using small teams and unconventional tactics. As a result, in a major reorganization of U.S. Army Reserve units in 1976, the battalion was transferred to Maine with headquarters at Saco, and the subordinate companies located throughout that state and with its Combat Support Company in New Hampshire. This mission was designed to clear a zone along Highway 13 between Lai Khe and Ben Cat in Phouc Vinh Province to prevent VC interception of convoys moving along its length. During the year, the battalion accounted for an additional 426 enemy soldiers killed or captured even though the ARVN were supposed to take the lead for operations. Major Delancey Floyd-Jones led the regiment through its battles from Gaines Mill to Gettysburg. During his career, SMA Dailey has served with the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Infantry Divisions stateside and overseas.

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