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Search - 21st Century U.S. Military: U.S. Army First Infantry Division - The Big Red One, plus Army Background Material

21st Century US Military US Army First Infantry Division The Big Red One plus Army Background Material
Author: Department of Defense

This electronic book on CD-ROM contains information and material about the U.S. Army Infantry Division (the Big Red One). Since 1917, the 1st Infantry Division "The Big Red One" has lived, fought and served according to its motto: "No mission too difficult, no sacrifice too great, Duty First!" On order, 1ID (Mechanized) deploys and conducts com... more »bat or peace operations as part of V (US) Corps, or a designated force headquarters, transitions to a follow-on mission and, on order, on redeploys. The Big Red One is the oldest continuously serving division in the United States Army. The First Division was enacted into the U.S. Army as Headquarters, First Expeditionary Division on May 24, 1917 and officially organized June 8, 1917 under the command of Brig. Gen. William L. Sibert. Today the Division is headquartered at Leighton Barracks, Wuerzburg, Germany. The Big Red One consists of more than 14,000 soldiers. Major weapons systems for the Division include Abrams Tanks, Bradley Fighting Vehicles, Apache Attack Helicopters, 155 mm Howitzers, Multiple Launch Rocket Systems, and the M109A6 Paladin. Contents include: 1st Infantry Division U.S. Army; The Big Red One; Duty First!; 1st ID in World War I, World War II, Vietnam, Cold War, Desert Storm, Bosnia, Kosovo, and Iraq; Photos from Iraq; Soldier?s Handbook to Iraq; Big Red One Weapons Systems. Coverage featuring dramatic color photography includes: Command Group; Command Current News; Photos from Iraq; Policy Letters; Command Sergeant Major Corner; Division Safety; Organization; Units-coverage of each Unit; Equipment; History; Veterans; Letters from Home; Soldier?s Handbook to Iraq; News Releases 2001-2003; Band; Provost Marshal; Inspector General; Commandant; Comptroller; Fire Support; Engineer; Chemical; Air Defense; Big Red One Medal of Honor Recipients; Apache; HUMVEE; MLRS; Abrams Tank; Paladin; Bradley Fighting Vehicle; Maintenance in the Desert; Malfunctions Involving Ammunition and Explosives; Risk Management; numerous Color Photo Galleries. In addition to the title-specific material, there is a substantial bonus collection of Army documents and information: ARMY PUBLIC AFFAIRS ? News and information about current events in the Army. ARMY CAMPAIGN PLAN (The Way Ahead) ? The Campaign Plan provides direction for detailed planning, preparation, and execution of the full range of tasks necessary to provide landpower to the Nation. Plus four short video clips in QuickTime MOV format. This CD-ROM has about 13,000 pages reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software - allowing direct viewing on Windows and Macintosh systems. Our news and educational CD-ROM and DVD-ROM discs are privately compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents - they are not produced by the federal government. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work, utilizing the benefits of the Adobe Acrobat format to uniformly present thousands of pages that can be rapidly reviewed, searched by finding specific words, or printed without untold hours of tedious research and downloading. Vast archives of important public domain government information that might otherwise remain inaccessible are available for instant review no matter where you are. This book-on-a-disc format makes a great reference work and educational tool. There is no other reference that is as fast, convenient, comprehensive, thoroughly researched, and portable - everything you need to know, from the federal sources you trust.

ISBN-13: 9781422000113
ISBN-10: 1422000117
Pages: 13,032
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Publisher: Progressive Management
Book Type: CD-ROM
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