42 id overview nov 2010
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Public presentation; History of the NY Army National Guard's 42nd Infantry DivisionTRANSCRIPT
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42nd Infantry Division History
World War OneWorld War TwoThe Cold War9-11 and the Global War on TerrorOperation Iraqi FreedomBright StarYama SakuraDomestic OperationsBrigades Aligned for Training
Outline
World War IAmerica Rushes to
Mobilize26 States and District of
Columbia contribute National Guard units
Experienced units from Mexican expedition, 1916-17
Born August 5th, 1917 at Camp Mills, LI for mobilization training
Two Infantry Brigades, Artillery Brigade and Engineer Regiment
Col. Douglas MacArthur, the division’s first Chief of Staff forms the unit and coins the nickname
"The 42nd Division stretches like a Rainbow from one end of
America to the other."
World War IDeploys to
France, Nov. 1917Battle of
ChampagneChateau-ThierrySt. MihielVerdunArgonne
Occupation Duties, 1918-19
World War I
World War IIMG Harry Collins, 42nd
Division Commander, Reactivation Ceremony, July 1943:
"The 42nd Division represents the people of America.”
World War II
Task Force Linden, the division’s infantry regiments deploy to Southern France, Dec. 1944
Defeats Germany’s “Operation Nordwind,” the German counteroffensive in Alsace-Lorraine, the “Southern Battle of the Bulge”
First in 7th Corps to penetrate the German border at the Siegfried Line
World War IILiberation of 33,000 inmates of the
notorious Dachau Concentration Camp, April 29, 1945
World War IILiberation of Schweinfurt,
Nuremburg, Munich
Occupation duties in Austria, 1945-46
Cold War
Cold War
Strategic Reserve to the Army
One of 18 Combat Divisions
Disaster Response
1995 Floods, Central NY 1996 Blizzard, NYC TWA Flight 800 Crash, LI 1997 Wildfires, LI 1998 Northeast Ice Storm 1998 Stillwater Tornado 1998 Windstorm, Syracuse 1999 Y2K Contingency 2000-01, 1999-98, 1995
Snow Emergencies, Buffalo
More state active duty call-ups in 1990s than ever before in the division’s history
9-11
Response and Recovery at Ground Zero
9-11: The Guard Responds
9-11: The Guard Responds
The Global War on Terror:Homeland Security
Serving a Nation at WarOpn Noble Eagle
West Point, Canadian border NYC bridges, tunnels, airports and
rail stationsOpn Enduring Freedom
E/101 Target Acquisition FA, 2002 50th Brigade, Guantanamo Bay, 2004 86th Brigade TF Catamount, 2005 27th Brigade TF Phoenix, 2008 86th Brigade TF Phoenix, 2010
Opn Iraqi Freedom / New Dawn Division Artillery troops, 2004 1-69th Infantry, 2005 Task Force Liberty, 42nd ID HQ, 2005 86th Brigade TF Saber, 2006 3-142nd Aviation, 2008 50th Brigade, 2009 197th Fires Brigade, 2010
42nd Infantry Division mobilizes May-July 2004
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Soldiers from Seven Rainbow states train for OIF
TF Liberty forms with 23,000 Soldiers from Active Army, Army Reserve and National Guard
29 states across the U.S. plus Puerto Rico and American Samoa
Deploys to Iraq fall 2004 and early 2005
Relief in Place with 1st Infantry Division
Liberty Across the U.S.
NY
MT
IDOR
CA
TX
OK
KS
MN
WI
MO
MS
TN
KYNC
FL
GA
PA
DE
NJ
RI
MA
VT
29 States and American Samoa
Unclassified
IL OH
AZ
INCO
42nd ID States– NY (HHC 42 ID) (AVN BDE
HQ) (EN BDE HQ) (642 MI) (642 DASB) (42 Band) (Det, 29 PSD)
– NJ (DISCOM) (250 SIG) (50 MSB) (1-150 AV)
– MA (DIVARTY) (E Btry, 101
FA) (272 CHEM) (42 MP)
– DE (B/1-150 AV)
– RI (173 LRS(D))
– VT (Det, HHC)
– FL (Det, Co B 642 DASB)
Other ARNG States– CA (1-140 AV) – ID (116 CAV BDE)
MT (1-163 AR) OR (3-116 AR)
(G TRP, 82 CAV)
– IN (E Btry, 139 FA)– KS (E Btry, 161 FA)– MO (D/735 MSB)– MN (B/434 MSB)– MS (PLT/A/628 ASB)– PA (A/628 DASB)
(1-103 AR) (Co C 103 EN)– TN (278 ACR)– TX (Co C, 386 EN)
(3-133 FA)– WI (1-128 IN)– Puerto Rico (918 MP Co)– Samoa (793 EN Det)
Active Army Units– GA (BCTs, 3rd ID)
– KS (2-34 AR)
– NC (1-17 CAV) (22
MPAD)
– OK (3-13 FA)
USAR Units– AZ (877 Postal Co)– CA (40 FIN) (376
PSB) (445
CA)– CO (324 PSYOP)– IL (300 Postal) (326
Postal) (331
Postal)– KY (8-229 AV)– MS (467 EN)– NY (448 Postal)– OH (983 EN)
– HI (100-442 IN TACON)
Task Force Liberty
Task Force Liberty42nd Infantry Division Troops
3rd Battalion, 133rd Field Artillery 274th Air Support Opns Squadron642nd Military Intelligence Battalion 42nd Rear Operations Cell 250th Signal Battalion 42nd Military Police Company40th Finance Battalion (USAR) 272nd Chemical Company376th Personnel Spt Battalion (USAR) 173rd Long Range Surv. Det.445th Civil Affairs Battalion (USAR) 22nd Mobile Public Affairs Det.HHC, 42nd Infantry Division 42nd Band
1st Brigade Combat Team3rd Brigade Combat Team
116th Brigade Combat Team (ARNG)
278th Regimental Combat Team (ARNG)
42nd Aviation Brigade42nd Engineer Brigade42nd Division Artillery
42nd Division Support Command
1 3
Unclassified
Area of OperationsMultinational Division North Central
ProvincesAs-SulaymaniyahKirkukDiyalaSalah Ad Din
Major CitiesKirkukSulaymaniyahBayjiTikritBaqubahSamarraBalad
42nd Transition of Authority
FOB Danger, Tikrit Iraq
Task Force Liberty• The first deployment of a
National Guard combat division headquarters for wartime service since the Korean War
• Employing the Army concept of modularity
Operation Liberty Torch
Operation Liberty TorchNeutralizing the Insurgency
Operation Liberty Torch
Operation Liberty TorchDeveloping Competent Iraqi Forces
Operation Liberty Torch
Partners in Reconstruction
Operation Liberty Torch
Operation Liberty TorchRemoving weapons and munitions
Base Closures Reducing the Coalition Force footprint
Base ClosuresTen Forward
Operating Bases (FOBs) transferred to Iraqi control or closed
Includes the Tikrit Presidential Compound
Operation SaratogaKeeping pressure on the insurgency
Operation Saratoga
Operation Delaware The Constitutional Referendum vote
Operation Delaware
Operation Delaware
Bright Star, Cairo Egypt, 2007
Other Missions for the Rainbow – DART, HRF, CCMRF
27th Infantry Brigade
27th Infantry Brigade
50th Infantry Brigade
50th Infantry Brigade
86th Infantry Brigade
86th Infantry Brigade
197th Fires Brigade
42nd Combat Aviation Brigade
42nd Combat Aviation Brigade
26th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade
369th SustainmentBrigade
Rainbow, Never Forget!“The years slip by but each
merely adds to my loyalty and devotion to the 'Rainbow.'
“I have served with many troops, in many wars and many lands, but none who surpassed them in courage, efficiency or stamina.”
-General of the Army Douglas MacArthur,
written address to the Rainbow Division
Veterans Association, July, 1962
Rainbow, Never Forget!