Pentomic (cf. Greek pent(e)- + -tome "of five parts") was a structure for infantry and airborne divisions adopted by the US Army between 1957 and 1963...

War II and the Korean War but were disbanded after the adoption of the Pentomic structure in 1957. The United States Marine Corps maintains the use of...

187th ARCT and the 508th ARCT, the 101st was reactivated as the first "pentomic" division with five battle groups in place of its World War II structure...

Riley and at other posts. In 1962 and 1963, four 1st Infantry Division Pentomic battle groups (2nd Battle Group, 12th Infantry; 1st Battle Group, 13th...

originated during the Cold War as a response to the United States' new "Pentomic Division" tactical doctrine that emphasized heavy use of tactical nuclear...

1956 to transform infantry regiments into battle groups under its new Pentomic organization. Under this plan, battalions were eliminated and the infantry...

two brigades of two regiments. Other structures are possible, such as a pentomic division, where the division commander controls five maneuver elements...

Army abandoned the Pentomic structure in favor of brigades and battalions. The 3d ABG, 187th Infantry was not active during the Pentomic era. The colors...

were activated as a provisional organization to test the "Pentomic concept. The word pentomic referred to the five battle groups, which were in lieu of...

seen when the "Pentomic" organization was superseded by the Reorganization Objective Army Division (ROAD). During the 1950s, the Pentomic reorganization...

battalions. At some point in the 1960s the Army apparently utilised the Pentomic structure for a period, before adopting the American ROAD divisional organisation...

and the continental United States. In 1957, the division implemented the pentomic organization (officially Reorganization of the Airborne Division (ROTAD))...

the US Army until after World War II when the Army reorganized under the Pentomic model. In order to give soldiers a sense of unit identity, the Combat Arms...

Infantry Brigade was reactivated at Fort Devens, Massachusetts as the Pentomic 2nd Infantry Brigade with its own shoulder sleeve insignia. It spent the...

organisation inherited from the Civil War to adopt the United States' pentomic structure. General Instruction 158/107 of 1958 led to the raising of three...

under a ROAD structure. Instead, the Army Staff decided to inactivate the Pentomic-structured brigade and replace it with a new ROAD unit, the 197th Infantry...

command. He was a key player in stimulating the discussions which led to the Pentomic Division. As Army Chief of Research and Development and public author,...

infantry division and the divisional aviation company of a U.S. Army "Pentomic" infantry division. These companies were not organic to any intermediate...

187th ARCT and the 508th ARCT, the 101st was reactivated as the first "pentomic" division with five battle groups in place of its World War II structure...

supporting elements on jump status. When the division reorganized from the Pentomic structure to the new structure using brigades and battalions, 1-504th and...

returned the peninsula to the status quo in 1953. During the 1950s, the Pentomic reorganization shifted the basic tactical unit from the regiment to the...

reflagged as the Third. On 1 July 1957, the division was reorganized as a Pentomic Division. The division's three infantry regiments (the 7th, 15th and 30th)...

the era of infantry regiments as tactical units and the beginning of the Pentomic era, in which regimental numbers were used for the purpose of perpetuating...

Army decided to realign National Guard and Army Reserve divisions under Pentomic structures. Secretary of Defense Neil H. McElroy decided on 10 Army Reserve...

along with all other National Guard divisions, in accordance with the new Pentomic Division Concept. This concept attempted to provide a new divisional structure...

June 1958, the division was reorganized at Fort Benning, Georgia, as a Pentomic Division, having reflagged the 10th Infantry Division upon the latter's...

France On 1 July 1957, the DIVARTY reorganized under the pentomic organization. The pentomic DIVARTY organized with a direct support 105mm battalion (1st...

Infantry Division in Jun 1958. The 31st Trans Bn was initially set up as a pentomic transportation battalion which consisted of Company A (2½-ton 6×6 cargo...

project of the European Union Battle group, a subunit of a United States pentomic division This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title...

combat team in 1956 as part of the division's reorganization into the Pentomic structure, which featured battle groups in place of regiments and battalions...