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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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originated during the Cold War as a response to the United States' new "Pentomic Division" tactical doctrine that emphasized heavy use of tactical nuclear...
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1956 to transform infantry regiments into battle groups under its new Pentomic organization. Under this plan, battalions were eliminated and the infantry...
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two brigades of two regiments. Other structures are possible, such as a pentomic division, where the division commander controls five maneuver elements...
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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...
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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...
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seen when the "Pentomic" organization was superseded by the Reorganization Objective Army Division (ROAD). During the 1950s, the Pentomic reorganization...
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battalions. At some point in the 1960s the Army apparently utilised the Pentomic structure for a period, before adopting the American ROAD divisional organisation...
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82nd Airborne Division (section Pentomic organization)
and the continental United States. In 1957, the division implemented the pentomic organization (officially Reorganization of the Airborne Division (ROTAD))...
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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...
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Infantry Brigade was reactivated at Fort Devens, Massachusetts as the Pentomic 2nd Infantry Brigade with its own shoulder sleeve insignia. It spent the...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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infantry division and the divisional aviation company of a U.S. Army "Pentomic" infantry division. These companies were not organic to any intermediate...
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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...
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supporting elements on jump status. When the division reorganized from the Pentomic structure to the new structure using brigades and battalions, 1-504th and...
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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...
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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)...
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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...
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Army decided to realign National Guard and Army Reserve divisions under Pentomic structures. Secretary of Defense Neil H. McElroy decided on 10 Army Reserve...
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along with all other National Guard divisions, in accordance with the new Pentomic Division Concept. This concept attempted to provide a new divisional structure...
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June 1958, the division was reorganized at Fort Benning, Georgia, as a Pentomic Division, having reflagged the 10th Infantry Division upon the latter's...
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France On 1 July 1957, the DIVARTY reorganized under the pentomic organization. The pentomic DIVARTY organized with a direct support 105mm battalion (1st...
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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...
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project of the European Union Battle group, a subunit of a United States pentomic division This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title...
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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...
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