22nd Infantry Regiment (United States)

22nd Infantry Regiment
22nd Infantry coat of arms
Active	May 15, 1865 – Present
Country	USA
Allegiance	Federal
Branch	Regular Army
Type	1st Bn Mechanized Infantry 2nd Bn Light Infantry
Part of	1st Bn: 4th Infantry Division 2nd Bn: 10th Mountain Division
Garrison/HQ	1st Bn: Fort Hood 2nd Bn: Fort Drum
Motto(s)	Deeds Not Words
Colors	Blue and White
Engagements	Indian Wars Civil War War with Spain Philippine Insurrection World War II Vietnam War Armed Forces Expeditions - Somalia Afghanistan Campaign Iraq Campaign
Insignia
Distinctive Unit Insignia

Template:US Regiments The 22nd Infantry Regiment is a parent regiment of the United States Army. Currently the 1st and 2nd Battalions are activated. The 3rd and 4th Battalions have been deactivated.

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Regiment

• Constituted May 3, 1861 in the Regular Army as the 2nd Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment. Organized May 15, 1865 at Camp Dennison, Ohio. Reorganized and redesignated September 21, 1866 as the 22nd Infantry Regiment. Consolidated May 1–31, 1869 with the 31st Infantry Regiment. (see Annex) and consolidated unit designated as the 22nd Infantry Regiment.

• Assigned March 24, 1923 to the 4th Division (later redesignated as the 4th Infantry Division).

• (lst Battalion inactivated June 30, 1927 at Fort McPherson, Georgia; activated June 1, 1940 at Fort McClellan, Alabama.) Inactivated March 1, 1946 at Camp Butner, North Carolina. Activated July 15, 1947 at Fort Ord, California.

• Relieved April 1, 1957 from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division and reorganized as a parent Regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System.

ANNEX

• Constituted May 3, 1861 in the Regular Army as the 3rd Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment. Organized in December 1865 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. Reorganized and redesignated September 21, 1866 as the 31st Infantry Regiment. Consolidated May 1–31, 1869 with the 22nd Infantry and consolidated unit designated as the 22nd Infantry Regiment.

1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment

The 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, was originally constituted on May 3, 1861 in the Regular Army as Companies A and I, 2nd Battalion, 13th Infantry. It organized in May 1865 at Camp Dennison, Ohio. It reorganized and was redesignated on September 21, 1866 as Companies A and I, 22nd Infantry.

Companies A and I, 22nd Infantry consolidated on May 4, 1869 and the consolidated unit was designated as Company A, 22nd Infantry; the 22nd Infantry being assigned on March 24, 1923 to the 4th Division [later redesignated as the 4th Infantry Division]. It inactivated on June 30, 1927 at Fort McPherson, Georgia.

The unit reactivated on June 1, 1940 at Fort McClellan, Alabama, before inactivating on March 1, 1946 at Camp Butner, North Carolina.

It reactivated July 15, 1947 at Fort Ord, California. It reorganized and was redesignated on April 1, 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battle Group, 22nd Infantry and remained assigned to the 4th Infantry Division (with its organic elements being concurrently constituted and activated). It was reorganized and redesignated on October 1, 1963 as the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry. It was deployed to Vietnam as part of the 2d Brigade of the 4th Infantry Division and conducted operations in the Central Highlands. It inactivated on August 1984 at Fort Carson, Colorado and was relieved from its assignment to the 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized).

It reactivated in May 1986 at Fort Drum, New York and was assigned to the 10th Mountain Division (Light). The battalion deployed to combat in Somalia in 1993 as a part of the 10th Mountain Division. Relieved in February 1996 from this assignment to the 10th Mountain Division (Light), the 1st Battalion was reassigned to the 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized) at Fort Hood, Texas.

Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, deployed in late April 2002 to become part of Joint Task Force 160, as the only Army Infantry deployed to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. Approximately 200 soldiers from the 1-22 IN were tasked with providing external security for the detainee facilities . This included fixed site security, patrols, observation posts, a quick reaction force, and also playing a role in escorting and transporting detainees. The soldiers of the 22nd Infantry were awarded the Joint Meritorious Unit Award for their outstanding service in Cuba during this period.

In April 2003, the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, deployed to Iraq with the 4th Infantry Division as a part of the 1st Brigade. Commanded by LTC Steven Russell, the battalion secured Tikrit, Iraq and was instrumental in the hunt and eventual capture of Saddam Hussein. It was decorated with a Valorous Unit Award for its service during this period. The battalion redeployed from Iraq to Fort Hood, Texas in April, 2004.

In December 2005, the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry once again deployed with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division to Iraq to serve for one year in the Baghdad area. The battalion redeployed from Iraq to Fort Hood, Texas in December, 2006. Once established at Fort Hood, Texas, the battalion immediately began preparations for another Operation Iraqi Freedom deployment.

In March 2008, the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry deployed with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division to Iraq for a third time to conduct operations in the Baghdad area.

Companies

The 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment is one of the first Combat Arms Battalions to be aligned under the Combined Arms model, which includes 2 Mechanized Infantry Companies, 2 Tank Companies, an Engineer Company, and a Forward Support Company (FSC).

HHC "Hammer"

A Company "Gator"

B Company "Bear"

C Company "Copperhead"

D Company "Dealer"

E Company "Killer"

E / FSC "Eliminator"

Specialty Platoons

Scout Platoon "Commanche"

Mortar Platoon "Thunder"

Medic Platoon "Blood"

2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment

The 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry (Triple Deuce) regiment was originally constituted on May 3, 1861 in the Regular Army as Companies B and K, 2nd Battalion, 13th Infantry. It was organized in May 1865 at Camp Dennison, Ohio. It was reorganized and redesignated on September 21, 1866 as Companies B and K, 22nd Infantry.

Companies B and K, 22nd Infantry were consolidated on May 4, 1869. The resulting consolidated unit was designated as Company B, 22nd Infantry. It inactivated on June 30, 1927 at Fort McPherson, Georgia. The unit reactivated on June 1, 1940 at Fort McClellan, Alabama, and following the end of World War II, inactivated on March 1, 1946 at Camp Butner, North Carolina.

It activated on July 15, 1947 at Fort Ord, California. It inactivated on again on April 1, 1957 at Fort Lewis, Washington, and was relieved from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division. The unit was concurrently redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battle Group, 22nd Infantry.

It was redesignated on August 21, 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion (Mechanized), 22nd Infantry and assigned to the 4th Infantry Division, while its organic elements were concurrently constituted. The battalion activated on October 1, 1963 at Fort Lewis, Washington.

It was relieved on August 1, 1967 from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division and assigned to the 25th Infantry Division. It was relieved on December 15, 1970 from its assignment to the 25th Infantry Division and assigned to the 4th Infantry Division, before being inactivated in September 1972 at Fort Carson, Colorado.

The unit reactivated in September 1976 at Fort Carson and was assigned to Wiesbaden, Germany as part of the 4th Infantry Division (Forward). It inactivated in July 1984 in Wiesbaden, Germany and was relieved from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized).

The 2nd Battalion activated in September 1986 at Fort Drum, New York, and was assigned to the 10th Mountain Division (Light).

The 2nd Battalion has seen service in Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, Afghanistan, and Iraq.

Companies

HHC "Hostile"

A Company "Anvil"

B Company "Bushmaster"

C Company "Chaos"

D Company "Destroyer"

E Company(FSC) "Eagle"

Specialty Platoons

Scout Platoon

Mortar Platoon

Medic Platoon

Honors

Campaigns

Indian Wars

1. Little Big Horn
2. Pine Ridge, North Dakota, 1869/69
3. Montana 1872

Spanish-American War

1. Santiago

Philippine-American War

1. Manila
2. Malolos
3. San Isidro
4. Mindanao
5. Jolo
6. Luzon 1900

World War II

1. Normandy (with arrowhead)
2. Northern France
3. Rhineland
4. Ardennes-Alsace
5. Central Europe

Vietnam

1. Counteroffensive, Phase II
2. Counteroffensive, Phase III
3. Tet Counteroffensive, 1968
4. Counteroffensive, Phase IV, 1968
5. Counteroffensive, Phase V, 1968
6. Counteroffensive, Phase VI, 1968–69
7. Tet 69/ Counteroffensive 1969
8. Summer-Fall 1969
9. Winter-Spring 1970
10. Sanctuary Counteroffensive 1970
11. Counteroffensive Phase VII, 1970–71

Somalia

1. Somalia 1993 (1st & 2nd Battalion)

Afghanistan

1. Streamer to be determined for service in 2003-04 (2nd Battalion)

Iraq

1. Streamer to be determined for service in 2003-04 (1st Battalion)
2. Streamer to be determined for service in 2005-06 (1st & 2nd Battalion)

Decorations

1. Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered HURTGEN FOREST (22nd Infantry cited; WD GO 37, 1946)
2. Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ST. GILLIS MARIGNY (22nd Infantry cited; WD GO 14, 1945)
3. Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered CARENTAN (3rd Battalion, 22nd Infantry cited;. WD GO 85,1944)
4. Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered SUOI-TRE, VIETNAM (2nd Battalion and 3rd Battalion (less Company C), 22nd Infantry cited; DA GO 59,1968) * FSB - Gold, March 21, 1967
5. Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered TAY NINH PROVINCE (3rd Battalion, 22nd Infantry cited; DA GO 42, 1969)
6. Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered KONTUM (lst Battalion, 22nd Infantry cited; DA GO 43,1970)
7. Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ (lst Battalion, 22nd Infantry cited; DA GO May 17, 2005)
8. Belgian Fourragere 1940 (22nd Infantry cited; DA GO 43, 1950) Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in BELGIUM (22nd Infantry cited; DA GO 43, 1950)
9. Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the ARDENNES (22nd Infantry cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

History

The 22d Infantry Regiment was stationed at Fort McClellan, Alabama, as a component of the 8th Infantry Brigade, which was the sole active component of the deactivated 4th Infantry Division. 22d Inf Regt moved to Fort Benning on February 21, 1941 to train with the division, and then moved to Camp Gordon, Georgia on December 27, 1941, where it was reorganized under a motorized TO&E on September 9, 1942.

The regiment moved to Fort Dix, New Jersey on April 16, 1943, where it was reorganized under a regular infantry TO&E on August 1, 1943. The regiment continued to train for combat, moving on to Camp Gordon Johnston, Florida on September 28, 1943, and to Fort Jackson, South Carolina on December 1, 1943. 22nd IR subsequently got its Port Call orders, and staged at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey on January 8, 1944 until it shipped out from the New York Port of Embarkation on January 18, 1944.

The regiment arrived in England on January 29, 1944, settled in near Plymouth, England, and started preparations to assault Utah Beach.

The regiment assaulted Utah Beach on June 6, 1944, as part of VII Corps in the D-Day Invasion, and arrived in the vicinity of Pavenoville, France by the end of D-day. It then participated in the Cherbourg Peninsula operation while attached to 2d Armored Division from July 19 through August 2, 1944.

The regiment then returned to 4th Infantry Division, and headed for Belgium as part of the Operation Cobra, moved into to Belgium on September 6, 1944, and entered Germany on September 11, 1944. The regiment was attached to 83d Infantry Division between December 3-7, 1944, and then returned to 4th Infantry Division in Luxembourg on December 12, 1944. 22nd IR then moved to Belgium on January 28, 1945, and re-entered Germany on February 7, 1945, where it remained on mop-up and occupation until July 12, 1945, when it DEROSed to the New York POE, and moved to its temporary home at Camp Butner, North Carolina while the regiment trained for movement to Japan. However, the war in the Pacific terminated, and the regiment remained at Camp Butner until it was deactivated on March 5, 1946.

Trivia

Ernest Hemingway was with the 22d Infantry Regiment when the unit from Paris through Belgium to Germany.

During the Battle of the Bulge, US war maps show that the 4 ID (to which the 22nd was assigned) was south of Bastogne, massed along the Belgium-German border across from Trier, Germany.

External links

• The 22nd Infantry Regiment Society