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The last Pathfinder unit in the Army, a company authorized by MTOE in the 82d Airborne Division, was inactivated in a ceremony on 24 February 2017 at Simmons Army Airfield at Fort Bragg. For decades, the Army trained Pathfinders at the Pathfinder School at Fort Benning, Georgia (renamed Fort Moore in 2023).
The 3rd Medical Command (Deployment Support) (MCDS) or " Desert Medics " [1] is headquartered in Atlanta, GA and manages all the Army Reserve deployable field medical units east of Ohio. While the 807th MCDS covers the MTOE medical units to the west and ARMEDCOM provides command and control for all the Table of Distribution and Allowance (TDA ...
Mission. The sustainment brigade is a flexible headquarters that is task organized to support unified land operations and command subordinate sustainment organizations. It is task organized with a combination of combat sustainment support battalions and functional logistics battalions [1] It is a multifunctional headquarters that integrates and ...
One version of the patch worn on the uniforms of American pathfinders who served during World War II. In military organizations, a pathfinder is a specialized soldier inserted or dropped into place in order to set up and operate drop zones, pickup zones, and helicopter landing sites for airborne operations, air resupply operations, or other air operations in support of the ground unit commander.
A Rear Area Operations Center (RAOC) was a U.S. Army MTOE unit that served as a command and control facility that provided an rear area and/or sub-area commander's planning, coordinating, monitoring, advising and directing agency for area security operations. According to U.S. doctrine, a RAOC is a reserve component organization of ...
AAW – Antiair Warfare. AB – Airbase. AB – Airman Basic (USAF E-1) ABCA – American, British, Canadian, Australian Armies Program. ABCS – Army Battle Command System. ABD – Airbase Defense. ABU – Airman Battle Uniform (U.S. Air Force) ABV – Assault Breacher Vehicle (U.S. Army) ABFC – Advanced Base Functional Component.
The Army National Guard (ARNG), in conjunction with the Air National Guard, is an organized militia force and a federal military reserve force of the United States Army.They are simultaneously part of two different organizations: the ARNG of each state, most territories, and the District of Columbia (also referred to as the Militia of the United States), as well as the federal ARNG, as part of ...
Troop command. A troop command is a command equivalent in size to a brigade that provides command and control headquarters and planning staff for smaller units of a National Guard within a state that are not organized under a division or brigade headquarters. Troop commands typically provide logistical and administrative support for non-organic ...