Tuesday, July 19, 2005

Army Reserve Trivia

I thought I knew that all Army reserve combat units reside in the Army National Guard. The Reserves are for combat service support units. Or so I thought.

A recent casualty report stated that a fallen soldier was from 100-442 Infantry Regiment of the Army Reserve. Huh?

Yep, it it the only infantry unit in the Army Reserve. Though it is part of a ARNG brigade:


The 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry, is the only remaining Infantry unit in the Army Reserve force structure. Its headquarters is located at Fort Shafter, Hawaii, and its units are located in Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam and Saipan. Under the command and control of the 9th Regional Support Command, the 100th/442nd's wartime mission is to be one of the maneuver battalion's of the 29th Separate Infantry Brigade, Hawaii Army National Guard.

From the old Nisei regiment of Japanese-Americans of World War II.

Go for broke, as they say.