He talks about his great-uncle's service in World War II, as a member of the infantry division that first liberated a Nazi concentration camp.
Gates is conferring with the top military personnel there and has not yet committed himself regarding a surge or regarding the size of the infantry services in the future.
After rescuing the woman, Carter's unit -- the 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Infantry Division -- took control of the bridge and the whole town, Hindiya, within a matter of hours.
Capt Gary Palmer, of the Infantry Battle School based in Brecon, Powys, told the inquest it was believed Ranger Maguire was killed by a shot fired from a General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG) by a fellow soldier.
During WWII, for example, he was an ambulance driver (his poor eyesight kept him out of the infantry) attached to the old British-Indian Army in India and Burma, where, among other horrors, he witnessed a famine that took the lives of millions.
West, 42, will be assigned to the rear detachment of the 4th Infantry Division awaiting the processing of his retirement request, the statement said.
Instead, U.S. commanders say it is hard to impose order in Iraq with just 150, 000 troops, and the return home of the 3rd Infantry Division -- one of the units that led the assault on Baghdad -- has been delayed indefinitely.
Much of the Third Infantry Division, which did a lot of the fighting, still doesn't know when it can go home.
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Ray Odierno of the 4th Infantry Division said the raid took place Thursday at a house south of Tikrit, the deposed Iraqi president's hometown.
Back in 1968, Hagel was a specialist in the 2nd Battalion of the 47th Infantry Regiment, fighting in the Mekong Delta.
Thirty Stryker MEVs have recently been fielded to the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team of the 3rd Infantry Division in preparation for their upcoming deployment to Iraq, and the Army also funded the acquisition of another 306 Stryker MEVs in the 2008 supplemental budget bill.
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The Army's 1st Cavalry Division and elements of the 4th Infantry Division, as well as the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment and the 13th Corps Support Command, are based at Fort Hood.
Fort Hood, with about 40, 000 troops, is home to the Army's 1st Cavalry Division and elements of the 4th Infantry Division, as well as the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment and the 13th Corps Support Command.
By September 1951, the Korean War had been raging for more than a year, and Tony was part of the 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, which had been fighting for strategic hills that could shape the course of the war.
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It is Major General Abrams, commanding general of the 3rd Infantry Division and Regional Command-South.
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John Digiambatista of the 4th Infantry Division said in a news release, referring to Tuesday's attack.
Jeffery Hammond, commander of the 4th Infantry Division, stood facing the angry crowd.
U.S. commanders told him that elements of the 3rd Infantry had moved into Karbala overnight, where they encountered Iraqi troops.
Lieutenant-Colonel Kimo Gallahue, the commander of the American infantry in Wardak, says many locals have not yet decided which side to back.
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Army Private First Class Kenneth Zeigler of the 3rd Infantry Division was killed in southeast Baghdad by a roadside bomb last week.
In another U.S. troop movement, the first elements of the 4th Infantry Division are expected to begin moving from Kuwait into Iraq within a few days.
TIKRIT, Iraq (CNN) -- The commanding general of the 4th Infantry Division on Friday accepted a U.S. military investigator's recommendation and ordered administrative action against Lt.
After various senior roles in Europe and the Pentagon, Gen Odierno was assigned to Fort Hood, Texas as the commanding general from 2001 to 2004 of the 4th Infantry Division.
Mr. O'HANLON: Women are really allowed to do most things overall, if you are going to summarize, because as you've pointed out correctly, they are not allowed to do some of the frontline infantry combat work.
Once the withdrawal is over, the secretary-general says the force should be strengthened again with the addition of two mechanised infantry battalions, bringing the total number of peacekeepers to just less than 8, 000.
One of his aides attributes that to the high number of Miami police serving in the 124th Infantry Regiment, well-trained to deal with dangerous streets and hot summers.
Duncan Miles, an Englishman who plays a member of the French 45th Regiment of line infantry, recalls having a tear in his eye as Mr. Schneider tipped his two-cornered hat to the troops during a re-creation of the 1806 battle of the Jena.
The mortar has changed little since World War II and remains one of the simplest weapons to operate, which is why it is found at the lowest level of infantry units, said Joseph Trevithick, a mortar expert with Global Security.org.
Some military officials, citing the difficulty of completing infantry training courses, believe that most women would be unable to meet the physical requirements.
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