Since 1974, the 101st Airborne Division has been the United States Army's "Air Assault" Division. The Division is capable of lifting, by helicopter, a 4,000-soldier combined arms force up to 150 kilometers behind enemy lines in one lift. Having approximately 281 helicopters, including three battalions of Apache attack helicopters, makes the "Screaming Eagles" the most versatile fighting unit in the Army.

History of the 1st Cavalry Division from 1833 to present. View photos and video footage of the 1st Cavalry Division during WWII, including images of the unit during horse-mounted expeditions into Mexican territory.

The job of the 44th Medical Brigade, now the 44th Medical Command, is to organize, train, deploy, command, and control their subordinate medical units to provide corps-level combat medical, and community health support, across all levels of conflict and in a peacetime garrison environment. The summary history of the 44th Medical Brigade goes into detail about the history of this life-saving group of soldiers.

History of the 2nd Marine Division. The 2nd Marine Division is an infantry division of the United States Marine Corps. The 2nd MarDiv serves the USMC as the ground maneuver element of the II Marine Expeditionary Force. The Marines of the second division have served their country with distinction during World War II, the Persian Gulf War, and now in the Global War on Terror. The 2nd Marine Division is stationed at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.

A summary history of the 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment - the first to jump into combat.

History of the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment from their time fighting during WWII in the Pacific Theater - which earned them a Presidential Unit Citation - all the way through to their multiple deployments to both Iraq and Afghanistan during the Global War on Terror [GWOT].