5th Division locations

[Adm.Lee]

When did the division's infantry battalions reflag to the 6th Regiment, as opposed to the 10th and 11th regiments that were cited in Death of a Division?

[mpipes]

1985 Reorganization reflagged the battalions Regiment affiliations.

As I recall this was an effort to reestablish the heraldry of the army battalions and promote esprit de corp. In theory, all army combat personnel remain assigned to battalions with the same heritage throughout their service.

[alexei]

According to this doc (Page 18) about roundout brigades the 256th was transitioning to Bradleys during Desert Shield/Desert Storm. I have another doc that confirms that, but I was unable to get the second one to upload.

[shrike6]

Originally Posted by Adm.Lee

When did the division's infantry battalions reflag to the 6th Regiment, as opposed to the 10th and 11th regiments that were cited in Death of a Division?

3-10th Inf reflagged as 4-6th and the 3-11th Inf reflagged as 3-6th on 8/1/1984
The 1-61st Inf reflagged as 5-6th on 6/16/1989
4-12th Cavalry was reflagged 3-1st sometime in 1990
2-21st FA was reflagged 4-1 in 1988
3-19th FA was reflagged 5-1 in 1988
3-21st FA became the C Btry/21st FA (MLRS)
K Btry/ 29th FA became H Btry/ 25th FA (TA)
1-40th Armor was reflagged 1-70th Armor

Originally Posted by alexei

According to this doc (Page 18) about roundout brigades the 256th was transitioning to Bradleys during Desert Shield/Desert Storm. I have another doc that confirms that, but I was unable to get the second one to upload.

Weirdly enought the 5th hadn't fully converted to Bradleys at that point.