The 172nd Infantry Brigade was a light infantry brigade of the United States Army stationed at Fort Wainwright, Alaska and later moved its headquarters to Grafenwöhr, Germany. An active duty independe
Soldiers from the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team prepare to cross an open field during a cordon and search mission in Ur, Iraq in 2006.
Formal reactivation ceremony
transfer of authority ceremony on FOB Kalsu, 18 December 2008
The 6th Infantry Division was an infantry division of the United States Army active in World War I, World War II, and the last years of the Cold War. Known as "Red Star", it was previously called the
172nd Infantry Brigade (United States)
…Greely,' being assigned. The brigade was again inactivated on 15 April 1986 at Fort Richardson, Alaska, being reflagged as part of the newly reformed 6th Infantry Division. In the late 1990s, Army leaders including General Eric Shinseki began shifting the Army force toward brigade centered operations. All separate brigades…
Color Guard of the 6th Infantry, 1945 See also:Another image
G.I.'s of Company I, 20th Infantry Regiment, 6th Infantry Division, advance up the side of a hill on the Kebayashi Line near Manila, Luzon, March 1945.