2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment

1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment

Coat of arms
Active 1941–45
1951–83
1986–90
2001-present
Country  United States
Branch  United States Army
Type Infantry
Role Airborne
Size Battalion
Part of 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team
Nickname(s) The Rock
Engagements World War II
Vietnam War
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Commanders
Battalion Commander LTC Robert "Todd" Brown
Command Sergeant Major CSM David A. Dougherty
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia

The 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (2-503rd) is an active duty airborne infantry battalion in the United States Army, assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team and stationed in Vicennza, Italy. The battalion has served with the 2nd Infantry Division, the 11th Airborne Division, the 24th Infantry Division, the 82nd Airborne Division, and the 173rd Airborne Brigade; has been stationed in Korea, Germany, Italy and the United States; and earned campaign credits in World War II, the Vietnam War, Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan, and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

History

The lineage of Company B, 503rd AIR was redesignated on 1 September 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Airborne Battle Group, 503d Infantry (2-503rd), assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, and activated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated).

2-503rd was relieved on 24 June 1960 from assignment to the 82nd Airborne Division and assigned to the 25th Infantry Division in Hawaii. The following year, on 1 July 1961, it was relieved from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division and assigned on 26 March 1963 to the 173rd Airborne Brigade on Okinawa.

On 25 June 1963, 2-503rd was reorganized and redesignated as the 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry.

Lineage and Honors

Lineage

(173d Airborne Brigade redesignated 16 September 2006 as the 173d Airborne Brigade Combat Team)[1]

Campaign Participation Credit

Note: The published Army lineage shows War on Terrorism "Campaigns to be determined". Comparison of the battalion's deployment dates with the War on Terrorism campaigns estimates that the battalion will be credited with participation in the six campaigns listed.

Decorations

Heraldry

Distinctive Unit Insignia

503rd Infantry Distinctive Unit Insignia

Coat of Arms

503rd Infantry Coat of Arms

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Lineage and Honors Information: 2d Battalion, 503d Infantry Regiment (The Rock Regiment)." U.S. Army Center for Military History. 2 June 2010. Web. Accessed 23 November 2015. <http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/inf/0503in002bn.htm>.
  2. Headquarters, Department of the Army. "General Orders 2006-10." 25 September 2006. Web. Accessed 24 November 2015. <https://www.hrc.army.mil/site/ASSETS/Awards/2014/New2014Awards/2006-10.pdf>.
  3. "Afghanistan Campaign Medal or Iraq Campaign Medal." The Adjutant General Directorate (TAGD). United States Army Human Resources Command. 6 August 2015. Web, accessed 12 October 2015. <https://www.hrc.army.mil/TAGD/Afghanistan%20Campaign%20Medal%20or%20Iraq%20Campaign%20Medal>.

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