2nd Bn 505th Infantry Regiment Branch Tapestries

From 1966 to 1970, the 2nd Battalion was part of the 199th Light Infantry Brigade and 23rd Infantry Division in Vietnam.

2d Battalion, 505th Infantry Regiment (Panthers) Constituted 24 June 1942 in the Army of the United States as Company B, 505th Parachute Infantry Activated 6 July 1942 at Fort Benning, Georgia (505th Parachute Infantry assigned 10 February 1943 to the 82d Airborne Division) Reorganized and redesignated 15 December 1947 as Company B, 505th Airborne Infantry Allotted 15 November 1948 to the Regular Army Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Airborne Battle Group, 505th Infantry, relieved from assignment to the 82d Airborne Division, and assigned to the 11th Airborne Division.

Stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington, the 2nd Battalion, 3rd US Infantry Regiment, serves as one of three infantry battalions of the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team of the 2nd Infantry Division ('Indian Head'). After a 31-year hiatus from service, the 2nd Battalion was reactivated on 15 March 2001 as part of the US Army's first Stryker brigade (inactive) combat team. It served as part of the first deployment of a Stryker brigade combat team in 2003. It then served a 15-month deployment in 2006–2007. It deployed to Iraq again in 2009 and Afghanistan in 2011.

Stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington, the 2nd Battalion, 3rd US Infantry Regiment, serves as one of three infantry battalions of the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team of the 2nd Infantry Division ('Indian Head'). After a 31-year hiatus from service, the 2nd Battalion was reactivated on 15 March 2001 as part of the US Army's first Stryker brigade (inactive) combat team. It served as part of the first deployment of a Stryker brigade combat team in 2003. It then served a 15-month deployment in 2006–2007. It deployed to Iraq again in 2009 and Afghanistan in 2011.

1st Battalion 505th Infantry Regiment Constituted 24 June 1942 in the Army of the United States as Company A, 505th Parachute Infantry Activated 6 July 1942 at Fort Benning, Georgia (505th Parachute Infantry assigned 10 February 1943 to the 82d Airborne Division) Reorganized and redesignated 15 December 1947 as Company A, 505th Airborne Infantry Allotted 15 November 1948 to the Regular Army Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Airborne Battle Group, 505th Infantry, and remained assigned to the 82d Airborne Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated) Relieved 15 January 1959 from assignment to the 82d Airborne Division.

The 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (505th PIR), originally the 505th Infantry Regiment, is an airborne infantry regiment of the United States Army, one of four infantry regiments of the 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army, with a long and distinguished history.[1] Activated in July 1942 during World War II, the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment participated in the Allied invasion of Sicily, later landing at Salerno, the Battle of Normandy, the Netherlands and the Battle of the Bulge. During the 1960s, the 505th was one of the units which played a role in Operation Power Pack in the Dominican Republic and later assisted local authorities during the civil disturbances which occurred within the United States.

The 31st Infantry Regiment ("Polar Bears") of the United States Army was formed on 13 August 1916, and was part of USAFFE's Philippine Division during World War II. The unit is rare in that it was formed and has spent most of its life on non-American soil.

2nd Bn 36th Infantry Regt - Infantry Br - Rangers - 3rd Armored Division - FRG - Cold War - Fulda Gap - Davy Crockett (nuclear device)

2d Battalion, 508th Infantry Regiment Constituted 6 October 1942 in the Army of the United States as Company B, 508th Parachute Infantry Activated 20 October 1942 at Camp Blanding, Florida Inactivated 25 November 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey Redesignated 16 April 1951 as Company B, 508th Airborne Infantry; concurrently allotted to the Regular Army and activated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina Inactivated 22 March 1957 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky Redesignated 15 July 1962 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 508th Infantry Assigned 6 March 1964 to the 82d Airborne Division (organic elements concurrently constituted) Battalion activated 25 May 1964 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

2d Battalion, 505th Infantry Regiment (Panthers) Constituted 24 June 1942 in the Army of the United States as Company B, 505th Parachute Infantry Activated 6 July 1942 at Fort Benning, Georgia (505th Parachute Infantry assigned 10 February 1943 to the 82d Airborne Division) Reorganized and redesignated 15 December 1947 as Company B, 505th Airborne Infantry Allotted 15 November 1948 to the Regular Army Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Airborne Battle Group, 505th Infantry, relieved from assignment to the 82d Airborne Division, and assigned to the 11th Airborne Division.

2d Battalion, 505th Infantry Regiment (Panthers) Constituted 24 June 1942 in the Army of the United States as Company B, 505th Parachute Infantry Activated 6 July 1942 at Fort Benning, Georgia (505th Parachute Infantry assigned 10 February 1943 to the 82d Airborne Division) Reorganized and redesignated 15 December 1947 as Company B, 505th Airborne Infantry Allotted 15 November 1948 to the Regular Army Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Airborne Battle Group, 505th Infantry, relieved from assignment to the 82d Airborne Division, and assigned to the 11th Airborne Division