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1st Infantry Regiment
In military terms, 1st Regiment or 1st Infantry Regiment may refer to: Australia *1st Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery *1st Aviation Regiment (Australia) France * 1st Marine Infantry Regiment * 1st Infantry Regiment (France) Germany *Jäger Regiment 1 (Bundeswehr) *1st Foot Guards (German Empire) *1st (Emperor Alexander) Guards Grenadiers *1st (1st East Prussian) Grenadiers "Crown Prince" *SS Fortress Regiment 1 Greece *1st Infantry Regiment (Greece) *1st Evzone Regiment *1st Raider Regiment (Greece), see 3rd Special Forces Division (Greece), 3rd Special Forces Division *1st Serres Regiment Poland *1st Aviation Regiment (Poland) Spain *1st King's Immemorial Infantry Regiment South Africa *Durban Light Infantry, formerly 1st Infantry (Durban Light Infantry) Thailand *1st Infantry Regiment (Thailand), 1st Infantry Regiment, King's Own Bodyguards United Kingdom *1st (Royal) Regiment of Foot *1st Regiment of Foot Guards *1st Regiment Greek Light Infantry *1 Reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery
The 1st Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery is a close support regiment attached to the Australian 7th Brigade, 7th Brigade at Enoggera Barracks in Queensland. The unit was formed in 1914 under the name 1st Australian Field Artillery Brigade, part of Australian 1st Division (World War I), 1st Division Artillery during World War I and later served in World War II and the Vietnam War. It is currently re-equipping with M777 howitzer, M777A2 lightweight towed howitzers. History World War I The 1st Field Regiment was formed in 1914 following the outbreak of World War I, designated as the "1st Field Artillery Brigade". The brigade saw action on the Gallipoli Peninsula in 1915, supporting the British 29th Division (United Kingdom), 29th Division around Cape Helles from early May, and then the Australian 2nd Division (Australia), 2nd Division around Anzac Cove from October until the force was withdrawn back to Egypt. From mid-1916, the brigade supported the 1st Division (Australia), 1s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Infantry Regiment (Philippine Constabulary)
In military terms, 1st Regiment or 1st Infantry Regiment may refer to: Australia *1st Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery *1st Aviation Regiment (Australia) France * 1st Marine Infantry Regiment * 1st Infantry Regiment (France) Germany *Jäger Regiment 1 (Bundeswehr) *1st Foot Guards (German Empire) *1st (Emperor Alexander) Guards Grenadiers * 1st (1st East Prussian) Grenadiers "Crown Prince" *SS Fortress Regiment 1 Greece *1st Infantry Regiment (Greece) * 1st Evzone Regiment * 1st Raider Regiment (Greece), see 3rd Special Forces Division *1st Serres Regiment Poland * 1st Aviation Regiment (Poland) Spain * 1st King's Immemorial Infantry Regiment South Africa *Durban Light Infantry, formerly 1st Infantry (Durban Light Infantry) Thailand * 1st Infantry Regiment, King's Own Bodyguards United Kingdom *1st (Royal) Regiment of Foot *1st Regiment of Foot Guards * 1st Regiment Greek Light Infantry * 1 Regiment RLC, a unit of the Royal Logistic Corps *1 Regiment Army ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Aviation Regiment (United States)
The 1st Aviation Regiment is a task force and is a unit in the Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division (United States), First Infantry Division's Combat Aviation Brigade, composed of three battalion units of pilots, crews, and teams within the United States Army. Structure * 1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance) "Gunfighters" ** Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC) *** Iraq 2004-2005 / HQ at Camp Speicher, FOB Speicher ** Company A (AH-64) "Rebels" *** Iraq 2004-2005 / HQ at Camp Speicher, FOB Speicher ** Company B (AH-64) "Wolfpack" *** Iraq 2004-2005 / HQ at Camp Speicher, FOB Speicher ** Company C (AH-64) "Ghostriders" *** Iraq 2004-2005 / HQ at Balad Air Base, LSA Anaconda ** Company E ** Company F (Gray Eagle) * 2nd Battalion (General Support) ** Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC) ** Company C (UH-60) ** Company D ** Company F * 3rd Battalion (Assault Helicopter) (Previously 2-6th Cavalry) History 1st Battalion The unit was redesignated as Aviation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
The 1st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union army during the American Civil War. It was the first regiment to leave Massachusetts for a three-year term (several had previously left for 90-day terms) in response to President Abraham Lincoln's May 3, 1861, call for three-year regiments. It was also the first three-year regiment from any state to reach Washington, D.C., for federal service. The core of the regiment was five companies from the 1st Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, a peace-time unit which was formed in 1858, replacing an earlier, disbanded unit of the same designation. Five companies of new recruits were added to the regiment and the unit was mustered in by companies beginning May 23, 1861, at Camp Cameron in Cambridge, Massachusetts. After arriving in Washington, the regiment became part of Major General Irwin McDowell's Army of Northeastern Virginia and saw their first combat during the Battle of Blackburn's Ford. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Marine Regiment (United States)
The 1st Marine Regiment is an infantry regiment of the United States Marine Corps based at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. The regiment is under the command of the 1st Marine Division and the I Marine Expeditionary Force. The 1st Marine Regiment is also sometimes referred to as "Regimental Combat Team 1" or "Inchon". Organization The regiment comprises four infantry battalions and one headquarters company: * Headquarters Company 1st Marines * 1st Battalion, 1st Marines (1/1) * 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines (2/1) * 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines (3/1) History The 1st Marines were activated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 27 November 1913. At this time, it bore the designation of 2nd Advanced Base Regiment. During the 1st Marine Regiment's early years, it was primarily employed as a combat force in the so-called Banana Wars, and in the Caribbean area. The first of these engagements occurred in April 1914, when the regiment landed and seized the Mexican port of Ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Infantry Regiment (United States)
The 1st Infantry Regiment is a regiment of the United States Army that draws its lineage from a line of post American Revolutionary War units and is decorated with thirty-nine campaign streamers. The 1st Battalion, 1st Infantry is assigned as support to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York and to furnish the enlisted garrison for the academy and the Stewart Army Subpost. 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment is an infantry component serving with the 2nd Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division at Joint Base Lewis–McChord, Washington. History Origins On 3 March 1791, Congress added to the Army "The Second Regiment of Infantry" from which today's First Infantry draws its heritage. In September of that year, elements of it and the original 1st Infantry Regiment (today's 3rd United States Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard)), with sizable militia complements, all under the command of General Arthur St. Clair, were sent to the Northwest Indian War of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1 Regiment Army Air Corps
1 Regiment Army Air Corps is a regiment of the Army Air Corps (AAC). History * Detmold , 9, 17 & 26 Flights , 1964-1969 * Detmold , 651, 657 & 658 Squadrons , 1969-1971 * HQ at Detmold , 651 at Verden, 657 at Soltau & 658 Squadron at Minden , 1971-1976 * Hildesheim , 651 & 661 , 1977-1980 * Hildesheim , 651 & 661 , 1981-1983 * Hildesheim , HQ, 651, 652 & 661 , 1983-1990 * Hildesheim , HQ, 651, 652 & 661 , 1990-1994 * Gutersloh , 1994-2015 * RNAS Yeovilton , 2015-present Until 1993 the regiment was based at Tofrek Barracks with 651 & 652 Squadrons using a mix of Westland Lynxs and Westland Gazelle Westland or Westlands may refer to: Places *Westlands, Nairobi, an affluent neighbourhood in the city of Nairobi, Kenya * Westlands, Staffordshire, a suburban area and ward in Newcastle-under-Lyme *Westland, a peninsula of the Shetland Mainland ne ...s. Previously, RHQ was located at Verden along with 651 Sqn AAC whilst 658 Sqn AAC was located aSt Georges Barrack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1 Regiment RLC
1 Regiment RLC is a regiment of the British Army's Royal Logistic Corps. History The regiment was formed in 1812 and has participated in many conflicts such the Second World War and operations in Northern Ireland, Iraq and Afghanistan. After being known as 1 Divisional Column for many years, it became 1 Armoured Division Transport Regiment RCT in December 1977, 1 General Support Regiment RLC in April 1993 and 1 Regiment RLC in 2014. It moved from Gütersloh in Germany to St David's Barracks at MoD Bicester in 2016. Organisation The regiment currently has several units within it: *74 Headquarters Squadron *2 Close Support Squadron *12 Close Support Squadron *23 General Support Squadron *Regimental Light Aid Detachment, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. It is partnered with 157 (Welsh) Regiment RLC 157 (Welsh) Regiment RLC is an Army Reserve regiment of the Royal Logistic Corps. History The regiment was formed in the Royal Corps of Transport as 157th (Wales and Midl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Regiment Greek Light Infantry
The 1st Regiment Greek Light Infantry (1810–12) was a light infantry regiment, founded as a ''local establishment'' in British service consisting mostly of Greek and Albanian enlisted men and Greek and British officers that served during the Napoleonic Wars. Later it became a regular British Army regiment as the 1st Greek Light Infantry ("The Duke of York's") (1812–16). It had no official association with the modern state of Greece or the Filiki Eteria or any Greek War of Independence groups; however, several future leaders of the War of Independence fought in its ranks, as did a number of rank-and-file klephts and armatoloi. Background The British Army during the Napoleonic Wars was small (~40,000 troops) at the outset compared to those of other European countries like France and Prussia. The British Army used foreign volunteers, such as French Royalists, Germans, Greeks and Corsicans to supplement its forces. In 1813 one fifth of the army, 52,000 men, were such volunteers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Regiment Of Foot Guards
The Grenadier Guards (GREN GDS) is the most senior infantry regiment of the British Army, being at the top of the Infantry Order of Precedence. It can trace its lineage back to 1656 when Lord Wentworth's Regiment was raised in Bruges to protect the exiled Charles II. In 1665, this regiment was combined with John Russell's Regiment of Guards to form the current regiment, known as the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards. Since then, the regiment has filled both a ceremonial and protective role as well as an operational one. In 1900, the regiment provided a cadre of personnel to form the Irish Guards; in 1915 it also provided the basis of the Welsh Guards upon their formation. The regiment's early history saw it take part in numerous conflicts including the War of the Spanish Succession, the War of the Austrian Succession, the Seven Years' War, and the Napoleonic Wars; at the end of this period the regiment was granted the "Grenadier" designation by a Royal Proclamation. During the Victo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st (Royal) Regiment Of Foot
The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment), once known as the Royal Regiment of Foot, was the oldest and most senior infantry regiment line infantry, of the line of the British Army, having been raised in 1633 during the reign of Charles I of England, Charles I. The regiment existed continuously until 2006, when it amalgamated with the King's Own Scottish Borderers to become the Royal Scots Borderers, which merged with the Royal Highland Fusiliers, Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment), the Black Watch, the Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders to form the Royal Regiment of Scotland. History 17th century In April 1633, John Hepburn (soldier), Sir John Hepburn was granted a Warrant (law), warrant by Charles I of England, Charles I to recruit 1200 Scots for service with the French army in the 1618–1648 Thirty Years War. The nucleus came from Hepburn's previous regiment, which fought with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Infantry Regiment (Thailand)
The 1st King Close Bodyguard Regiment, King Close Bodyguard () (กรม ทม.ที่ 1 มหด.รอ.) is a King's Guard (Thailand), King's Guard regiment under the Royal Security Command. The regiment is divided into three battalions, all of them based in Bangkok. The regiment is the only unit of the Royal Thai Armed Forces with the designation ''Mahat Lek Rajawallop'' (); meaning the king's close bodyguards, translated as the ''King's Own Bodyguards''. The unit was first established by King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) in 1859, whilst he was still a young prince. One of the primary roles of the regiment is to provide security and protection to members of the Chakri dynasty, Thai royal family as well as the ceremonial escort and guarding of the royal palaces. The unit is the oldest regiment of the Thai army. History The Royal Guards were established by Chulalongkorn, King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) of Siam in 1859, when he was still a young prince. Initially, the Royal Guards were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
