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The 11th Airborne Division has made a comeback. U.S. Army Alaska will become the “Angels” of World War II fame.<\/p>\n
Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth announced that the U.S. Army Alaska headquarters would be redesignated as the 11th Airborne Division, and the 1st and 4th Brigade Combat Teams of the 25th Infantry Division would be redesignated as the 1st and 2nd Brigade Combat Teams of the 11th Airborne Division.<\/p>\n
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By Steve Beynon<\/strong><\/p>\n U.S. Army Alaska will be redesignated as the 11th Airborne Division this summer, and the force will be reintroducing the patch used decades ago, but with an Arctic twist.<\/p>\n The original unit, deactivated in 1965 and nicknamed “Angels,” fought in the Pacific theater in World War II. It was eventually turned into an air assault test unit as the Army was drawing up helicopter tactics. Alaska’s upcoming patch is identical to the old patch used until the division was disbanded, but with an “Arctic” tab on top of the airborne tab.<\/p>\n Right now most of U.S. Army Alaska’s 12,000 soldiers wear the 25th Infantry Division patch. That division is based in Hawaii and is commonly associated with its specialty in jungle warfare, the opposite of Alaska’s mission, gearing for combat in subzero environments.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n