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The 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division is an airborne infantry brigade combat team of the United States Army. The unit is stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska and is the only airborne brigade combat team in the Pacific Theater. It is also the newest airborne brigade combat team and one of only five in the United States Army; the others are the three brigade combat teams of the 82nd Airborne Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team. United States Army Alaska is the brigade's next higher command, not the 25th Infantry Division which is headquartered in Hawaii. The brigade, along with 1st Brigade Combat Team (Stryker), 25th Infantry Division, which is also stationed in Alaska, share in the history of the 25th Infantry Division, but are not subordinate to the division; the chain of command goes direct from United States Army Alaska to United States Army Pacific. ==History== The 4th Brigade was first organized in December 1969, to replace the 29th Infantry Brigade, a Hawaii Army National Guard unit that was being released from active duty. After barely a year, the brigade was inactivated and reflagged as the 1st Brigade when that unit returned from Vietnam.〔"A Brief History of the 25th Infantry Division." ''25th Infantry Division Association.'' 25th Infantry Division Association, no date. Web. Accessed 27 October 2015. In 2004, the United States Army announced the Army Modernization Plan, intended to restructure the U.S. Army by creating new modular brigade combat teams. A new airborne brigade combat team at Fort Richardson, Alaska was included as part of the restructuring.〔"Reorganization of the 25th Infantry Division." ''25th Infantry Division Association.'' 25th Infantry Division Association, no date. Web. Accessed 27 October 2015. The brigade spent the remainder of 2005 and 2006 achieving full personnel strength and conducting training for future combat deployment. The first major training exercise was conducted at Fort Greely, Alaska in April 2006 and was followed by pre-deployment certification at the US Army Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, Louisiana in August of the same year. During the same month the fall deployment of the brigade to Iraq was announced. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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