The unit’s sphere of dominance was the largest land-wise, spanning the area north of Baghdad running from the Turkish border in the north to the Syrian border in the west to the Iranian border in the east. Colonel O’Neal graduated in 1996 from the United States Military Academy and was commissioned into the Corps of Engineers. On 1 July 1957, the division was reorganized as a Pentomic Division. Respectively serving in Bosnia, at Camps Dallas and Angela, near Tuzla under the 1ID, and then in Croatia at Slavonski Brod, under the 1AD, serving the Assistant Division Commander for Support, then BG George Casey. He then served in the 1st Battalion (Operation Sergeant Major), 30th Infantry, Fort Stewart, Georgia, 4th Infantry BDE Combat Team (IBCT), Fort Riley, Ks (Iraq) as a Battalion CSM; 1st Heavy BDE Combat Team, 1st Infantry as a BDE CSM. Location, building number. The division also served in the Korean War. In World War II, it landed with Gen. Patton's task force in a contested amphibious landing on the coast of Morocco, North Africa, overwhelming Vichy French defenders in November 1942. In the course of Operation Iraqi Freedom up until 24 September 2010, 436 members of the division were killed in action[26]. The soldiers of 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division returned home in late November 2013 after serving a 9-month tour. During that tour 3rd CAB soldiers flew about 26,000 missions, including 800 air assaults, and were responsible for about 2,500 enemy casualties. Army Information Digest 20 (October 1965):37–43. Eight days after the Allied invasion of mainland Italy, on 18 September 1943, the 3rd Division came ashore at Salerno, where they came under the command of VI Corps, under Major General Ernest J. Dawley who was replaced two days later by Major General John P. Lucas (who had commanded the division from September 1941 to March 1942). Its current organization includes a division headquarters and headquarters battalion, two armored brigade combat teams, one National Guard infantry brigade combat team, a task force unit, one aviation brigade, a division artillery, a sustainment brigade and a combat sustainment sup… The 3rd Infantry Division (nicknamed The Rock of the Marne) is a combined arms division of the United States Army based at Fort Stewart, Georgia. His company was the battalion main effort during five of the seven major battalion battles during OIF I most notable was the infamous "Thunder Run" in April 2003. He conducted One Station Unit Training (OSUT) at Ft. Knox, KY. CSM Williams has held every level of professional leadership. Later nearly 1,000 soldiers deployed to southeastern Turkey and northern Iraq to provide comfort to Kurdish refugees. "Valor: 3d Division in Sicily." Mission: The Spartan Brigade is one of two armored brigade combat teams within the 3rd Infantry Division. Dolcater, Max W., ed. They are only awarded to Soldiers and DA Civilians who have exceeded the standard, ‘challenging others to follow their example.’”. [9] The 3rd Infantry Division saw combat in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, France, Germany and Austria for 531 consecutive days. They would remain under this command until 3–7 CAV's redeployment back to Fort Stewart, being reattached to the 3rd Infantry Division. The 3rd Brigade Combat Team, one of 4 brigades in the Army's modular 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized), has about 3,600 soldiers overall. Crawford, Charles. Golden, Joe E. "Third U.S. Infantry Division in Italy." Below the Divisional patch is emblemized the BDEs numerical “2” designation, while at the bottom of the shield in a brass scroll reads the 2nd ABCT’s motto of “Send Me” in blue due to it’s role as a first line of defense against the Germans in WWI and the Soviets in the Cold War. The 3rd Infantry Division (nicknamed The Rock of the Marne)[3] is a combined arms division of the United States Army based at Fort Stewart, Georgia. During the campaign the 3rd Division gained a reputation as one of the best divisions in the Seventh Army. In preparation of this deployment a Fourth Brigade was organized and became the first cohesive brigade combat team sent into a combat zone by the US Army, cohesive in that it fulfilled the table of organization requirement of such a unit. The division headquarters became the leadership organization of MND-C (Multi-National Division Central), a new command established south of Baghdad as part of the Iraq War troop surge of 2007.