A regimental combat team ( RCT ) is a provisional major infantry unit which has seen use by branches of the United States Armed Forces . It is formed by augmenting a regular infantry regiment with smaller combat, combat support and combat service support units.
15-822: Philippine Division can refer to the Philippine Division (United States) , or various divisions of the Philippine Army 1st Infantry Division (Philippines) 2nd Infantry Division (Philippines) 3rd Infantry Division (Philippines) 4th Infantry Division (Philippines) 5th Infantry Division (Philippines) 6th Infantry Division (Philippines) 7th Infantry Division (Philippines) 8th Infantry Division (Philippines) 9th Infantry Division (Philippines) 10th Infantry Division (Philippines) 11th Infantry Division (Philippines) Armor "Pambato" Division [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
30-535: A company from a separate tank battalion , a company from a tank destroyer battalion , and a battery from an anti-aircraft artillery battalion. Usually the RCT was led by the commanding officer of the infantry regiment ( Colonel ) but on occasion a brigadier general was sent to command it. Most infantry regiments not part of a division were organized as RCTs, but by the end of the war most infantry divisions were also organizing their regiments as RCTs. The concept
45-596: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Philippine Division (United States) Philippine Division , or from 1944–1947 the 12th Infantry Division , was the core U.S. infantry division of the United States Army's Philippine Department during World War II . The division was organized in April 1922 and primarily consisted of United States Army officers and Filipino enlisted men. It primary purpose
60-472: The 31st Infantry Regiment , and various military police and headquarters troops, were Philippine Scouts. In October 1941, as part of the U.S. Army Forces Far East , plans were made to "triangularize" the division. The 34th Infantry was detached from the 8th Infantry Division and moved to a port of embarkation in December 1941, along with two battalions of 105mm field artillery. The Philippine Division
75-454: The brigade and leaving the regiment as the basic combat subunit of a division . However, the Army also recognized that it would need a separate infantry force to conduct missions too small for a division and created the regimental combat team (RCT). The 2nd Division , which was first to test the triangular division concept, initially referred to this type of formation as an " echelon " but as
90-455: The regiment as a basic unit smaller than a division but larger than a battalion , and it continues to employ reinforced regiments as RCTs in Iraq and Afghanistan . Under current US Marine Corps doctrine, a Marine Division typically contains three organic Marine infantry regiments. Whenever a Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB) is formed within its parent Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), one of
105-499: The " Angels of Bataan and Corregidor") by the regimental commander. Upon her capture she told the Japanese that it was "only a shawl" and kept it safe throughout more than three years of captivity. Today, the colors are on display at the U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum , Fort Gregg-Adams , Virginia. Regimental combat team The United States Army first adopted the RCT concept just prior to World War II , where it served as
120-411: The RCT is roughly the same size (approximately 4,500–5,000 Marines and Sailors) and has generally the same number of battalions (and battalion equivalents) as a US Army brigade combat team (BCT). However, the RCT as the ground combat element (GCE) of a MEB, is combined with a regimental equivalent Marine aircraft group (itself equivalent to a US Army combat aviation brigade) as the air combat element (ACE),
135-462: The division's infantry regiments is designated as the base of the regimental combat team (RCT) and serves as the ground combat element (GCE) of the MEB. The regiment, commanded by a colonel, consists of a Headquarters Company and three identical Marine infantry battalions. The regiment is then heavily reinforced by other division assets to form the RCT. These reinforcements typically include: Therefore,
150-644: The infantry-centric counterpart to the Combat Command used by armored forces. RCTs were widely used during World War II and the Korean War but were disbanded after the adoption of the Pentomic structure in 1957. The United States Marine Corps maintains the use of the RCT to the present day. In 1939, the US Army formally switched from the square division to the triangular division , eliminating
165-512: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about military units and formations which are associated with the same title. If an internal link referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. [REDACTED] Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Philippine_Division&oldid=1085375929 " Category : Military units and formations disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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#1732773197451180-404: The term already had generally accepted military definitions the combat team term was officially adopted instead. During World War II a typical RCT consisted of an infantry regiment, a field artillery battalion , a combat engineer company , a medical company, and a signals platoon . However the organization could be tailored to fit its mission and might include additional units, such as
195-565: Was retained after the end of World War II and RCTs were issued their own shoulder sleeve insignia . RCTs were used extensively during the Korean War, with the 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team illustrating the typical organization of an RCT from this era. The RCT was retained until 1957 when the Army was reorganized under the Pentomic structure, under which both regiments and battalions were eliminated as tactical units and replaced with battle groups. The U.S. Marine Corps has retained
210-597: Was to defend the Philippines from invasion. When the Philippine Army was established in 1935, it provided a potential candidate pool of Filipinos with military experience. On 31 July 1941, the division consisted of 10,473 troops, mostly enlisted Filipinos , known as the Philippine Scouts who formed the 45th and 57th US Infantry Regiments. All of the division's enlisted men, with the exception of
225-444: Was to have two complete U.S. regimental combat teams in place by January 1942 to provide General Douglas MacArthur with a modern, trained mobile reaction force, while freeing up Philippine Scouts for rounding out other units. The outbreak of war in December 1941, however, isolated the Philippines and prevented implementation of the plan. The regimental colors of the 12th Quartermaster Regiment (PS) were given to an Army nurse (one of
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