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قالب:US Corps The XVIII Airborne Corps is a corps of the United States Army that has been in existence since 1942 and saw extensive service during World War II. The corps is designed for rapid deployment anywhere in the world and is referred to as "America's Contingency Corps". Its headquarters are at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

II Armored Corps XVIII Corps XVIII Airborne Corps
XVIII Army Airborne Corps shoulder sleeve insignia
نشطة	1942–1945 1951–present
البلد	الولايات المتحدة
الفرع	الولايات المتحدة
النوع	Corps
جزء من	U.S. Army Forces Command
مقر الحامية	Fort Bragg, North Carolina, U.S.
الشعار اللفظي	Sky Dragons
Color of Beret	Maroon
الاشتباكات	World War II Battle of the Bulge Western Allied invasion of Germany Persian Gulf War Global War on Terrorism War in Afghanistan Iraq War Operation Inherent Resolve
الموقع الإلكتروني	https://www.army.mil/xviiicorps
القادة
القائد الحالي	LTG Michael "Erik" Kurilla
أبرز القادة	Matthew Ridgway John W. Leonard James J. Lindsay Thomas J. H. Trapnell William C. Westmoreland Henry E. Emerson Hugh Shelton
الشارات
Combat service identification badge
Distinctive unit insignia
Flag
Beret flash
Background trimming

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 Leadership

Its command group includes:

• Commanding General: Lieutenant General Michael E. Kurilla
• Deputy Commanding General: Major General Brian J. McKiernan
• Deputy Commanding General (Operations): Brigadier General W. H. Fletcher, Canadian Army
• Command Sergeant Major: Command Sergeant Major Charles Albertson

 History

 World War II

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  II Armored Corps

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  XVIII Corps

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  XVIII Airborne Corps

 Current structure

Order of Battle of the XVIII Airborne Corps (click to enlarge)

XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg

• 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart
• 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum
• 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg
• 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell
• 18th Field Artillery Brigade, Fort Bragg
• 20th Engineer Brigade, Fort Bragg

Other major units stationed along the XVIII Corps units are:

• 16th Military Police Brigade, Fort Bragg
• 3rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), Fort Bragg
• 7th Transportation Brigade, Fort Eustis
• 20th Support Command (CBRNE), Aberdeen Proving Grounds, part of United States Army Forces Command
  • 52nd Ordnance Group (EOD), Fort Campbell
• 525th Military Intelligence Brigade, Fort Bragg
• 35th Signal Brigade, Fort Gordon
• 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, Fort Bragg, part of 32nd Army Air & Missile Defense Command
• 18th Air Support Operations Group, Pope Field (United States Air Force unit responsible for coordinating corps tactical air support)
• 44th Medical Brigade, Fort Bragg

 Operations

The corps has participated in a number of operations since then:

• Operation Power Pack – Dominican Republic, 1965
• Operation Urgent Fury – Grenada, 1983
• Operation Golden Pheasant – Honduras, 1988
• Operation Nimrod Dancer – Panama, 1989
• Operation Hawkeye – U.S. Virgin Islands, 1989
• Operation Just Cause – Panama, 1989
• Operation Desert Shield – Saudi Arabia, 1990–1991
• Operation Desert Storm – Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Iraq, 1991
• Operation GTMO – Cuba, 1991
• Operation Hurricane Andrew – Florida, 1992
• Operation Restore Hope – Somalia, 1992
• Operation Uphold/Maintain Democracy – Haiti, 1994
• Operation Vigilant Warrior – Kuwait, 1994
• Operation Joint Forge – Bosnia, 1998
• Operation Enduring Freedom – Afghanistan, 2002, 2014
• Operation Iraqi Freedom – Iraq, 2005
• Operation Iraqi Freedom – Iraq, 2008
• Operation Unified Response – Haiti, 2010
• Operation New Dawn – Iraq, 2011
• Operation Inherent Resolve – Iraq and Syria, 2015–2016

 Notable members

• John D. Altenburg, MG – Deputy Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Army.
• Ralph Eaton, BG – 82nd Airborne Division and XVIII Airborne Corps Chief of Staff.
• Michael C. Flowers, BG – Commander, Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command.
• Michael T. Flynn, LTG – 25th National Security Advisor, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, and ISAF Commander.
• Charles D. Gemar, LTC – US Astronaut.
• Teresa King, SGM – First female Commandant of the U.S. Army Drill Sergeant Academy.
• Gary Luck, GEN - Corps commander and later CG, USFK
• Stanley A. McChrystal, GEN – ISAF Commander.
• Raymond T. Odierno, GEN – 38th Army Chief of Staff.
• James Peake, LTG – Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
• David Petraeus, GEN – ISAF Commander and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
• Matthew Ridgway, GEN - U.S. Army Chief of Staff
• David M. Rodriguez, GEN – Commander, U.S. Africa Command and FORSCOM.
• Arthur D. Simons, COL – Led the Son Tay raid during the Vietnam War.
• Thomas Tackaberry, LTG - Veteran of World War II, Korea and Vietnam.
• Michael Tomczyk, CPT – Computer entrepreneur and joint developer of the Commodore VIC-20.
• Thomas R. Turner II, LTG – Commanding General of United States Army North.
• James C. Yarbrough, BG – Commander, Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk.
• Wayne Eyre, LGEN – Commander of the Canadian Army.

 References

• Dinackus, Thomas D. (2000). Order of Battle: Allied Ground Forces of Operation Desert Storm. Central Point, Oregon: Hellgate Press. ISBN 1-55571-493-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)

 External links

• Official website
• XVIII Airborne Corps Home Page
• Global Security: XVIII Airborne Corps
• XVIII Airborne Corps Desert Storm/Desert Shield Photographs US Army Heritage and Education Center, Carlisle, Pennsylvania