The
United States Army Infantry School is located in
Fort BenningFort Benning is a United States Army post located southeast of the city of Columbus in Muscogee and Chattahoochee counties in Georgia and Russell County, Alabama...
,
GeorgiaGeorgia is a state in the United States. One of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution, it had been the last of the Thirteen Colonies to be established, in 1733. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January...
. It is made up of the following components:
- 192d Infantry Brigade
The 192nd Infantry Brigade is an infantry brigade of the United States Army. was first formed as part of the United States Army Reserve's 96th Division. As part of the triangularization of the US Army before World War II, the Brigade was inactivated and the assets & personnel formed the 96th...
(Reflagged from Basic Combat Training Brigade (BCTB))
- 197th Infantry Brigade
The 197th Infantry Brigade is an Infantry brigade of the United States Army.-References:*...
(Reflagged from 29th Infantry RegimentThe 29th Infantry Regiment is a unit of the United States Army first formed in 1813.-Establishment and early missions:The first 29th Infantry was constituted on 29 January 1813, and saw service in the War of 1812. Following this, the regiment was merged with the 6th Infantry...
)
- 1st Battalion (Mechanized/Stryker), 29th Infantry Regiment
- US Army Infantry Experimental Forces Company
- Bradley Master Gunner Course
- Mechanized Leader Course
- Stryker
The IAV Stryker is a family of eight-wheeled all-wheel-drive armored combat vehicles produced by General Dynamics Land Systems, in use by the United States Army. Based on the Canadian LAV III light-armored vehicle, which in turn is based on the Swiss MOWAG Piranha III 8x8, the Stryker is the U.S...
Leader & Transition Courses
- Stryker/Bradley Proponent Office
- Mechanized New Equipment Training Company
- 2nd Battalion, 29th Infantry Regiment
- Small Arms Ranges, Experimentation and Support
- Sniper School
The US Army Sniper School is part of the United States Army 197th Infantry Brigade based at Fort Benning, Georgia. The first US Army Sniper School was short lived, being established in 1955, but disbanded in 1956 at Camp Perry, Ohio...
- Combatives School
- Conus Replacement Center (CRC)
- 198th Infantry Brigade
The 198th Infantry Brigade, was first formed as part of the United States Army Reserve's 99th Division. It was active from 1967 through 1971.- Vietnam :1967-1971The Brigade was organized as a separate Infantry Brigade at Fort Hood, Texas...
(Reflagged from Infantry Training Brigade (ITB))
- 1st Battalion 19th Infantry
The 19th Infantry Regiment is a United States Army infantry regiment which is assigned to the US Army Training and Doctrine Command, with the assignment of conducting Basic and Advanced Infantry Training.-Civil War:...
, 2nd Battalion 19th Infantry, 1st Battalion 50th InfantryThe 50th Infantry Regiment is a United States Army infantry regiment.- Lineage :*Constituted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as the 50th Infantry.*Organized 1 June 1917 at Syracuse, New York.*Assigned 31 July 1918 to the 20th Division....
, 2nd Battalion 4th InfantryThe 54th Infantry Regiment is a regiment of the United States Army, first constituted for World War I and existing today as a basic training unit stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia....
, 2nd Battalion 58th Infantry, 1st Battalion 329th Infantry
- For new recruits specializing in infantry, the ITB conducts sixteen weeks of One Station Unit Training (OSUT) consisting of both Basic Combat Training
United States Army Basic Training is a rigorous program of physical and mental training required in order for an individual to become a soldier in the United States Army, United States Army Reserve, or Army National Guard. It is carried out at several different Army posts around the United States...
(BCT) and Advanced Individual Training (AIT).
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The
United States Army Infantry School is located in
Fort BenningFort Benning is a United States Army post located southeast of the city of Columbus in Muscogee and Chattahoochee counties in Georgia and Russell County, Alabama...
,
GeorgiaGeorgia is a state in the United States. One of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution, it had been the last of the Thirteen Colonies to be established, in 1733. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January...
. It is made up of the following components:
- 192d Infantry Brigade
The 192nd Infantry Brigade is an infantry brigade of the United States Army. was first formed as part of the United States Army Reserve's 96th Division. As part of the triangularization of the US Army before World War II, the Brigade was inactivated and the assets & personnel formed the 96th...
(Reflagged from Basic Combat Training Brigade (BCTB))
- 197th Infantry Brigade
The 197th Infantry Brigade is an Infantry brigade of the United States Army.-References:*...
(Reflagged from 29th Infantry RegimentThe 29th Infantry Regiment is a unit of the United States Army first formed in 1813.-Establishment and early missions:The first 29th Infantry was constituted on 29 January 1813, and saw service in the War of 1812. Following this, the regiment was merged with the 6th Infantry...
)
- 1st Battalion (Mechanized/Stryker), 29th Infantry Regiment
- US Army Infantry Experimental Forces Company
- Bradley Master Gunner Course
- Mechanized Leader Course
- Stryker
The IAV Stryker is a family of eight-wheeled all-wheel-drive armored combat vehicles produced by General Dynamics Land Systems, in use by the United States Army. Based on the Canadian LAV III light-armored vehicle, which in turn is based on the Swiss MOWAG Piranha III 8x8, the Stryker is the U.S...
Leader & Transition Courses
- Stryker/Bradley Proponent Office
- Mechanized New Equipment Training Company
- 2nd Battalion, 29th Infantry Regiment
- Small Arms Ranges, Experimentation and Support
- Sniper School
The US Army Sniper School is part of the United States Army 197th Infantry Brigade based at Fort Benning, Georgia. The first US Army Sniper School was short lived, being established in 1955, but disbanded in 1956 at Camp Perry, Ohio...
- Combatives School
- Conus Replacement Center (CRC)
- 198th Infantry Brigade
The 198th Infantry Brigade, was first formed as part of the United States Army Reserve's 99th Division. It was active from 1967 through 1971.- Vietnam :1967-1971The Brigade was organized as a separate Infantry Brigade at Fort Hood, Texas...
(Reflagged from Infantry Training Brigade (ITB))
- 1st Battalion 19th Infantry
The 19th Infantry Regiment is a United States Army infantry regiment which is assigned to the US Army Training and Doctrine Command, with the assignment of conducting Basic and Advanced Infantry Training.-Civil War:...
, 2nd Battalion 19th Infantry, 1st Battalion 50th InfantryThe 50th Infantry Regiment is a United States Army infantry regiment.- Lineage :*Constituted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as the 50th Infantry.*Organized 1 June 1917 at Syracuse, New York.*Assigned 31 July 1918 to the 20th Division....
, 2nd Battalion 4th InfantryThe 54th Infantry Regiment is a regiment of the United States Army, first constituted for World War I and existing today as a basic training unit stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia....
, 2nd Battalion 58th Infantry, 1st Battalion 329th Infantry
- For new recruits specializing in infantry, the ITB conducts sixteen weeks of One Station Unit Training (OSUT) consisting of both Basic Combat Training
United States Army Basic Training is a rigorous program of physical and mental training required in order for an individual to become a soldier in the United States Army, United States Army Reserve, or Army National Guard. It is carried out at several different Army posts around the United States...
(BCT) and Advanced Individual Training (AIT). The mission of the Infantry Training Brigade is to transform civilians into disciplined infantrymen that possess the Army Values, fundamental soldier skills, physical fitness, character, confidence, commitment, and the Warrior EthosThe U.S. Soldier's Creed is a dogma that all United States Army personnel are encouraged to adhere to. All U.S. Army enlisted personnel are taught the Soldier's Creed during basic training, and it is required knowledge at most enlisted promotion boards to compete for the rank of Sergeant and above,...
to become adaptive and flexible infantrymen ready to accomplish the mission of the Infantry.
- 199th Light Infantry Brigade (Reflagged from 11th Infantry Regiment)
- HHC, 199th Bde
- Maneuver Captains Career Course
- International Student Training Detachment
- 1st Battalion
The United States Army Airborne School — widely known as Jump School — conducts the basic paratrooper training for the United States armed forces. It is operated by the 1st Battalion , 507th Infantry, United States Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia...
, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment
- Basic Airborne School
- Jumpmaster School
- Pathfinder School
The Pathfinder Badge is a military badge of the United States Army awarded to soldiers who successfully complete the Pathfinder Course at either Fort Benning's Army Infantry School,Fort Campbell's Air Assault School, or Fort Benning's Army National Guard Warrior Training Center.To be awarded the...
- Silver Wings (A parachute performance team)
- 1st Battalion, 11th Infantry (Basic Officer Leader Course II (BOLC II))
- 2nd Battalion, 11th Infantry (Infantry Basic Officer Leader Course (IBOLC))
- 3rd Battalion, 11th Infantry (Officer Candidate School
The United States Army's Officer Candidate School , located at Fort Benning, Georgia, provides training to become a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army...
) (OCS)
- Ranger Training Brigade
The United States Army Ranger School is an extremely intense, 61+ days, combat leadership course, oriented to small-unit tactics, and conducted in three separate three-week-long phases - at Fort Benning, Georgia, U.S.A., , at Camp Rogers and Camp Darby, Georgia, 'the Mountain Phase' at Camp...
- 4th Ranger Training Battalion (Camp Rogers, Camp Darby)
- 5th Ranger Training Battalion (Camp Frank D. Merrill Sub Post, Dahlonega, Georgia
Dahlonega is a city in Lumpkin County, Georgia, United States, and is its county seat. As of the 2000 census, it had a total population of 3,638....
)
- 6th Ranger Training Battalion (Camp James E. Rudder
Camp James E. Rudder is host to the third and final phase of a nine week training course, dubbed the "swamp phase", of the U.S. Army Ranger School. The camp is located on the Eglin Air Force Base reservation, and co-located with Eglin Auxiliary Field No...
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, FloridaFlorida is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the north. It was the 27th state admitted to the United States...
)
- Non-Commissioned Officers Academy
- Advanced Noncommissioned Officer Course (ANCOC)
- Basic Noncommissioned Officer Course (BNCOC)
- Warrior Leader Course (WLC)
- Drill Sergeant School
- Combined Arms and Tactics Directorate (CATD)
- Directorate of Operations and Training/G-3
- Office of Infantry Proponency (OIP"Warrior Ethos" program that was launched in 2003 by the United States Army.
Infantry officers who have completed commissioning and the Basic Officer Leadership Course then attend the Infantry Officer Basic Leadership Course in 2nd battalion. This is a course of instruction, as the name implies, in basic infantry skills, including marksmanship, machine gunnery, tactics, and planning.
The brigade also conducts specialized training for soldiers in Basic Airborne, Pathfinder, and Jumpmaster courses.
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