How the Divisional U.S. Army was organized...

1. U.S. ARMY ACTIVE DUTY MAJOR UNITS
SOF
USASOC Numbered SF Groups 75th Rangers USCAPOC
4 LIGHT DIVISIONS
10th MD 25th LID 82nd ABN 101st ABN ASSLT
6 HEAVY DIVISIONS
1st CAV 1st ARMORED 1st ID 2nd ID 3rd ID 4th ID
6 Separate
BDEs
2nd ACR 3rd ACR 11th ACR 1-509th PIR 172nd BDE 173rd ABN

2. MAJOR COMMANDS
Personnel Forces Command
Alaska
Corps Support Medical Services
Army Reserve
USAEurope Info Data
Central
INSCOM
Allied
Computer Sys
1st SWTG (A) JFKSWCS
Army Material
European
Joint Forces Command
ANGCOM Foreign Intel

3. MAJOR COMMANDS
USSOCOM
(DoD Command; STSSIGCOM2
ROTC
all service except
marines)
SASCOM TRADOC
SOC-Europe
USASOC
SOC-Korea SOC-Pacific
USA Military
Academy
“West Point”
Space
SOC-South
STRATCOM

4. 2 MAIN UNIFORMS
CLASS “A” BDUs
FULL-COLOR PATCHES SUBDUED PATCHES
LEFT SHOULDER PATCH IS CURRENT UNIT
RIGHT SHOULDER PATCH UNIT SERVED IN COMBAT WITH

5. CLASS “A”
U.S. Army Rank Branch insignia Distinctive Unit
Combat Unit patch
Unit patch
Distinctive Unit Skill badges
Nameplate
Overseas hash marks

6. BDUs
U.S. Army Rank Branch insignia (officers only)
Skill badges
Unit patch
Nametape

7. RANK INSIGNIA
Officers on shoulder epaulets Both enlisted and officers
on collar
CLASS “A” BDUs
Enlistedmen on sleeves
Enlistedmen also wear a
slash for every 3 years of
service on Class “A”s
Both officers and enlisted
wear overseas service hash marks
on right sleeve

8. U.S. Army Rank Chart
Enlisted

9. U.S. Army Rank Chart
Warrant Officers

10. U.S. Army Rank Chart
Officers

11. U.S. Army Branch Insignia
Class “A”s
Enlisted branch insignia on left collar
Officers wear double branch insignia on their lapels

12. U.S. Army Branch Insignia
BDUs
Officers branch insignia on left collar
Enlistedmen: you’ll have to ask them!
They wear another set of rank on their left
collar (go figure!)
SMITH U.S. ARMY

13. U.S. Army Skill
Badges Combat Infantryman Expert Infantryman
AKA: Hooah! badges
Expert
Master Parachutist Medical
Military Freefall
Combat Jump
SCUBA
Air Assault Pathfinder
Shooting Rigger
EOD Salvage
Aircrew
Aviators

14. U.S. Army Branches
AKA: MOSes, jobs in the Army etc.