Division Headquarters

Distinctive
Unit Insignia		 Unit Designation
Motto		 First Assigned to Unit History
Div HQ Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion,
25th Infantry Division
(Tropic Lightning)
“Ready to Strike, Anytime, Anywhere”		 1 October 1941 Constituted as Headquarters, 25th Infantry Division and activated at Schofield Barracks on 1 October 1941 using assets of Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, Hawaiian Division and Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 22nd Infantry Brigade, Hawaiian Division. In 1942 the division headquarters was merged with the division headquarters company when the headquarters company and the military police platoon were split into separate units. Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 25th Infantry Division received campaign participation credit for all twenty-six campaigns in which the 25th Infantry Division fought in WW II, Korea and Vietnam. Headquarters and Headquarters Company was awarded a Meritorious Unit Commendation for Vietnam 1969, a Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for participation in the liberation of Luzon, two awards of the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, two awards of the Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm and the Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class. In the War on Terrorism, Headquarters, 25th Infantry Division served in Afghanistan from February 2004 to February 2005 providing the command element for the Combined/Joint Task Force 76, Operation Enduring Freedom V located at Bagram Air Base. The 25th Division Headquarters provided the leadership and planning that was instrumental in Coalition forces making OEF-V an effective fighting force. The Division’s Headquarters Company was charged with the management of Task Force 76’s Camp Viper consisting of over 800 Coalition personnel located at Bagram Air Base. Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 25th Infantry Division received campaign participation credit for the Consolidation I phase of the Afghanistan Campaign. As part of the modular conversion of the 25th Infantry Division the Headquarters and Headquarters Company was reorganized as Headquarters, 25th Infantry Division consisting of a mobile command group, a main command post and two tactical command posts. On 8 August 2006, Headquarters, 25th Infantry Division deployed to Iraq for a fifteen-month tour of duty, assuming command of Multinational Division-North (MND-N) located at Tikrit. Task Force Lightning, MND-N’s operational arm, included the 25th Division’s 3rd Brigade Combat Team and the Combat Aviation Brigade as well as three brigade combat teams from the 1st Cavalry, 2nd Infantry and 82nd Airborne Divisions as well as elements of the Marines, Air Force, Navy and National Guard. Headquarters, 25th Infantry Division returned to Schofield Barracks on 28 October 2007 having earned a Meritorious Unit Commendation and campaign participation credit for the Iraq National Resolution campaign. In November, 2008 Headquarters, 25th Infantry Division returned to Iraq for a twelve month tour of duty, again assuming command of MND-N with Task Force Lightning which included the 25th Division’s 1st and 3rd Brigade Combat Teams and the 6th Squadron, 17th Cavalry. On 16 January 2010 the Division Headquarters was reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 25th Infantry Division. The battalion consists of a Headquarters and Support Company, an Operations Company, an Intelligence and Sustainment Company and a Signal Company. For combat operations, elements of these companies will be tasked-organized as the Commanding General directs. The 25th Infantry Division Band is attached to the battalion. In late November 2010, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 25th Infantry Division deployed to Iraq for the third time. The battalion was stationed at Camp Liberty, Baghdad. On 20 December 2010 the Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion took command of the U.S. Division – Center relieving the Headquarters, 1st Armored Division. The U. S. Division – Center was the operational command for U.S. elements conducting advise and assist support to Iraqi security forces in the Baghdad area. As part of the final withdrawal of all US troops from Iraq, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 25th Infantry Division returned to Schofield Barracks in December 2011. It was the last US Army division headquarters to have served in Iraq. With this deployment It received participation credit for the New Dawn phase of the Iraq Campaign. 25th Infantry Division Commanding Generals 1941 to Present.