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Reorganized and redesignated 16 January 2010 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 25th Infantry Division.

Reorganized and redesignated 16 November 2005 as Headquarters and Tactical Command Posts, 25th Infantry Division.

Division headquarters reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1960 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 25th Infantry Division.

Allotted 27 June 1949 to the Regular Army.

Activated 1 October 1941 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

Constituted 26 August 1941 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters, 25th Infantry Division, based on a cadre Force from the former Hawaiian Division.

It was reorganized as a light infantry division in 1985, and elements have participated in the Iraq War and the War in Afghanistan. The 25th served in Vietnam until its withdrawal back to Hawaii in 1970–1971, participating in Operation Attleboro, Operation Cedar Falls, Operation Junction City, the Battle of Saigon during the North Vietnamese Tet Offensive, and the Cambodian Incursion. The division defended Seoul against Chinese Communist attack from May 1953 to the July armistice, returning to Hawaii in late 1954.Īfter undergoing major reorganizations in 19 to adapt to changing tactics, the division deployed to South Vietnam to fight in the Vietnam War between late 1965 and early 1966.

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It participated in a series of United Nations counteroffensives in early 1951, then fought in a stalemate close to the 38th parallel from the middle of the year. After being thrown back by the Chinese Communist intervention in the war, the division eventually took up positions south of Osan. When the Korean War began in June 1950, the division was deployed to South Korea, where it fought in the defense of and the breakout from the Pusan Perimeter in mid-1950, with elements advancing as far as the Amnok River in November. The division then served in the occupation of Japan after the surrender of the latter from September 1945. The division returned to combat in the January 1945 invasion of Luzon, reducing Japanese resistance on the island until late June, after which it was pulled out of the line for training. After the Japanese defeat in the latter, it was sent to New Zealand later that year for rest and training, before moving to New Caledonia for further training. The 25th spent a period garrisoning the island, then moved on to fight in the New Georgia Campaign in July. After spending almost a year training, it fought in the Allied counteroffensive during the Guadalcanal Campaign from December 1942, helping to end organized Japanese resistance on that island by early February 1943. The division was originally activated from Hawaii garrison units during World War II, slightly more than a month before the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor began the Pacific War.

Joint operations and training with partner states herald a new chapter in the history of Tropic Lightning-America's Pacific Division. In 2014, the division opened the Jungle Operations Training Center-the first such school in the Army since the closing of the old Jungle Warfare School at Fort Sherman, Panama Canal Zone. The climate and terrain of the Pacific region demands Tropic Lightning soldiers be able to operate in physically demanding and harsh environments. military branches to practice and maintain joint operations capabilities. Tropic Lightning soldiers regularly train with other U.S. Its present deployment is composed of light infantry and aviation units. The division, which was activated on 1 October 1941 in Hawaii, conducts military operations primarily in the Asia-Pacific region. The 25th Infantry Division (nicknamed "Tropic Lightning") is a United States Army division based at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii.