Talk:22nd Infantry Regiment (United States)

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This particular regiment served in the Hurtgen Forest and suffered 100% casualty rate. (Charles Whitings figures and Ernest Hemingways too) Hopefully someone could research further and put this particular information in the article. 100% loss rate in a single battle is very significant to me! 62.56.59.181 (talk) 19:00, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

De-activated March 17, 2014 -  1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry
As quoted directly from http://1-22infantry.org/history2/reflag.htm

"On March 17, 2014, the 1st Raider Brigade of the 4th Infantry Division transferred from a heavy Armored Brigade Combat Team to a Stryker Brigade Combat Team. Part of that action was the de-activation and reflagging of 1-22 Infantry which became 4-9 Infantry."

The following is the notice posted in the 22nd Infantry Regiment Society Newsletter announcing the de-activation of 1st Battalion:

1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry to be inactivated

As of this writing on 1 February 2014, 1-22 Infantry is slated to be deactivated on 17 March 2014 as part of the Army downsizing by ten Brigade Combat Teams. Also scheduled for deactivation is our long-supporting artillery battalion, 4-42 Field Artillery. Having to report this to all who served in 1-22 Infantry and 4-42 Field Artillery is a task I wish I didn't have to do.

I have talked to the current battalion commander, the brigade commander, and other active duty personnel in positions to influence the decision and know that this is outside of our control. We will not be able to stop it. A strong case was made over the past several months to keep our battalion active, but the reality of today's downsizing of the Army does not allow that.

Although I don't have any specifics on how decisions were made as to which units remained active in the Army and which are slated to be deactivated, I do believe that they had a fair and consistent methodology and tried to keep at least one battalion active from as many Regiments as possible under the downsized structure of the Army. For example, the 22nd Infantry Regiment will still be active, with 2-22 Infantry remaining active as part of 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, NY, where they have been for a long time.

LTC Mick Mineni, CO of 1-22 for the past two months, has assured me that the transition of 1-22 IN to the new designation of the unit will be done with respect and keeping the tradition of 1-22 alive. The current plan is for a 25 mile march to be conducted at Fort Carson on Tuesday, 11 March, which will incorporate much of the history of 1-22 IN to give the Soldiers one last time to reflect on the unit's history and accomplishments. Plans are also in place to make sure all the unit's historical memorabilia and property is properly accounted for and stored until the unit is reactivated at some future date. Our 1-22 webmaster, Michael Belis, and I, along with former 1-22 CO Mark Woempner are working with the unit to insure nothing of historical value is lost.

Once the deactivation of 1-22 Infantry is done on 17 March, the same Soldiers will stand up under the flag of their new unit - the 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment "Manchus", and will begin training as part of a new 4ID Stryker brigade. The entire 1st Brigade Combat Team of the 4th Infantry Division will become a Stryker brigade instead of a mechanized combined arms brigade.

Many of you will say, what can we do to block this action. I truly believe that the decisions have been made and there is nothing we could have done or can do to change it. What I do believe we all can do is contact your US Senator and Congressman to express your concern about how our government is cutting the Army to a level that ignores the reality of the world situation today. The problem, in my opinion, is much bigger than trying to save the battalions that we served with - our entire national defense is being exposed.

In 1946, when the 4ID and all our Regiments were deactivated at Camp Butner, NC, after their stellar action in WWII, there was much sadness, as expressed in a letter written by our founder Chaplain Bill Boice. But, that sadness was shortlived. In 1947, the 4ID and our Regiments were again reactivated and have served non-stop since then. I believe world events will, before too many years, cause us to once again see our 1-22 IN and 4-42 FA colors called back onto the active rolls of the Army. As we all know, the only constant is change.

P.S. LTC Mineni told me that they will continue to live the "Deeds not Words" motto of the 22nd Infantry Regiment - he believes our motto describes well his view of how all people should act. And, the new motto that will come with the 4-9 Infantry Manchus is "Keep up the Fire" - something that we all need to do to support our one remaining active duty unit, 2-22 IN at Fort Drum.

Bob Babcock, DMOR — Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.132.14.7 (talk) 18:58, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

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