Talk:505th Infantry Regiment (United States)

Untitled
Added a whole lot more stuff. &rArr;   SWAT Jester    Ready    Aim    Fire!  10:36, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Submitted for A class review. &rArr;   SWAT Jester    Ready    Aim    Fire!  11:23, 9 September 2006 (UTC) Submitted for Good Article &rArr;    SWAT Jester    Ready    Aim    Fire!  11:23, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

GA Nom comments
The article is very nicely done and the only thing it needs for GA status is a longer lead, modeled after WP:LEAD. I've put the article on hold for you to give you time to work on it. --CTS Wyneken (talk) 22:30, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I extended the articles lead some. Tony the Marine 15:25, 22 September 2006 (UTC)


 * That does the job. I've promoted it. --CTS Wyneken (talk) 20:51, 22 September 2006 (UTC)


 * It is missing plenty of engagements though.66.11.160.59 (talk) 20:18, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

GA reassessment
This article is nowhere near GA quality at the moment, and I considered simply delisting it outright before changing my mind and bringing my concerns here. Below are a list of the most severe problems with the article, once (if) these are dealt with, then I am sure there will be many more to come.
 * 1) Several Fact tags scattered through the article.
 * 2) Almost nothing on the units service in World War II, a vitally important and interesting section which must be given the weight it deserves.
 * 3) Numerous patchy and poorly written paragraphs. Please merge the prose into more readable and interesting forms, the entire article needs copyediting and much of it could do with being totally rewritten.
 * 4) Sources used are very limited with only brief summaries used to source and write whole swathes of the article.
 * 5) All sources are raw URLS and improperly formatted.
 * 6) Several parts of the article are badly sourced.
 * 7) A lot of information about the unit is missing, including updating it since 2005.

This is just a bare bones of the most glaring problems. Unless someone gets on this soon, I will delist it because this is nowhere near the required standard. Even if the above are taken care of there are many more issues before this can reach GA quality.--Jackyd101 (talk) 02:05, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Its a week now and there hasn't been a peep from anyone. It seems likely that no one is watching this and no one will sort it out. In any case, the problems are too severe to be addressed in the remaining time and I am therefore delisting this as a GA until such time as the problems are addressed, whereupon it can be renominated at WP:GAN.--Jackyd101 (talk) 11:50, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Somethings that could be added to improve article would be accuracy points for current history, 3rd brigade deployed to Vietnam as part of the Golden Brigade, 1/505, 2/505 and 1/508 went as a brigade task force to vietnam, they dropped into panama, along with rangers in the conflict in the region. The first deployment for GWOT, was 1/505 and 3/505 with a battalion from the 504, to afghanistan at the times listed. 2/505 along with 2 bat's from 504 deployed to afghanistan in January of 03 as Panthers in Baggy Pants. Some CSM or BNCMD came up with that. In January of 2004, that same task force deployed to iraq, as a contingency operation to cover down for units who were not ready to deploy. The redesignation of 3/505 into a cav unit under realignment could add some value to this article also, if anyone wants to code it for me (i suck at it) i have pictures of those 2 deployments along with time lines and orders. Also one operation that was participated in by 2/505 was operation mongoose in afghanistan in Feb of 2003. I was there, and as for the unit crest, the H-Minus H is for H hour when normandy was going to be hit from landing forces the minus is because the 505 jumped 1 hour before H hour. if you want to help me improve this let me know. Fortybam (talk) 17:33, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

Claim Made that Soldiers in 505th Were Awarded CIBs in Kosovo
An edit was made on October 4, 2016 that claimed: |"In October 2016 members of 2nd BN 505th PIR received the Combat Infantry Badge for the fighting that took place 17 years earlier in Kosovo.".

I verified on the U.S. Army's Human Resources Command (HRC) website, ; there has been one Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB) awarded for Bosnia and Kosovo. Signaleer (talk) 18:57, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

"Commander"
The article lists the 505th Infantry Regiment's current commander, but dMrStiv (talk) 16:18, 18 October 2018 (UTC)o Regiments have actual "Commanders?" I know they have Honorary Colonels of the Regiment, but to the best of my understanding a U.S. Army Regiment today is a construct for organizing battalions and does not have an actual commander.


 * I fail to understand what point you are trying to raise or inquire about. The United States Army actually has commanders, per Army Regulation 600–20, Army Command Policy (11 February 2009).


 * 1–5. Command
 * a. Privilege to command. Command is exercised by virtue of office and the special assignment of members of the United States Armed Forces holding military grade who are eligible to exercise command. A commander is, therefore, a commissioned or warrant officer who, by virtue of grade and assignment, exercises primary command authority over a military organization or prescribed territorial area that under pertinent official directives is recognized as a "command." The privilege to command is not limited solely by branch of Service except as indicated in chapter 2. A civilian, other than the President as Commander-in-Chief (or National Command Authority), may not exercise command. However, a civilian may be designated to exercise general supervision over an Army installation or activity (for example, Dugway Proving Ground).


 * Each active battalion of the 505th Infantry Regiment (3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division) has a battalion commander. -Signaleer (talk) 14:23, 19 October 2018 (UTC)