Organization
The 173rd Airborne Brigade serves as the conventional airborne strategic response force for Europe. It is a subordinate unit of the U.S. Army's V Corps.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade currently consists of 3,300 soldiers in six subordinate battalions. The unit's two paratrooper infantry battalions are the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 503rd Infantry Regiment, an association that can be traced back to the unit's Vietnam service. The 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment is the brigade's light reconnaissance battalion, and the 4th Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment (AFAR) its field artillery battalion.
In support of the regular combat forces are the Special Troops Battalion and the 173rd Support Battalion. All of these units including the 4–319th AFAR are airborne qualified, making the 173rd Airborne Brigade the only separate airborne brigade in the United States Army.
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