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      Several units have been affected by Army National Guard reorganizations. Some have been renamed or inactivated. Some have had subordinate units reallocated to other commands.

1st ARMY    1.ARMIJA

      The First United States Army was organized on 10 August 1918 in the Regular Army in. First Army was Constituted 15 August 1927 in the Regular Army as HHC, Seventh Army, but was Redesignated 13 October 1927 as HHC, First Army. 1 December 2006, First Army reorganizes and reflags its five Reserve Component Training Support Divisions into 16 training brigades and establishes two sub-commands, First Army Division East and First Army Division West. First Army East at Fort Meade, Maryland administers nine brigades east of the Mississippi River and First Army West at Fort Hood, Texas, assumes the training responsibilities with seven brigades formally held by U.S. Fifth Army. Fifth Army becomes U.S. Army, North, and assumes First Army's domestic assistance duties.

      On a background equally divided horizontally white and red, stands a black block letter "A",  all enclosed within Army Green border. The red and white of the background are the colors used in flags for Armies. The letter "A" represents "Army" and is also the first letter of the alphabet suggesting "First Army."  A black letter "A" was approved as the authorized insignia by the Commanding General, American Expedition Force, on November 16, 1918 and approved by the War Department on May 27, 1922. The background was added on November 17, 1950.

2nd ARMY   2.ARMIJA

      Second United States Army was formed 15 October 1918 during WWI. It functioned as a training and administrative headquarters until being inactivated 15 April 1919. The Second United States Army was activated again and served as a training army for much of its existence until inactivation in 1966. It is presently based out of Fort Belvoir, Virginia and is the numerical command of U.S. Army Cyber Command. On 1 October 2010 2nd Army was again re-activated as Army CYBER Command (ARCYBER)/2nd Army.

      On an Army green background a block numeral “2,” 2 1/4 inches (5.72 cm) in height, 1 3/4 inches (4.45 cm) in width, all members 7/16 inch (1.11 cm) wide, the middle and upper strokes red, the lower portion white. Red and white are the colors associated with Armies, while the numeral identifies the unit’s designation.  The shoulder sleeve insignia was approved on 27 May 1922.  An Army green background was added on 17 March 1959.

3rd ARMY   3.ARMIJA

      The Third United States Army was first activated as a formation during the First World War on 7 November 1918, at France. The third Army consisted of three corps (III, IV and VII) and seven divisions. As of July 2005 , Third U.S. Army is headquartered at Fort McPherson, Georgia with a forward element at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. Administratively called ARCENT again, it continues to serve as the Army Component Command for CENTCOM, and the forward element is serving as the Coalition Forces Land Component Command (CFLCC). It provides support and services to theater ARFOR commands, as well as directed Army support to other services.

4th ARMY   4.ARMIJA

      Na crvenom kvadratu stranica od 5,08 cm, nalazi se bijela četverolisna djetelina s peteljkom. Peteljka je okrenuta prema dnu, a znak se nosi sa šiljkom nasuprot peteljke okrenutim nagore. dizajn svojom kompozicijom aludira na brojčanu oznaku divizije, a crveno i bijelo su boje koje se povezuju sa armijama. Oznaka je prvotno odobrena 26.01.1927. godine.

      The Fourth United States Army was organized in the Organized Reserves in 1922 at New York City, NY. It was allotted to the Regular Army on 9 August 1932 as an inactive unit. It was activated 1 October 1933. The Fourth United States Army has no combat record. It remained in the Continental United States during WWII, training tactical units to operate efficiently in combat. In addition, Fourth Army was largely responsible for the defense of the West Coast. During the 1960s, the Fourth Army operated "Tigerland," an infantry training school to prepare new recruits for infantry combat in Vietnam. In July 1971, the Fourth Army was disbanded and consolidated with Fifth US Army at Fort Sam Houston.

      On a red square 2 inches (5.08cm) on a side, a white four-leaf clover with stem, 1 3/8 inches (3.49cm) across leaves, stem to bottom - the square to be worn point up. The composition of this design alludes to the numerical designation of the organization and the colors are those associated with "armies."  The insignia was originally approved for Fourth Army on 26 January 1927.

5th ARMY   5.ARMIJA

      United States Army North, or the Fifth Army, is an Army Service Component Command ASCC. It is responsible for homeland defense and defense support of civil authorities as the joint force land component command of United States Northern Command. The Fifth United States Army was one of the principal formations of the U.S. Army in the Mediterranean during WWII. It was activated on 5 January 1943 and made responsible for the defence of Algeria and Morocco. It was also given the responsibility for planning the American part of the invasion of mainland Italy.

6th ARMY   6.ARMIJA

      Bijela šestokraka zvjezda sa crvenim obrubom i slovom A stoji na vojno zelenom disku promjera 6,99 centimetara. Šest krakova zvijezde aludira na broj armije, dok znak A predstava armiju. Bijelo i crveno su boje odobrene za označavanje "obrojčanih" armija. Oznaka Šeste armije je originalno odobrena 26. 01. 1927. godine, s tim da je kasnije (1960) originalna sivomasinasta boja podloge zamijenjena armijskom zelenom.

      It was first activated in January 1943, under the code name Alamo Force, it assumed control of the majority of US Army units involved in the campaign to isolate and neutralize the Japanese base at Rabaul in New Britain. Following the completion of teh operation, Sixth Army joined Australian Army and other US forces on the north coast of New Guinea. Similar in conception to the island hopping operations of the central Pacific, the object of the attacks was to land, establish a garrison and airfield which could support the next strike, and then move on. In 2007 it was redesignated as US Army South (Sixth Army) under the Army modularization program.

      On a six pointed white star with a red border a red letter “A”, all on a 2 3/4 inch (6.99 cm) Army Green disc.  The six pointed star is significant of the number “six” and the red letter “A” signifies “Army.” The red and white colors are the colors of the design approved for distinguishing flags for the numbered Armies.  The shoulder sleeve insignia was originally approved for the Sixth Army on 26 January 1927.

7th ARMY   7.ARMIJA

      United States Army Europe and Seventh Army, is an Army Service Component Command (ASCC) of the United States Army and the land component of United States European Command. It is the largest American formation in Europe.

      On a blue right angle triangular background, the hypotenuse to base, a seven stepped letter “A” in yellow with the center in scarlet, horizontal element.  The overall dimensions are 1 15/16 inches (4.92 cm) in height and 3 3/4 inches (9.53 cm) in width.  The colors blue, yellow, and red allude to the three basic arms.  The pyramidal figure is of a distinctive form with the symbolic letter “A” representing the first letter of the “Army” while the number of steps on each side represent the numerical designation of the unit.  The shoulder sleeve insignia was originally approved for the Seventh Army on 23 June 1943. 

8th ARMY   8.ARMIJA

      The Eighth United States Army – often unofficially abbreviated EUSA – is the commanding formation of all US Army troops in South Korea.  The unit first activated on 10 June 1944 in the United States, The Eighth Army took part in many of the amphibious landings in the Southwest Pacific Theater of World War II, eventually participating in no less than sixty of them.

9th ARMY   9.ARMIJA

10th ARMY   10.ARMIJA

COMBINED FIELD ARMY REP of KOREA/US  KOMBINIRANA US i REP.KOREA ARMIJA

Complete guide to the United States Army Medals, Badges and Insignia World War II to present, Cl. Frank C. Foster, 2004