Section I. THE AIRBORNE DIVISION 2-1. Mission The primary mission of the airborne division is the destruction of enemy military forces and the seizure or domination of critical land areas, their populations, and resources. In ad- dition to its basic mission the division may be employed in internal defense operations. 2-2. Organization The airborne division (fig. 2-1) consists of a relatively fixed command, staff, combat sup- port, and combat service support structure to which are assigned a number of maneuver battalions (airborne infantry). The division commander, in organizing the division for combat, groups appropriate elements of the division under its three brigade and other con- trol headquarters in types and numbers ap- propriate to each control unit's specific mission. 2-3. Capabilities and Limitations a.
DesignationFM 5-136
EditionJun 1967
StatusSuperseded
Pages92
FunctionEngineering
EchelonBattalion
CollectionHistoric
Public domain (U.S. Government work)