FM 5-136: Engineer Battalions, Airborne and Airmoble Divisions (C1)

FM 5-136 Engineer Battalions, Airborne and Airmoble Divisions (C1)

FM 5-136

Engineer Battalions, Airborne and Airmoble Divisions (C1)

Army · FM · Oct 1970 · 164 pages

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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. The division may also be employed in stability operations. 2-2. Organization The airborne division (fig 2-1) consists of a command, staff, combat support, and combat service support structure and nine maneuver bat- talions (airborne infantry). The division com- mander, in organizing the division for combat, groups appropriate elements of the division under its three brigade and other control headquarters in types and numbers appropriate to each control unit's specific mission. 2—3. Capabilities and Limitations of the Airborne Division a. The airborne division can— (1) Conduct airborne operations alone or as part of a joint force.

DesignationFM 5-136

EditionOct 1970

StatusSuperseded

Pages164

FunctionEngineering

EchelonBattalion

CollectionHistoric

Public domain (U.S. Government work)

Editions 3

References 72

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