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United States Army Infantry School
U.S. Army school dedicated to training infantrymen for service in the Army
U.S. Army school dedicated to training infantrymen for service in the Army
| Field | Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| unit_name | United States Army Infantry School | ||
| image | US Army Infantry School DUI.png | ||
| caption | School headquarters', Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade's distinctive unit insignia | ||
| start_date | 1918 | ||
| country | United States | ||
| branch | |||
| type | Light Infantry | ||
| role | Infantry training | ||
| command_structure | [[File:TRADOC patch.svg | 15px]] US Army Training & Doctrine Command | |
| garrison | Fort Benning, Georgia | ||
| motto | "Follow Me" | ||
| colors | The official color of the United States Army Infantry is Blue | ||
| battle_honours | |||
| current_commander | Brig Gen Phillip Kiniery | ||
| notable_commanders | |||
| identification_symbol | [[File:United States Army Infantry School SSI (1964-2015).gif | 125px | center]] |
| identification_symbol_label | Shoulder sleeve insignia |
The United States Army Infantry School is a school located at Fort Benning, Georgia that is dedicated to training infantrymen for service in the United States Army.
Organization
The school is made up of the following components:
- [[File:197thInfantryBrigade.svg|20px]] 197th Infantry Brigade
- 2nd Battalion, 29th Infantry
- 1st Battalion, 46th Infantry
- 2nd Battalion, 47th Infantry
- 3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry
- 3rd Battalion, 54th Infantry
- [[File:USA - 198 Lt Inf Bde.png|20px]] 198th Infantry Brigade (Reflagged from Infantry Training Brigade) (ITB)
- 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry
- 2nd Battalion, 19th Infantry
- 1st Battalion, 50th Infantry
- 2nd Battalion, 54th Infantry
- 2nd Battalion, 58th Infantry
For new recruits beginning their specialized training in the infantry, the 197th and 198th Infantry Brigades conduct 22 weeks of One Station Unit Training (OSUT) consisting of both Basic Combat Training (BCT) and Advanced Individual Training (AIT). The mission of the brigades is to transform civilians into disciplined infantrymen that possess the Army Values, fundamental soldier skills, physical fitness, character, confidence, commitment, and the Warrior Ethos to become adaptive and skillful infantrymen ready to close with and destroy the enemies of the United States.
- [[File:199th brigade.svg|20px]] 199th Infantry Brigade (Reflagged from 11th Infantry Regiment)
- 2nd Battalion, 11th Infantry (Infantry Basic Officer Leader Course) (IBOLC)
- 3rd Battalion, 11th Infantry (Officer Candidate School) (OCS)
- 3rd Battalion, 81st Armor Regiment (MCoE Provost)
- Maneuver Captains Career Course
- International Student Training Detachment
- United States Army Sniper School
- Henry Caro Non-Commissioned Officers Academy
- Maneuver Senior Leaders Course (M-SLC), formerly Advanced Noncommissioned Officer Course (ANCOC)
- Advanced Leaders Course (ALC), formerly Basic Noncommissioned Officer Course (BNCOC)
- Warrior Leader Course (WLC), formerly Primary Leadership Development Course (PLDC)
- [[File:Abn Infantry School Abn Elements.png|23px]] Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade
- [[File:US Army Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade Beret Flash.svg|20px]] 4th Ranger Training Battalion (Camps Rogers and Darby)
- Ranger School (Darby phase)
- Reconnaissance and Surveillance Leaders Course (RSLC)
- [[File:US Army Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade Beret Flash.svg|20px]] 5th Ranger Training Battalion (Camp Frank D. Merrill)
- Ranger School (Mountain phase)
- [[File:US Army Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade Beret Flash.svg|20px]] 6th Ranger Training Battalion (Camp Rudder, Auxiliary Field 6, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida)
- Ranger School (Swamp phase)
- [[File:US Army 1st BN-507th Inf Reg Flash.png|20px]] 1st Battalion, 507th Infantry Regiment
- Airborne School
- Jumpmaster School
- Silver Wings (MCoE Command Exhibition Parachute Team)
- [[File:US Army Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade Beret Flash.svg|20px]] 4th Ranger Training Battalion (Camps Rogers and Darby)
- Combined Arms and Tactics Directorate (CATD)
- Directorate of Operations and Training/G-3
- Training Support Center
- Office of Infantry Proponency (OIP) "Warrior Ethos" program that was launched in 2003 by the United States Army.
Infantry officers who have completed commissioning and the Basic Officer Leadership Course then attend the Infantry Officer Basic Leadership Course in 2nd battalion. This is a course of instruction, as the name implies, in basic infantry skills, including marksmanship, machine gunnery, tactics, and planning.
The brigade also conducts specialized training for soldiers in Basic Airborne, Pathfinder, and Jumpmaster Courses.
Former Units
For many years the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 29th Infantry Regiment provided branch specific programs of instruction as part of the Infantry school. In July 2007 the 29th Infantry Regiment was reflagged into the 197th Infantry Brigade as part of the Army's transition to a Brigade focused structure. This organization continued until 12 December 2013 when the 197th Infantry Brigade was deactivated. Shortly thereafter the programs of instruction provided by the 29th Infantry Regiment were consolidated under 1st Battalion 29th Infantry Regiment, reflagged as part of the 316th Cavalry Brigade, and the 2nd Battalion 29th Infantry Regiment was deactivated. Under the purview of the Maneuver Center of Excellence (MCoE), as part of the 316th Cavalry Brigade, 1st Battalion 29th Infantry Regiment continues to teach combat skills and support MCoE training, the Infantry School, and Infantry Soldiers and leaders by providing the following courses:
- Bradley Leaders Course (BLC)
- Bradley Master Gunner (BMG) Course
- Combatives Course
- Dismounted C-IED Tactics Master Trainer (DCT-MT)
- Heavy Weapons Leader Course
- Simulations Training Managers Course (STMC)
- Stryker Leader Course (SLC)
- Stryker Master Gunner Course (SMGC)
- Small Unmanned Aircraft System Master Trainer (SUAS)
Commandant
The Chief of Infantry is the proponent of the school and its commandant.
| No. | Image | Name | Start | End | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colonel Henry E. Eames | 5 October 1918 | 22 April 1919 | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | [[File:FARNSWORTH, C.S. GENERAL LCCN2016860829 (cropped).jpg | 140x140px]] | Major General Charles S. Farnsworth | 22 April 1919 | 31 July 1920 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | [[File:Walter Henry Gordon.jpg | 140x140px]] | Brigadier General Walter H. Gordon | 1 August 1920 | 8 November 1923 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | [[File:23-wells l.jpg | 140x140px]] | Brigadier General Briant H. Wells | 9 November 1923 | 8 March 1926 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | [[File:Edgar T. Collins (U.S. Army major general).jpg | 140x140px]] | Brigadier General Edgar T. Collins | 9 March 1926 | 1 May 1929 | |||||||||||||
| 6 | [[File:Gen. Campbell King LCCN2014708401.tif | 140x140px]] | Brigadier General Campbell King | 2 May 1929 | 31 May 1933 | |||||||||||||
| 7 | [[File:George Henson Estes (US Army brigadier general).jpg | 140x140px]] | Brigadier General George H. Estes | 1 June 1933 | 30 September 1936 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Brigadier General Asa L. Singleton | 1 October 1936 | 31 August 1940 | |||||||||||||||
| 9 | [[File:Courtney Hodges.jpg | 140x140px]] | Major General Courtney Hodges | 1 September 1940 | 3 March 1941 | |||||||||||||
| 10 | [[File:Omar-n-bradley-contrast-adjusted.jpg | 140x140px]] | Major General Omar N. Bradley | 4 March 1941 | 10 February 1942 | |||||||||||||
| 11 | Major General Leven C. Allen | 11 February 1942 | 18 September 1943 | |||||||||||||||
| 12 | [[File:Charles H. Bonesteel, Jr..jpg | 140x140px]] | Major General Charles H. Bonesteel Jr. | 19 September 1943 | 27 June 1944 | |||||||||||||
| 13 | [[File:Fred L. Walker.jpg | 140x140px]] | Major General Fred L. Walker | 28 June 1944 | 11 July 1945 | |||||||||||||
| 14 | [[File:John W. O'Daniel.jpg | 140x140px]] | Major General John W. O'Daniel | 12 July 1945 | 1 July 1948 | |||||||||||||
| [[File:Thomas M. Tarpley (2) thumb.jpg | 140x140px]] | Major General Thomas M. Tarpley | 1973 | 1975 | ||||||||||||||
| [[File:LTG John W. Foss.jpg | 140x140px]] | Major General John W. Foss | 1983 | 1985 | ||||||||||||||
| [[File:Major_General_Kenneth_C_Leuer.jpg | 140x140px]] | Major General Kenneth C. Leuer | 1987 | 1989 | ||||||||||||||
| 47 | [[File:LTG Benjamin C. Freakley.jpg | 140x140px]] | Major General Benjamin Freakley | 2003 | 2005 | |||||||||||||
| 48 | [[File:Walter Wojdakowski.jpg | 140x140px]] | last1=Bennett | first1=Doraine | year=2008 | title=A Retrospective: MG Walter Wojdakowski, Chief of Infantry, August 2005 – November 2008 | journal=Infantry Bugler | pages=8–9 | publisher=National Infantry Association | issn=1933-6225 | url=http://www.infantryassn.com/Bugler%20issues/Winter_2008.pdf | access-date=10 February 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827103532/https://www.infantryassn.com/Bugler%20issues/Winter_2008.pdf | archive-date=27 August 2011 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }} | 2005 | 2008 |
| 49 | [[File:Michael D Barbero.jpg | 140x140px]] | Major General Michael Barbero | 2008 | 2009 | |||||||||||||
| 50 | [[File:LTG Mike Ferriter (2).jpg | 140x140px]] | Major General Michael Ferriter | 2009 | 2009 | |||||||||||||
| 51 | [[File:COL Bryan R. Owens.jpg | 140x140px]] | Brigadier General Bryan Owens | 2009 | 2011 | |||||||||||||
| 52 | [[File:BG Walter Piatt.jpg | 140x140px]] | Brigadier General Walter E. Piatt | 2011 | 2012 | |||||||||||||
| 53 | [[File:BG David B. Haight.jpg | 140x140px]] | Brigadier General David B. Haight | 2012 | 2013 | |||||||||||||
| 54 | [[File:COL Robert E Choppa.jpg | 140x140px]] | Colonel Robert E. Choppa | 2013 | 2014 | |||||||||||||
| 55 | [[File:BG_James_E._Rainey.jpg | 140x140px]] | Brigadier General James E. Rainey | 2014 | 2015 | |||||||||||||
| 56 | [[File:BG Peter Jones.jpg | 140x140px]] | Brigadier General Peter Jones | 2015 | 2017 | |||||||||||||
| 57 | [[File:Christopher T. Donahue (2).jpg | 140x140px]] | Brigadier General Christopher T. Donahue | 2017 | 2018 | |||||||||||||
| 58 | [[File:Colonel Townley Hedrick.png | 140x140px]] | title=New Commandant Takes Responsibility of US Army Infantry School | url=https://www.army.mil/article/209432/new_commandant_takes_responsibility_of_us_army_infantry_school | date=3 August 2018 | first=Bryan | last=Gatchell | publisher=United States Army | access-date=1 November 2019 }} | 2018 | 2018 | |||||||
| 59 | [[File:Major General David M. Hodne.jpg | 140x140px]] | Major General David M. Hodne | 2018 | 2021 | |||||||||||||
| 60 | [[File:Larry Q. Burris, Jr. (2).jpg | 140x140px]] | Brigadier General Larry Q. Burris Jr. | 2021 | 2023 | |||||||||||||
| 61 | [[File:BG Monte L. Rone (2).jpg | 140x140px]] | Major General Monte L. Rone | 2023 | 2024 | |||||||||||||
| 62 | Brigadier General Phillip Kiniery | 2024 | Current |
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