1st US Infantry Regiment
History
The 1st US Infantry Regiment went back till the revolutionary war and now Present Day. We have fought the British for to long and now its the year 1812 and yet again they fight and loose. Its the year 1814 and now Napoleon try to attack us. Well now we fight back and we will keep winining till the day the 1st Infantry Regiment dies out! The 1st Infantry Regiment is a regiment of the United States Army that draws its lineage from a line of post American Revolutionary War units and is credited with thirty-nine campaign streamers. The 1st Battalion, 1st Infantry is assigned as support to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York and to furnish the enlisted garrison for the academy and the Stewart Army Subpost. 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry is an infantry component serving with the 2nd Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. On 3 March 1791, Congress added to the Army "The Second Regiment of Infantry" of which today's First Infantry draws its heritage. In September of that year, elements of it and the original 1st Infantry Regiment (today’s 3rd United States Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard)), with sizable militia complements, all under command of General Arthur St. Clair, were sent against the Miami Indians. St. Clair served as a major general in the Revolutionary Army and was now appointed "General in Chief," superseding the first commander of the regiment, Josiah Hamar. Fighting against the Miamis, St. Clair's Soldiers were untrained, ill equipped, underfed, and sickly. This resulted in a disastrous defeat, at the Battle of the Wabash, in which the entire U.S. Army suffered a loss in killed and wounded of nearly 900 out of a total strength of 1,400. In 1792, Congress created the Legion of the United States, which was a combined arms force of infantry, cavalry, and artillery under the command of Major General Anthony Wayne. MG Wayne had become a hero of the Revolutionary War when he led a small force against a larger British force to regain control of Stony Point, a crucial point on the Hudson River just south of West Point, New York. This Legion in which the Second Infantry became the "Infantry of the Second Sub-Legion," finally decisively defeated the Northwest Indian confederacy and its British support at Fallen Timbers in the Old Northwest (Ohio) on 20 August 1794. In the War of 1812 the 2nd Infantry Regiment as well as the 7th and 44th Infantry Regiments, fought in the southern theater to include the Battle of New Orleans with General Andrew Jackson.
Ranking System
Highest to Lowest
Officer ranks:
Colonel-Col
Lieutenant Colonel-LtCol
Major-Maj
Captain-Cpt
1st Lieutenant-1Lt
2nd Lieutenant-2Lt-also known as the Colour Barrer
non commissioned officer Ranks:
Sergeant Major-SGM
1st Sergeant-1Sgt
Master Sergeant-MSG
Sergeant-Sgt
Enlisted Ranks:
Corporal-Cpl
Specialist-Spc
Private First Class-PFC
Private-Pvt
Recruit-Rct
