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Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. traces its origins to 1934 when husband and wife Earl Congdon Sr. and Lillian Congdon (née Herbert) founded the company with a single straight truck running between Richmond and Norfolk, Virginia. [7] [8] The name is a reference to a common nickname for the Commonwealth of Virginia, the "Old Dominion." [9]
The 4th Infantry Division is a division of the United States Army based at Fort Carson, Colorado. It is composed of a division headquarters battalion, three brigade combat teams (two Stryker and one armor), a combat aviation brigade, a division sustainment brigade, and a division artillery. The 4th Infantry Division's official nickname, "Ivy ...
It was allotted to the Regular Army as an inactive unit on 9 August 1932. [2] It was activated 1 October 1933 and headquartered at the Presidio of San Francisco, California. [3] In January 1944, Fourth Army moved its headquarters to Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas. [3] It was redesignated Fourth United States Army on 1 January 1957.
The United States Armed Forces are the military forces of the United States. [13] The armed forces consist of six service branches: the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, and Coast Guard. [14] [15] All six armed services are among the eight uniformed services of the United States. [16] Each of the different military services is ...
On 2 December 1943, the 4th returned to the Lower 48, and after consolidating the regiment at Fort Lewis, Washington, it moved on 23 January 1944 to Fort Benning, Georgia, where it was assigned to the United States Army Replacement and School Command. On 1 November 1945, the 4th Infantry was assigned to the 25th Infantry Division.
There are currently 45 active-duty four-star officers in the uniformed services of the United States: 14 in the Army, three in the Marine Corps, nine in the Navy, 13 in the Air Force, three in the Space Force, two in the Coast Guard, and one in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. Of the eight federal uniformed services, the NOAA ...
United States special operations forces ( SOF) are the active and reserve component forces of the United States Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force within the US military, as designated by the Secretary of Defense and specifically organized, trained, and equipped to conduct and support special operations.
Interwar period. The IV Corps was reconstituted in the Organized Reserve in 1921, allotted to the Fourth Corps Area, assigned to the Second United States Army, and activated with a headquarters composed of Regular Army and Organized Reserve personnel at Atlanta, Georgia, on 1 March 1922. The Headquarters Company was initiated on 29 March 1922 ...