Mission: Without advance warning, the XVIII Airborne Corps deploys globally, forms a seamless Joint and Coalition team, and deters or defeats any adversary.
As the global response force, XVIII Airborne Corps:
Photo illustration by Sgt. Jacob Bradford
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On order, 3rd Infantry Division deploys lethal, well-led combat forces globally to shape, deter, fight, and win in order to support Combatant Commander Objectives; on order, the 3rd ID Headquarters deploys to provide mission command of operations as an Army, Joint, or Combined Task Force Headquarters.
10th Mountain Division is an integrated, multi-component, joint team of Soldiers, airmen, civilians, families, and regional partners – prepares globally responsive combat-ready forces; on order, rapidly deploys adaptive expeditionary units and executes unified land operations in support of the joint force to win in a complex world.
On order, the 82nd Airborne Division rapidly deploys within 18 hours of notification, strategically deploys, conducts forcible entry parachute assaults and secures key objectives for follow-on military operations in support of U.S. national interests.
The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) provides our Nation an unmatched expeditionary Air Assault capability to conduct forcible entry and other worldwide unified land operations in support of combatant commanders.
The 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command coordinates operational sustainment support, optimizing the delivery of sustainment effects in the XVIII Airborne Corps and NORTHCOM area of operations for emergent, global contingencies and ongoing named operations.
7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) doctrinal mission is to provide mission command of assigned and attached port, terminal and watercraft units conducting expeditionary intermodal operations in support of unified land operations.
The 16th Military Police Brigade conducts police, security, civil affairs and detention operations across a full range of global missions in order to prevent and reduce irregular, terrorist, and criminal threats to the XVIII Airborne Corps readiness and mission effectiveness
The 18th Field Artillery Brigade plans, synchronizes, and employs long range precision strike fires and counterfires in support of the XVIII Airborne Corps, its subordinate Divisions, and to Special Operation Forces as required.
The 20th Engineer Brigade provides proactive, timely, and essential expeditionary engineer support to the XVIII Corps, the Army, and when directed, joint and special operations forces.
The 35th Signal Brigade rapidly deploys worldwide to provide and protect Expeditionary C4 Systems and Networks to Army Service Component Commanders and Combatant Commanders, as well as Joint Task Force and Coalition Headquarters to enable joint and combined battle command across the full spectrum of network-centric operations and warfare.
The 44th Medical Brigade organizes, resources, trains, sustains, deploys, commands, controls and supports assigned and attached healthcare capabilities to provide flexible, responsive and effective health service support and force health protection to supported forces conducting joint and simultaneous full spectrum operations.
The 525th Military Intelligence Brigade conducts multi-discipline intelligence operations in support of echelons corps and below, providing downward reinforcing capabilities to the Division, Brigade Combat Teams, and other formations. The Brigade and Battalion Headquarters are designed to receive, integrate, employ, and sustain intelligence enterprise capabilities in support of Corps, Division, and Joint Task Force Commanders.
The mission of this U.S. Army Combatives School is to train Leaders and Soldiers in close quarters Combatives in order to instill the Warrior Ethos and prepare Soldiers to close with and defeat the enemy in hand to hand combat.
The XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Liberty NCO Academy will provide professional military education that develops enlisted leaders who are fit, disciplined, and well-educated professionals that return to their formations ready to lead from the front and meet the complex challenges of their Operating Environments.
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