87th Infantry Regiment (United States)

U.S. 87th Infantry Regiment
Coat of arms
Active1941 - present
CountryUnited States of America
BranchArmy
RoleLight infantry
Part of10th Mountain Division
Garrison/HQFort Drum, NY
Motto(s)Vires Montesque Vincimus (We Conquer Powers And Mountains)[1]
EngagementsWorld War II
*Kiska
*Italian Campaign
Operation Just Cause (5th Bn)
Kuwait
Somalia
Haiti
Bosnia
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Insignia
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The 87th Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment in the United States Army. The regiment's 1st and 2nd Battalions are light infantry units assigned to the 1st and 2nd Brigade Combat Teams respectively of the 10th Mountain Division located at Fort Drum, New York. The 3rd Battalion was active in the U.S. Army Reserve in Colorado. The 4th Battalion was a Regular Army unit assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team of the 25th Infantry Division (Light) at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.[2]

  1. ^ The Army Institute of Heraldry - 87TH INFANTRY REGIMENT[permanent dead link], Retrieved 15 November 2014
  2. ^ Dinackus, Thomas D. (2000). Order of Battle: Allied Ground Forces of Operation Desert Storm. Hellgate Press. pp. 10–2. ISBN 978-1-55571-493-2.