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How did the military achieve such high numbers for their divisions and regiments?
Question : How did the military achieve such high numbers for their divisions and regiments?
I look back at divisions like the 101st Airborne, or the 506th Parachute regiment, and it ushers the question, how did the military come upon such high numbers?
Surely there were not 101 complete airborne divisions, or 506 parachute regiments up to that point, considering a division consists of 10,000 men…which would mean there had been well over 100,000 paratroopers leading up to that point.
So how does the military reach such high numbers such as 101st, and 506th?
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Answer by Kevin N
When they assembled, it wasn’t numeric to begin with. They choose a number upon formation. They have numbers up into the 700′s, I believe.
The divisional numbering system is consecutively numbered. However, these divisions typically exist during war times and the inactivated after the war. Some divisions like the 82nd were originally national guard divisions. The 82nd was inactivated after world war one. During world war 2 the number has assigned to the newly formed airborne division.
Regiments are also numbered to high. The reason being that when the national guards were called up in World War one there were too many regiments with the same number, e.g 4th Texas Infantry, 4th Pennsylvania, Infantry, 4th Alabama infantry. So these regiments were given US regimental numbers when they were mustered in. In World War One the 4th Alabama I believe was mustered into federal service as the 165th Infantry.