6th Infantry Division Embroidered Patch 5″ with WAX Backing and Merrowed Edge – Light Infantry – Ft Richardson, Alaska

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6th Infantry Division Embroidered Patch 5″ with WAX Backing and Merrowed Edge – Light Infantry – Ft Richardson, Alaska

6th Infantry Division (Light)
“Red Star”

The 6th Infantry Division (Light) was inactivated in July 1994 and replaced by the US Army, Alaska, with headquarters moving to Fort Richardson. The Division had two active brigades and a reserve round-out brigade. Upon inactivation of the 6th Infantry Division (Light) on July 6, 1994, the principal Army unit in the state was the US Army Alaska, which has its headquarters at Fort Richardson, adjacent to Anchorage. The new organization, commanded by a major general, was a result of a Department of the Army decision in March 1993 to downsize the 6th Infantry Division (Light) to a brigade task force. During the 6th Infantry Division’s inactivation in July 1994, the 1st Brigade was inactivated at Fort Richardson and activated at Fort Wainwright, Alaska. The 1st Brigade 6th Infantry Division (Light) was redesignated the 172nd Infantry Brigade (Separate) April 17, 1998.