Il III Corps (United States Army) è un corpo d'armata dell'Esercito degli Stati Uniti. Il suo quartier generale è situato presso Fort Cavazos, nel Texas.
Organizzazione Al 2026 il corpo controlla le seguenti unità: III Corps Special Troops Battalion, Fort Cavazos, Texas 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team 1st Infantry Division Combat Aviation Brigade 1st Infantry Division Artillery 1st Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Cavazos, Texas 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team 1st Cavalry Division Combat Aviation Brigade 1st Cavalry Division Sustainment Brigade 1st Cavalry Division Artillery 6th Battalion, 56th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, Fort Cavazos, Texas - Equipaggiato con 40 Stryker M-Shorad 1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss, Texas 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team 1st Armored Division Combat Aviation Brigade 1st Armored Division Sustainment Brigade 1st Armored Division Artillery 4th Battalion, 60th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, Fort Sill, Oklahoma - Equipaggiato con 40 Stryker M-Shorad 75th Field Artillery Brigade, Fort Sill, Oklahoma 2nd Battalion, 4th Field Artillery Regiment Headquarters & Headquarters Battery Battery A (MLRS) Battery B (MLRS) Battery C (MLRS) 3rd Battalion, 13th Field Artillery Regiment Headquarters & Headquarters Battery Forward Support Company Battery A (MLRS) Battery B (MLRS) Battery C (MLRS) 1st Battalion, 14th Field Artillery Regiment Headquarters & Headquarters Battery Forward Support Company Battery A (HIMARS) Battery B (HIMARS) Battery C (HIMARS) 2nd Battalion, 18th Field Artillery Regiment Headquarters & Headquarters Battery Forward Support Company Battery A (MLRS) Battery B (MLRS) Battery C (MLRS) 2nd Battalion, 20th Field Artillery Regiment Headquarters & Headquarters Battery Forward Support Company Battery A (MLRS) Battery B (MLRS) Battery C (MLRS) 100th Brigade Support Battalion Headquarters & Headquarters Company 15th Transportation Company (PLS) 258th Signal Network Company 36th Engineer Brigade, Fort Cavazos, Texas 5th Engineer Battalion (Combat), Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri Headquarters and Headquarters Company Forward Support Company 50th Engineer Company (Multi-Role Bridge) 55th Engineer Company (Mobility Augmentation) 509th Engineer Company (Route Clearance) 515th Engineer Company (Sapper) 20th Engineer Battalion Headquarters and Headquarters Company Forward Support Company 59th Engineer Company (Mobility Augmentation) 87th Engineer Company (Sapper) 510th Engineer Company (Route Clearance) 937th Engineer Company (Route Clearance) 62nd Engineer Battalion (Heavy) Headquarters and Headquarters Company Forward Support Company 68th Engineer Company (Combat Support Element) 74th Engineer Company (Multi-Role Bridge) 104th Engineer Construction Company 697th Engineer Company (Pipeline) 63rd Engineer Detachment 30th Engineer Detachment 3rd Cavalry Regiment Stryker Brigade, Fort Cavazos, Texas 504th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade, Fort Cavazos, Texas 89th Military Police Brigade, Fort Cavazos, Texas 93rd Military Police Battalion, Fort Bliss, Texas 97th Military Police Battalion, Fort Riley, Kansas 720th Military Police Battalion, Fort Cavazos, Texas 759th Military Police Battalion, Fort Carson, Colorado 13th Armored Corps Sustainment Command, Fort Cavazos, Texas 49th Transportation Battalion Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Fort Cavazos, Texas 418th Transportation Company (Medium Truck) 297th Inland Cargo Transfer Company 80th Movement Control Team 151st Movement Control Team 259th Movement Control Team 571st Movement Control Team 606th Movement Control Team, Fort Bliss, Texas 61st Quartermaster Battalion 1st Medical Brigade, Fort Cavazos, Texas 9th Hospital Center 32nd Hospital Center, Fort Johnson, Louisiana 61st Multifunctional Medical Battalion 528th Hospital Center, Fort Bliss, Texas 627th Hospital Center, Fort Carson, Colorado 11th Corps Signal Brigade, Fort Cavazos, Texas 57th Expeditionary Signal Battalion (Enhanced), Fort Cavazos, Texas 52nd Expeditionary Signal Battalion (Enhanced), Fort Cavazos, Texas 86th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, Fort Bliss, Texas
Storia La storia movimentata del III Corpo d'Armata risale al 1918, quando il Corpo prestò servizio nella Prima Guerra Mondiale, partecipando alle campagne di Aisne-Marna, Lorena e Mosa-Argone.
Disattivato nel 1919, il Corpo fu riattivato nel 1940 per addestrare le divisioni da combattimento. Durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale, il Corpo fu schierato nel teatro operativo europeo e si guadagnò il nome di "Corpo Fantasma" colpendo il nemico quando meno se lo aspettava. Partecipò a campagne di addestramento nell'Europa settentrionale e centrale e stabilì la Testa di Ponte di Remagen, consentendo agli Alleati di assicurarsi un punto d'appoggio in Germania.
Disattivato nel 1946, il III Corpo fu riattivato nel 1951 e prestò servizio attivo fino al 1959. Disattivato quell'anno, tornò rapidamente in servizio a Fort Hood durante la crisi di Berlino del 1961. Nel 1962, il III Corpo fu designato come parte dello Strategic Army Corps dell'Esercito degli Stati Uniti.
Durante il conflitto in Vietnam, il III Corpo addestrò e dispiegò due Quartier Generali e numerose unità di combattimento e di supporto al combattimento, per un totale di oltre 100.000 effettivi.
Negli ultimi anni, le forze del III Corpo hanno combattuto e supportato operazioni in tutto il mondo, tra cui Grenada, Panama, Honduras, Arabia Saudita, Kuwait e Iraq, e hanno fornito supporto umanitario all'Operazione Restore Hope in Somalia. Elementi del III Corpo hanno fornito supporto all'Operazione Joint Endeavor in Bosnia ed Erzegovina.
Per molti anni, l'obiettivo principale del III Corpo è stato il rafforzamento della NATO. Con il cambiamento del mondo e dell'Esercito degli Stati Uniti, anche il Corpo si è evoluto e ha ampliato i propri obiettivi per essere pronto a schierarsi ovunque e in qualsiasi momento.
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