551st PIR Making A Comeback?
On social media the Army has been sharing this teaser…
With a promise of an activation on 16 August 2026, the video offers this insignia.
This is the insignia of the 551st Parachute Infantry Regiment who boast a nickname of GOYA for “Get Off Your Ass.”
The question is, which Division will absorb this Regiment? Originally stood up as an independent Airborne Battalion at the beginning of the war and stationed in Panama, members of the unit eventually fought in World War II in Italy and the invasion of Western Europe but absorbed into the 82nd Airborne Division after the Battle of the Bulge.
Or, are we going to get another Separate Brigade in Panama? The 193rd Infantry Brigade, which long served in Panama and had an embedded Airborne Battalion, is now a Training Brigade at Fort Jackson.
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