325th Infantry Regiment (United States)

325th Regiment 325th Glider Infantry Regiment 325th Infantry Regiment 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment
Coat of arms of the 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment.
Active	1917--1919 1942--1946 1947--present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army
Type	Airborne forces
Role	Glider infantry Parachute infantry
Size	Regiment
Part of	82nd Airborne Division
Garrison/HQ	Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Nickname(s)	Falcons
Motto(s)	Let's Go
Engagements	World War I World War II Operation Urgent Fury Operation Iraqi Freedom Operation Enduring Freedom
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia
Unit beret flashes of the regiment, 1st Battalion, and 2nd Battalion; 325th Infantry

The 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment is a light infantry parachute insertion fighting force of the United States Army. The subordinate units of the regiment constitute the bulk of the infantry elements assigned to the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division.

The 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment deploys anywhere in the world, within 18 hours of notification. The regiment conducts forced entry parachute assaults to seize, retain and defend airfields or other assets, then increases combat power in order to control land, people, and resources.

The 325th Infantry Regiment was activated in the National Army on August 25, 1917, almost five months after the American entry into World War I. The regiment was part of the 82nd Infantry Division. Under the command of Colonel Walter M. Whitman, a professional Regular Army officer, the regiment, which was composed of large numbers of wartime volunteers and conscripts, also known as draftees, trained at Camp Gordon, Georgia as part of the 164th Infantry Brigade of the 82nd Infantry Division. However, only a small cadre of professional Regular Army soldiers were originally assigned to the 325th. The cadre was intended to train the many hundreds of new conscripts, most of whom recently called up and were very young and had had no prior military service, who would soon be entering the camp.