U.S. Army Regimental Management and Identity Combat Arms Standard

The current organization of the 25th Infantry Division showcasing the current REMICS designation system for Infantry Divisions.

The Regimental Management and Identity Combat Arms Standard (REMICS, pronounced /ˈɹiˌmɪks/ like remix) is the U.S. Army's method for assigning unit designations and managing regimental histories and traditions for infantry, armor, cavalry, and artillery (field, antiaircraft, antispacecraft, coastal) units. REMICS was introduced in 1971 to replace the Combat Arms Regimental System (CARS) whose adoption coincided dissolution of regiments as tactical units in favor of battlegroups and combat commands.

REMICS sought to reintroduce the regimental esprit de corps that had been significantly degraded with the implementation of the Pentomic system. It also attempted to rationalize the designations of combat arms units, which had become significantly different depending on if a unit was part of an Infantry Division, Airborne Division, or Armored Division.

REMICS initiatives

• Battalion Reflagging
  • Reflagging of Tank and Armored Infantry Battalions as "Battle Groups" to match the Infantry Battle Groups in Infantry and Airborne Divisions
  • Reflagging Reconnaissance Battalions as "Cavalry Squadrons
• Regimental Reflagging
  • Infantry Battle Groups were consolidated from up to 5 regimental affiliations per Infantry Division to 3-4. Most divisions had 3. Divisions with 4 Infantry Regiment affiliations did so to accomodate for historically independent regimental combat teams that were reflagged as Brigades or dissolved under the Pentomic system.
    • Example: The 25th Infantry Division initially had 3 regimental affiliations for its 5 Battle Groups (14th Infantry, 27th Infantry, and 35th Infantry) consolidated from 5 affiliations under CARS. However, this grew to 4 regimental affiliations when the 442nd Infantry Brigade was downsized and merged with 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry to create 100th Battle Group, 442nd Infantry.
  • Field Artillery Battalions were consolidated from up to 8 per Infantry Division and 4 per Armored Division to 2. Howitzer Field Artillery Battalions (including 105mm, 155mm, and 203mm) were reflagged to all share the same Field Artillery Regiment within a division. Nuclear Rocket Field Artillery Battalions, of which each division had 1, was reflagged to share a regimental affiliation with all such battalions in their corps.
    • Example: The 25th Infantry Division has 7 Field Artillery Battalions all affiliated with the 8th Field Artillery. It also has 2nd Battalion, 21st Field Artillery (2-21 FA) as its nuclear battalion. Other divisions in I Corps—including the 24th Infantry Division, 11th Airborne Division, and 4th Armored Division—have 1-21 FA, 3-21 FA and 4-21 FA respectively. The I Corps Artillery also has 5-21 FA and 6-21 FA as general support nuclear-capable FA Battalions.
  • Tank and Armored Infantry Regiments, which were introduced as a concept under CARS and with some exceptions largely didn't exist after the start of the Pacific War, were renumbered and consolidated within Armored Divisions. In most Armored Divisions, regiments were renumbered to match that of the sequentially numbered battalions that had fought during the Pacific War. Regimental affiliations were also consolidated from up to 10 per division to just 4 (2 Armor Regiments and 2 Armored Infantry Regiments), the the administrative regimental commandants (usually Brigadier Generals or Colonels) acting as the commanders of the division's 4 Combat Commands (CC "A", CC "B", CC "C", and CC "R" for reserve). This also coincided with a broader reorganization of the Armored Division, adding a 4th Combat Command, upsizing from 4 Tank and 4 Armored Infantry Battalions to 6 Tank and 6 Armored Infantry Battle Groups.
    • Example: During the CARS era, 4th Armored Division's maneuver units included 1-35 AR, 1-37 AR, 2-66 AR, 2-67 AR, 2-51 IN, 2-41 IN, 2-50 IN, 1-54 IN, and 2-15 CAV. Under REMICS, these were regimentally consolidated into the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Battle Groups of 35th Armor (35 AR), 37th Armor, 10th Armored Infantry (10 ARIN), and 51st Armored Infantry. Regimental Commandant positions then went to the commanders of CC "A", CC "B", CC "C" and CC "R" respectively.
    • The 2nd and 3rd Armored Divisions were somewhat spared from moving to a new numbering system due to having fought with regiments as "heavy" divisions during the Pacific War, but they did face consolidation.
• Reinstate Regimental Headquarters