Mount Bragg [SEP] continent
Mount Bragg
Mount Bragg is a mountain in Antarctica, high, standing southwest of Gambacorta Peak in the southern Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1956–66, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Ralph L. Bragg, a photographer with U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 at McMurdo Station in 1964.
relieved from assignment to the 82d Airborne Division.
- Assigned 1 May 1986 to the 82d Airborne Division and activated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
- The Blue Devils deployed as a contingency force to OIF from Sep 2005 to Jan 2006 under the command of LTC Larry Swift. Acknowledged by only a handful in the 82d Airborne Division, during this deployment 3-504 started the famed "Torch Mission": the enduring attachment of an infantry battalion to USASOC for missions.
- Inactivated June 2006 at Fort Bragg