11th Airborne Division Dress Patch Color

Historically established in 1943, during World War II, the Division pioneered and developed Air Assault tactics. (Air Assault version P099) Now, starting from June of 2022, the next pioneers of this division, as they serve in the surrounding areas of Alaska and beyond, will be dealing with extreme cold weather, mountains and high altitude. The Division’s Mission is as follows: 11th Airborne Division executes expeditionary operations within the Indo-Pacific theater, conducts Multi-Domain Operations in the Arctic, defends critical infrastructure in homeland defense and on order is capable of decisively defeating any adversary in extreme cold weather, mountainous, high latitude, and high altitude environments through large scale combat operations.