The 1st Battalion 40th Armor came from the old Company A 40th Armor out of Alaska. During 1963 it was moved to there and in 1965 the unit was used in a series of nerve agent tests. It finally left its assignment to the 171st Infantry Brigade in 1972.
It was reactivated and redesignated the 1st Battalion in 1978 and stationed at Fort Polk, Louisianna until 1987. Then the unit did a brief stint at Fort Hunter Ligget in California from 1996-1997.
So the 1st Squadron that is is in Alaska now is no stranger to the region.
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