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Indiana has the privilege of being home to one of the eight Army National Guard divisions.

The 38th Infantry Division Headquarters is the Army's primary tactical-level warfighting headquarters, employing brigade combat teams, functional and multi-functional brigades and other Army forces in full spectrum operations across the spectrum of conflict to achieve military objectives. The 38th ID provides command and control over Army forces engaged in decisive and shaping operations, it identifies requirements and establishes priorities of support for Army forces conducting sustaining operations. We man, train and equip to defeat near peer adversaries and compete with regional adversaries below the threshold of war.

The division is deployable for state and national missions in multidomain operating environments. Through Title 32 of the United States Code, the governor of Indiana has authority to activate the division to respond to natural or manmade disasters or homeland defense missions within in the U.S. When called to active duty by the president of the United States, the division falls under Title 10 of the U.S. Code, which gives control to the federal government.

38th Infantry Division Shoulder Sleeve Insignia

38th Infantry Division Distinctive Unit Insignia

Active: 1917-1919; 1941 to present
Decorations: Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Meritorious Unit Commendation
Unit Nickname: Cyclone, Avengers of Bataan
Home Station: Stout Field, Indianapolis

BLAZON: A blue three-leaf clover with gold stem and issuing out of a white stylized cloud at its center three gold lightning flashes pointing counterclockwise the central flash tipped with an arrow head; below the clover leaf, attached at each side, a red scroll inscribed in center with the word CYCLONE in gold letters. SYMBOLISM: The clover leaf is reminiscent of the original badge for non-color bearing units of the 38th Infantry Division. The lightning flashes represent the unit’s participation in three campaigns in the Pacific Theater of World War II (New Guinea, Leyte, Luzon) and an assault landing on Luzon is indicated by the arrowhead tip in the center flash. Further, the cloud and lightning flashes allude to the cyclone, a circular counterclockwise rotating storm from which the division takes its name. The colors blue, white and red refer to the Philippine Presidential Citation awarded to the unit for World War II service during the period October 17, 1944 to July 4, 1945.

Source: Department of the Army, The Institute of Heraldry

Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion (HHB)

  • Headquarters Support Company (HSC)
  • Detachment 1, Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), Columbus, Ohio
  • Detachment 3, 909th Field Feeding Team (FFT)
  • Alpha Company
  • Bravo Company (Intelligence and Sustainment)
  • 38th Division Band, Stout Field, Joint Force Headquarters

Left:  U.S. Army Center for Military History, Department of the Army Lineage and Honors
Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 38th Infantry Division (Avengers of Bataan)

Brigades

76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team38th Combat Aviation Brigade

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Indiana
          National Guard 38th Infantry Division Crest

38th Sustainment Brigade219th Engineer Brigade
38th Sustainment Brigade Shoulder Sleeve Insignia 219th Engineer Brigade Shoulder Sleeve Insignia

History

The 38th Infantry Division, headquartered in Indianapolis, has a rich history dating back to 1917 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi.
It was at Camp Shelby that the 38th ID earned its official nickname, “Cyclone Division.”

Leadership

Maj. Gen. Daniel A. Degelow, Commander, 38th Infantry Division

Maj. Gen. Daniel A. Degelow

Commander, 38th Infantry Division

Major General Daniel A. Degelow is the Commander of the 38th Infantry Division.

Prior to his current position, Gen. Degelow served as Deputy Commanding General (Sustainment) of the 38th Infantry Division and as the Assistant Adjutant General of Indiana.

Career highlights include:  Service as the Aviation Operations Officer, Division Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 38th Infantry Division, Executive Officer, Headquarters and headquarters Company, 38th Combat Aviation Brigade, Aviation and Airspace Management Officer, TACT Command Post 38th Infantry Division, Liaison Officer, 38th Combat Aviation Brigade and Branch Chief, Joint Forces Headquarters-Indiana.  His field grade command assignments are Rear Detachment Commander, 38th Infantry Division, Commander 38th Combat Aviation Brigade and Commander 2-238th General Support Aviation Battalion.

Major General Degelow deployed as Aviation Task Force Liaison Officer, 2-238th General Support Aviation Battalion, 38th Infantry Division at USARCENT, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait in 2008-2009.

Major General Degelow earned a Bachelor’s degree through Purdue University for Industrial Technology and a Master’s of Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College.  His military institutional training includes Armor, Aviation and Medical Service Corps Officer Basic Courses, Aviation Officer Advanced Course, Combined Arms and Services Staff School, Command and General Staff Officer Course, Dual Status Commanders Course (NORTHCOM), Joint Task Force Commanders Course (NORTHCOM), and the Army Senior Leader Development Seminar (SLDS).

Major General Degelow’s awards include Meritorious Service Medal (with 2 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters), Army Commendation Medal (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster), Army Achievement Medal Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal (with 1 Silver and 2 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters), National Defense Service Medal (with 1 Bronze Service Star), Iraq Campaign Medal (with 1 Campaign Star), Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal (with Silver Hourglass and M Device), Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, Indiana Long Service Medal (with 25 Year Disk), Indiana Overseas Service Ribbon, Indiana Outside Continental United States Ribbon, Indiana Military Volunteer Emblem, Senior Army Aviator Badge, among others.

The National Guard Bureau has additional biographic information for Maj. Gen. Degelow.

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38th Infantry Division
3912 W Minnesota Street
Indianapolis, IN 46241

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