US Army Alaska 172nd Infantry Patch Backing:No Hook and Loop deadly precision — the Phantom

deadly precision — the Phantom in its most sinister form

Two hundred and fifty years of sea power

Because the Phantom was only as deadly as the ordnance it carried

The Gunfighters' OIF patch in desert tan — subdued for combat operations in Iraq

The Bayou Bushwackers operate along Louisiana's Gulf Coast with rapid launch capability to the Gulf of Mexico

US Army Alaska 172nd Infantry Patch Backing:No Hook and Loop deadly precision — the PhantomUS Army Alaska 172nd Infantry Patch Forged in the frozen north the 172nd stood watch where others wouldn't. The 172nd Infantry Brigade (later redesignated as the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team) was one of the U. S. Army's premier Arctic and cold weather fighting forces, stationed at Fort Wainwright and Fort Richardson in Alaska. Tasked with defending America's northernmost frontier during the Cold War and beyond, the 172nd trained and operated in