1st Battalion - 229th Aviation Regiment
"Tigersharks"
The Fayetteville Observer reported on May 15, 2004 that the 229th Aviation Regiment (and its headquarters) was disbanded on or about May 15, 2004 (the article was not particularly clear on this point indicating that the regiment would be disbanded on Saturday at midnight and as the article was printed on Saturday May 15 one assumes the writer meant May 15. However, the commanding officer of the unit will not leave his post until June 15.) The Associated Press reported on June 16, 2004 that the 229th Aviation Regiment was deactivated in a ceremony on June 15, 2004.
Roughly 100 soldiers from the regimental headquarters will be reassigned to the 10th Mountain Division.
Initial reports indicated that the 1st Battalion would be reassigned to the 3rd Infantry Division, but this was not the case. Instead, the 1-229th inactivated on May 20, 2004, but its soldiers then stood up the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment which is part of the 3rd Infantry Division. Army practice with regards to the tracing of unit histories means that the 3-3rd will not trace its history through the 1-229th.
