Fort Carson, CO - 3:68 Armor

The 3rd Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment (3/68 Armor) was an armored battalion stationed at Fort Carson, Colorado. The unit traces its lineage to the 68th Armor Regiment, which was originally constituted in 1940 and served with distinction in World War II and subsequent conflicts. While at Fort Carson, 3/68 Armor was part of the 4th Infantry Division, providing heavy armor capabilities and participating in numerous training exercises and readiness operations during the Cold War and into the 1990s. The battalion was inactivated in the mid-1990s as part of post-Cold War realignment and restructuring of Army forces.