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Soldiers assigned to the 4th Infantry Division completed a nine-month deployment to Iraq in 2015, in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. This operation supported the military intervention against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. [25] Eggleston, Rhonda, "Ladies of the Ironhorse: The Voices of Those Who Wait at Home", St. John's Press 2005 ISBN 0-9710551-9-X

The 4th Infantry Division assaulted the northern coast of German-held France during the Normandy landings, landing at Utah Beach, 6 June 1944. The 8th Infantry Regiment of the 4th Infantry Division claimed being the first surface-borne Allied unit (as opposed to the parachutist formations that were air-dropped earlier) to hit the beaches at Normandy on D-Day, 6 June 1944. Relieving the isolated 82nd Airborne Division at Sainte-Mère-Église, the 4th cleared the Cotentin peninsula and took part in the capture of Cherbourg on 25 June. After taking part in the fighting near Periers, 6–12 July, the division broke through the left flank of the German 7th Army, helping to stem the German drive toward Avranches [ citation needed]. Under the terms of the Armistice, Germany was to evacuate all territory west of the Rhine. American troops were to relocate to the center section of this previously German-occupied area all the way to the Koblenz bridgehead on the Rhine. The 4th marched into Germany, covering 330 miles in 15 days where it was widely dispersed over an area with Bad Bertrich as division headquarters. The division established training for the men as well as sports and educational activities. In April 1919 the division moved to a new occupation area further north on the Rhine. McGrath, John J. (2004). The Brigade: A History, Its Organization and Employment in the US Army (PDF). Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: Combat Studies Institute Press . Retrieved 11 June 2020. a b Peters, Ralph (28 August 2007). "He's a Fighter: How Odierno is Building Peace". The New York Post.The division went north to Ahrweiler, Germany, in the Rheinland-Pfalz area. In July the division returned to France and the last detachment sailed for the United States on 31 July 1919. The 4th Infantry Division is a division of the United States Army based at Fort Carson, Colorado. It is composed of a division headquarters battalion, three brigade combat teams (two Stryker and one armor), a combat aviation brigade, a division sustainment brigade, and a division artillery.

In December 1995, the Ivy Division was reflagged at Ft Hood, Tx when the 2nd Armored Division was deactivated as part of the downsizing of the Army. One brigades remained at Ft Carson as 3rd Brigade 4th Infantry Division stationed at Ft Carson. The division became an experimental division of the Army, as it had been in the early 1940s. Until completing the mission in October 2001, 4ID led the Army into the 21st century under Force XXI, the Army's modernization program. The division tested and fielded state-of-the-art digital communications equipment, night fighting gear, advanced weaponry, organization, and doctrine to prepare the Army for the future. [11]brigades of nearly 6,000 troops head to Europe amid growing Russian tensions". stars and stripes. 3 November 2016. For the Battle of Saint-Mihiel, the division moved into an area south of Verdun as part of the First United States Army. General John Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) on the Western Front, had gotten the French and British to agree that the AEF would fight under its own organizational elements. One of the first missions assigned to the AEF was the reduction of the Saint-Mihiel salient. The 4th Division, assigned to V Corps, was on the western face of the salient. The plan was for V Corps to push generally southeast and to meet IV Corps who was pushing northwest, thereby trapping the Germans in the St. Mihiel area.

a b National 4th Infantry (IVY) Division Association. "Division History". National 4th Infantry (IVY) Division Association . Retrieved 28 September 2015. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( link) KC Cady. "The Battle of Kamdesh - A True Story of American Valor". Youtube. Archived from the original on 11 July 2017 . Retrieved 19 February 2016. Armor". U.S. Army Center of Military History. Archived from the original on 21 May 2011 . Retrieved 15 June 2012.Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment (Mech) 1st Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment (155SP) 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment 3rd Brigade (Iron) 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment (Mech) 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment 3rd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery Regiment (155SP) 4th Engineer Battalion 64th Forward Support Battalion 4th Infantry Division Artillery (DIVARTY) 1st Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment 2nd Battalion, 20th Field Artillery Regiment (MLRS) Armor". U.S. Army Center of Military History. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011 . Retrieved 15 June 2012. Special Unit Designations". United States Army Center of Military History. 21 April 2010. Archived from the original on 9 June 2010 . Retrieved 23 June 2010. Brown, Todd S. (2007). Battleground Iraq: Journal of a Company Commander. Washington, D.C.: United States Army Center of Military History. Archived from the original on 1 May 2017 . Retrieved 16 June 2010. – a journal from a member of the 4th Infantry Division 2003–2004 Russell, Steve (2011). We Got Him!: A Memoir of the Hunt and Capture of Saddam Hussein. USA: Simoin and Schuster. ISBN 978-1451665123.