12th Infantry Regiment (United States)

12th Infantry Regiment
12th Infantry Regiment
	Coat of arms
Active	1861–present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army
Type	Infantry
Role	Stryker Infantry
Part of	2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team “Mountain Warriors”, 4th Infantry Division
Garrison/HQ	Fort Carson
Nickname(s)	"Red Warriors" (1st Bn) / "Lethal Warriors" (2nd Bn)
Motto(s)	Ducti Amore Patriae ("Having Been Led by Love of Country")
Engagements	American Civil War; Indian Wars; Spanish–American War; Philippine Insurrection; World War II; Battle of Normandy; Battle of Hürtgen Forest; Vietnam War; Battle of Suoi Tre; Operation Iraqi Freedom; Operation Enduring Freedom; Operation Freedom’s Sentinel;
Commanders
Current; commander	1st Battalion:; LTC Lloyd Wohlschlegel ; 2nd Battalion:; LTC Kyle Brown
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia

The 12th Infantry Regiment is a unit of the United States Army. The 12th Infantry has fought in seven wars from the Civil War to the War in Afghanistan (2001-2021) and has been awarded four Presidential Unit Citations, six Valorous Unit Awards, a Joint Meritorious Unit Award, two citations in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army, three Republic of Vietnam Crosses of Gallantry, the Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal First Class, eight Meritorious Unit Commendation, and the Belgian Fourragere. In 2021, both 1st Battalion and 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment reorganized as Stryker Battalions under 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. From 2023-2024, both Battalions completed a rotation to the Republic of Korea as a part of 2nd SBCT, Korea Rotational Force 13.