The 18th Airborne Corps is a United States Army corps that has been in existence since 1942. <br /> <br /> This unit has seen extensive service in nearly every theater and major conflict that the United States has been involved with since World War II. The 18th Airborne Corps is designed as a rapid deployment joint task force-capable command that is readily deployable on a moment's notice anywhere in the world. This earns this distinct eminent unit the motto, "America's Contingency Corps."<br /> <br /> The operational readiness for the unit is sustained by the rapid, no-notice emergency deployment readiness exercises that are continuously conducted across the 18th Airborne Corps.
