In addition to cardiac muscle tissue, the heart wall also contains a dense connective tissue network forming the fibrous skeleton of the heart that reinforces the myocardium internally and anchors the cardiac muscle fibers. This network of collagen and elastin fibres is thicker in some areas than others.
Inactivated in 1946, III Corps was reactivated in 1951 and served on active duty until 1959. Inactivated that year, it quickly returned to duty at Fort Hood during the Berlin Crisis in 1961. In 1962. III Corps was designated as part of the U.S. Army Strategic Army Corps. During the Vietnam conflict, III Corps trained and deployed two field force headquarters and many. combat and combat service support units totaling more than 100,000 Soldiers.
One of the busiest military complexes worldwide, Fort Bragg is home to the legendary 82nd Airborne Division, the XVIII Airborne Corps, the U.S. Army Special Operations Command, United States Army Forces Command, United States Army Reserve Command and the U.S. Army Parachute Team, the Golden Knights.