170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team

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Shoulder badge of the 170th US Infantry Brigade
Organizational structure of the brigade

The 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team ( German  170th US Infantry Brigade ) (The Bayonet Brigade) was an independent mechanized infantry brigade of the US Army . It was set up and disbanded three times. From 2009 to 2012 she was stationed in Baumholder . The brigade was part of the United States Army Europe and one of three independent combat brigades of the US Army in Europe. It was therefore not subordinate to any association at division level , but directly to the US Army Europe in Heidelberg.

history

The brigade was formed on August 25, 1917 as part of the National Army . She was one of two brigades in the 85th Infantry Division in Camp Custer, Michigan . This was followed by a year of training in England. At the end of the First World War , the division was split up. Part of the division was used as a support force in the American Expeditionary Force North Russia in fighting near Arkhangelsk . The rest of the division was used as a depot division in France and did not take part in combat operations.

After the war, the brigade, together with the entire division, was disbanded, but re-established for the United States Army Reserve in 1921 . When the 85th US Infantry Division was reactivated in 1942, the 170th Infantry Brigade was disbanded as the infantry regiments were directly subordinate to the division.

After the reintroduction of the brigades in the infantry divisions, the 2nd Brigade of the 24th US Infantry Division continued the tradition of the brigade in 1963 . The brigade was reactivated and deactivated several times along with the U.S. 24th Infantry Division before the division was placed under National Guard units in 1999 .

On July 15, 2009, the brigade was activated as the 170th Infantry Brigade in Baumholder. The association took over the personnel and equipment of the 2nd Brigade of the 1st US Armored Division . The subordinate units remained and were largely renamed.

As part of the US defense budget austerity efforts, the association was disbanded on October 9, 2012.

organization

As of February 2010, the brigade comprised six battalions and four independent companies .

  • Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 170th Infantry Brigade ( Baumholder )
  • 3rd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment (Baumholder)
  • 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment (Baumholder)
  • 4th Battalion, 70th Armor Regiment (Baumholder)
  • 40th Engineer Battalion (Baumholder)
  • 1st Battalion, 84th Field Artillery Regiment (Baumholder)
  • 24th Brigade Support Battalion (Baumholder)
  • Troop D, 5th Cavalry Regiment (Baumholder)
  • 589th Signal Company
  • 501st Military Intelligence Company

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 1st AD brigade gets new colors . In: Stares and Stripes . July 16, 2009 (English, stripes.com [accessed January 27, 2020]).
  2. ↑ Matt Millham: For Baumholder's 170th Brigade, a low-key goodbye . In: Stares and Stripes . October 9, 2012 (English, stripes.com [accessed January 27, 2020]).
  3. ^ US Army Garrison Baumholder Public Affairs Office. Archived from the original ; accessed on January 27, 2020 (English).