20th Engineer Brigade
The 20th Engineer Brigade ( German 20th US Pioneer Brigade ) is a major association of the US Army and the pioneer association of the XVIII Airborne Corps . He is partly equipped and trained as an airborne pioneer including parachute troops , but has not been an airborne association in its entirety since 2009 . The headquarters of the 20th US Pioneer Brigade is located in Fort Bragg in the US state of North Carolina .
Task and organization
The brigade's mission is to provide pioneer support in all operational areas of the XVIII Airborne Corps and, if necessary, by units of the United States Army Special Operations Command . For these tasks, parts of the brigade are trained for military parachute jump .
In addition to the headquarters company in Fort Bragg, the brigade consists of four battalions :
- 27th Engineer Battalion in Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- 19th Engineer Battalion in Fort Knox , Kentucky
- 46th Engineer Battalion in Fort Polk , Louisiana
- 92nd Engineer Battalion, Fort Stewart , Georgia
history
The 20th US Pioneer Brigade traces its tradition back to pioneer units in the Civil War . A pioneer brigade numbered 20 was first set up in 1950 at Fort Leonard Wood , Missouri . From 1952 she was deployed with two battalions and six independent companies as a construction team in southwest France for the military bases there. In 1954 it was relocated to the United States at Fort Bragg as a support organization for the XVIII. Corps to be deactivated there in 1958.
A second activation took place in 1967 in Fort Bragg to be relocated to Vietnam as reinforcement in the same year . After being used in the Vietnam War , it was deactivated on return in 1971.
The last activation, which is still valid today, took place in Fort Bragg in 1974 as an airborne combat engineer brigade of the XVIII. Airborne Corps. In 1990 the transfer took place together with the corps and the participation in the Second Gulf War . In November 2004 another transfer to Iraq took place as the pioneer command of the Multi-National Force - Iraq .
Known relatives
Al Gore , Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001, did part of his military service in the brigade while serving in the 1971 Vietnam War . There he was a military journalist for the brigade's own military newspaper .
Web links
- The brigade Homepage (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ US Army Fort Bragg: 20th Engineers Brigade - Mission. Retrieved September 25, 2019 .
- ^ A b Lineage and Honors Information Headquarters and Headquarters Company 20th Engineer Brigade (Castle). U.S. Army Center of Military History, April 14, 2016, accessed September 28, 2019 .
- ^ A b c John E. Pike: 20th Engineer Brigade. GlobalSecurity.org, May 7, 2011, accessed September 28, 2019 .