170th Infantry Brigade (United States)
170th Infantry Brigade | |
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Active | 25 August 1917 – August 1919 1921 – 1942 15 July 2009 – 9 October 2012 |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Army |
Type | Infantry |
Role | Heavy Infantry |
Size | Brigade |
Part of | V Corps |
Garrison/HQ | Baumholder, Germany |
Motto(s) | "Strength, Honor, Discipline" |
Engagements | World War I
American Expeditionary Force, Russia World War II Rome-Arno, North Apennines, Po Valley Gulf War Defense of Saudi Arabia, Liberation and Defense of Kuwait Operation Enduring Freedom |
Insignia | |
Distinctive unit insignia |
The 170th Infantry Brigade was an
World War I
The 170th Infantry Brigade was first activated 25 August 1917 at
- Headquarters, 170th Brigade
- 339th Infantry Regiment
- 340th Infantry Regiment
- 330th Machine Gun Battalion
After a year of training the division left the U.S. for England. When the
World War Two
The brigade, along with its parent unit the 85th Infantry Division, was reestablished as part of the Organized Reserves in 1921. However, the 85th Infantry Division was reactivated on 15 May 1942, it was as a triangular division with direct control of the 337th, 338th, and 339th Infantry Regiments. Thus the brigade was converted to serve as the 85th Reconnaissance Troop and served as the eyes and ears of the 85th Infantry Division throughout World War Two.[5]
Interwar to 1970
With the reestablishment of brigades in the TOE of divisions in the 1960s following the short-lived experiment with pentomic organization, the 2nd Brigade, 24th Infantry Division was in 1963 assigned the heritage of the 170th Infantry Brigade. The 24th Division was inactivated in 1970, then reactivated from 1975 to 1996. When the 24th was reactivated again in 1999 it was as a headquarters unit only with separate National Guard brigades attached and no organic brigades of its own. It was inactivated again on 1 August 2006.
From 2009-2012
The 170th Infantry Brigade of the United States Army was reestablished 15 July 2009 at U.S. Army Garrison Baumholder in Germany as part of the Grow the Army Plan. The 170th Infantry Brigade was formed by reflagging the 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division. The soldiers and equipment will remain in place but the 2d Brigade flag will transfer to Ft. Bliss, Texas, joining other elements of the 1st Armored Division. The 170th Infantry Brigade is organized as an enlarged hybrid of the Army XXI Heavy Division Infantry Brigade and modular brigade designs, as it incorporates both organic artillery and engineer battalions together with three infantry and armor units.
Afghanistan
In late 2010 part of the unit deployed to Northern Afghanistan (RC-N)to take part in a NATO training mission in conjunction with the ANA and ANP.
In early 2011, the 170th IBCT deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom 11–12 to
The 170th Infantry Brigade included the following subordinate units in 2011:
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 170th Infantry Brigade
- Troop D, 5th Cavalry Regiment
- 70th Armor Regiment
- 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment
- 3rd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment
- 1st Battalion, 84th Field Artillery Regiment
- 40th Engineer Battalion (in addition to engineer companies, also controls the below units)[6]
- 589th SignalCompany
- 502nd Military Intelligence Company
- 2nd Platoon, 501st Military Police Company
- 23d Military Police Platoon
- 589th
- 24th Brigade Support Battalion
In February 2012, Military.com announced that the brigade would be inactivated by the summer of 2012.[7] Over the course of the year, 4,000 of the brigade's 4,500 soldiers were reassigned. On 9 October 2012, the 170th Infantry Brigade was inactivated in Germany, with the remaining 500 soldiers present for the event.[8]
References
- ^ Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy (1935). Sixty-Sixth Annual Report. Newburgh, NY: Moore Printing Company. p. 134. Archived from the original on 10 February 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ^ http://www.history.army.mil/html/books/023/23-2/CMH_Pub_23-2.pdf Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine Order of Battle in the Great War P373
- ^ https://history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/div/170infbde.htm Lineage and Honors
- ^ http://www.history.army.mil/html/books/023/23-2/CMH_Pub_23-2.pdf Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine Order of Battle in the Great War P373
- ^ https://history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/div/170infbde.htm Lineage and Honors
- ^ " 40th Engineers ." 170th Infantry.army.mil, n.d. Web. 18 Jun 2011. <http://www.170infantry.army.mil/40th/index.htm Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine> paragraph 1.
- ^ "Pentagon Lays Out Significant Cuts to US Forces in Europe | Military.com". Archived from the original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- ^ Millham, Matt. "For Baumholder's 170th Brigade, a low-key goodbye". Stars and Stripes.
External links
- Brigade Website https://web.archive.org/web/20101003065725/http://www.170infantry.army.mil/
- Mark St.Clair, and John Vandiver, Name changes set for 2 Germany-based units, Stars and Stripes, Friday, 7 March 2008
- Stars and Stripes "1st AD brigade gets new colors"