219th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade

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219th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade
Distinctive Unit Insignia[1]
Combat Service Identification Badge (CSIB is now for 219th Engineer Brigade due to inactivation)[1]

The 219th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade was part of the United States Army Surveillance/reconnaissance formation introduced from c.2006-2011. The United States Army planned for the creation and transformation of nine intelligence brigades to a 'Battlefield Surveillance' role in 2007. The first Battlefield Surveillance Brigade (BfSB) was deployed the same year conducting Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Intelligence operations. However, gathering information is only half the challenge it faced. Along with the structural changes and intelligence capabilities, the sustainment capabilities of the brigade also changed.[2] The United States Army reorganized it’s intelligence formations into Battlefield Surveillance Brigades (BfSB). The brigades were self-sufficient Army Modular Forces. Army doctrine changed the name of the BfSB to Reconnaissance and Surveillance Brigade in 2011. In 2016, the 219th BfSB was redesignated to the 219th Engineer Brigade.

The 219th BfSB was composed of:

  • Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC) (Franklin, Indiana)
    • Commander: COL David Vesper[2]
    • Command Sergeant Major: CSM Christopher Knies[2]
  • South Bend, IN
    (Transferring to the 76th IBCT, INARNG, effective 1 October 2013)
    • Company A –
      Hammond, IN
      (Light Infantry)
    • Company B –
      Logansport, IN
      (Light Infantry)
    • Company C –
      Hartford City, IN
      (Light Infantry)
    • Company D –
      Frankfort, IN
      (Heavy Weapons)

During deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in 2009-2010, Bco, 2nd Bn, 151st Inf received both the

3d Bde, 101st Airborne Division) for the International Security Assistance Force
(ISAF) in Khost province.

Troop C, 2-152 CAV used to be known as Company D (Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol), 151st Infantry; Company D (Ranger), 151st Infantry; and 151st Infantry Detachment (Long Range Surveillance). This elite LRS unit was composed of paratroopers, snipers, pathfinders, signal communications specialists and rangers specializing in reconnaissance and surveillance deep behind enemy lines serving within the

US Army's 75th Ranger Regiment as per their full membership within the 75th Ranger Regiment Association. The Indiana Rangers
originated as an elite 19th-century mounted militia force.

Personnel from the former Troop C (LRS), 2d Squadron, 152d Cavalry Regiment were used to form the new Company C, 2d Battalion (Airborne), 134th Infantry Regiment. While Company B is part of the Indiana Army National Guard, most of the battalion is under the Nebraska Army National Guard, and the battalion itself is assigned to the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the Oklahoma Army National Guard.[3]

  • Attached:
    • 1413th Engineer Company (Horizontal) –
      North Vernon, IN
    • Detachment, 165th Quartermaster Company (Airdrop & Supply) –
      Seymour, IN
      (Riggers)
    • 2219th Brigade Support Company (2219th BSC) –
      Bedford, IN
    • 438th Network Support Signal Company (438th NSSC) –
      Greenfield, IN
    • 378th
      Military Intelligence
      Battalion (378th MIB) (USAR)(IL)
    • Gary, IN

Past commanders

  • COL Ivan E. Denton (First Commander)
  • COL Timothy N. Thombleson
  • COL David N. Vesper

References

  1. ^ a b c "219th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade". The Institute of Heraldry. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  2. ^ a b "219th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade". Indiana National Guard. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Nebraska stands up, hooks up airborne infantry battalion". www.army.mil.

External links

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