Battlefield surveillance brigades in the United States Army

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Army Modular Force[1]

The battlefield surveillance brigade (BfSB) was a

ISR
) operations.

However, gathering information is only a part of the challenge it faces. Along with the structural changes and intelligence capabilities, the sustainment capabilities of the brigade also changed.[2] The United States Army is currently reorganizing these BfSB formations into expeditionary military intelligence brigades. These brigades were designed to be self-sufficient Army modular forces.

Mission

The BfSBs were meant to improve

unmanned aerial vehicles to signals gathering equipment and human intelligence collectors.[3]
One of the major initiatives of the modernization plan involves migrating the army from a division-centric force designed to fight one or two potential major-theater wars toward a modular, brigade-centric force that is expeditionary in nature and deployed continuously in different parts of the world.

Structure

Battlefield Surveillance Brigade Organizational Table

Each BfSB consisted of a

headquarters and headquarters company; active component units have two military intelligence battalions while the Army National Guard BfSBs had one; each brigade had a reconnaissance & surveillance squadron consisting of a headquarters troop; two ground troops (Troops A and B) and a Long-range surveillance
(LRS) company; a signal company (network support company, or NSC); and a brigade support company (BSC). In 2012, the active component brigades started grouping the brigade HHC, the signal company, and the support company under a special troops battalion.

Transformation

Former units consisted of one Regular Army component and two reserve component detachments, there were both active-duty and National Guard surveillance brigades, each having a specific table of organization and equipment.

The changes made were all part of an Army-wide transition to the

Surveillance Brigades
.

Former US Army Battlefield Surveillance Brigades

Unit
Patch
Component Home Headquarters
58th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade
Maryland Army National Guard Maryland
67th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade
Nebraska Army National Guard Nebraska
71st Battlefield Surveillance Brigades Texas Army National Guard Texas
142nd Battlefield Surveillance Brigade Alabama Army National Guard Alabama
201st Battlefield Surveillance Brigade[4]
Regular Army Fort Lewis
219th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade
Indiana Army National Guard
Indiana
297th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade Alaska Army National Guard Alaska
504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade[5][6]
Regular Army
Fort Hood
525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade
Regular Army
Fort Bragg
560th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade
Georgia Army National Guard Georgia

By 2015, five Battlefield Surveillance Brigades were reorganized into expeditionary military intelligence brigades. The rest were converted to other types of units or inactivated.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Army Times, November 2009". Army.mil. 13 November 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Supporting the Army's first Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, Army Logistician, Find Articles at BNET". Findarticles.com. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
  3. ^ "Army's New Battlefield Surveillance Brigades Ramping Up, Defense Daily, Find Articles at BNET". Findarticles.com. 10 February 2009. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
  4. ^ TIOH 201st BfSB
  5. ^ IOAH 0504th BfSB
  6. ^ BUnit Homepage Archived 29 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine