4th Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division (United States)

4th Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division (United States)

In June 2006, as part of the U.S. Army's transformation plan, the 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division came into being at Fort Lewis, Washington. It is the fourth of the Army's six planned Active Component Stryker brigade combat teams (brigades built around eight-wheeled Stryker combat vehicles). The unit was originally formed at Fort Lewis in 2005 as the 2nd Cavalry Regiment (Stryker), when the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment (Light) shifted to that post from Fort Polk, Louisiana, after a 15 month deployment in Iraq. When, in June 2006, the 2nd Cavalry Regiment (Stryker)'s colors were cased (to be uncased in Vilseck, Germany, along with a new batch of personnel from Fort Lewis's former 1st SBCT, 25th ID), its personnel became the 4th SBCT, 2nd ID.

The 4th SBCT, 2nd ID, like all of the Army's SBCTs, comprises the following elements: headquarters and headquarters company (HHC), an engineer company, an anti-tank company, a military intelligence company, a signal company, a logistics and support battalion, a field artillery battalion, three infantry battalions, and a cavalry or RSTA (reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition) squadron. The units assigned to the 4th SBCT, 2nd ID are:

Company-sized units:
*HHC, 4th SBCT
*38th Engineer Company
*F Company, 52nd Infantry (Anti-tank)
*45th Military Intelligence Company
*472nd Signal Company

Battalion-sized units:
*4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment
*2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment
*1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment
*2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment (RSTA)
*2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery
*202nd Support Battalion
*Brigade Special Troops Battalion (BSTB)

Originally, 4th SBCT, 2nd ID was planned to deploy to replace its sister brigade, the 3rd SBCT, 2nd ID in Mosul. However, as of April 2007, 3-2 Stryker has deployed from Mosul, its second tour there, into Baghdad as part of Multinational Division - Baghdad. 4th SBCT has deployed early to Iraq in support of the Baghdad Peace Plan, known as Fard Al Khanoon (Enforcing the Law), as part of a "troop surge" ordered by president George W. Bush.

Sources

*http://www.army.mil
*"Unit designations in the Army modular force," slide presentation, U.S. Army Center for Military History


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