158th Infantry Brigade (United States)

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unit_name= 158th Infantry Brigade


caption=158th Infantry Brigade shoulder sleeve insignia
dates= 1917-1945
1962-1967
2006-Present
country= United States
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branch= U.S. Army
type= Infantry Brigade
role= Training
size= Brigade
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garrison= Patrick Air Force Base
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decorations=French Croix de Guerre with Palm, French Croix de Guerre, Fourragere
battle_honours= World War 1: Meuse-Argonnne, Lorraine; World War 2: Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe
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The 158th Infantry Brigade is an infantry brigade of the United States Army. It has subordiate battalions throughout Florida and Puerto Rico.

The 158th Infantry Brigade is an AC/RC unit based at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida.The unit is responsible for training selected United States Army Reserve & National Guard units in Florida & Puerto Rico. The unit was formerly designated as 2nd Brigade, 87th Division. The brigade is a subordinate unit of U.S. First Army

History

The brigade was constituted as Headquarters, 158th Infantry Brigade on 5 August 1917 in the National Army and assigned to the 79th Infantry Division. The unit organized at Camp Meade, Maryland on 25 August 1917. The brigade deployed to Europe and fought in World War I where it received battle streamers for participation in Meuse-Argonnne and Lorraine 1918 campaigns. After the war the brigade demobilized at Camp Dix, New Jersey, reconstituted in the Organized Reserves and assigned to the 79th Division.

The brigade converted and redesignated on 12 February 1942 as 3rd Platoon, 79th Reconnaissance Troop, 79th Division and was ordered to active military service on 15 June 1942. The unit reorganized at Camp Pickett, Virginia and again deployed to Europe where it participated in Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace and Central Europe Campaigns. For actions during the war the unit received the French Croix de Guerre with Palm, with streamers embroidered PARROY FOREST and NORMANDY TO PARIS, as well as the French Croix de Guerre, Fourragere. The unit inactivated 11 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey.

The unit was converted and redesignated on 5 November 1962 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company 158th Infantry Brigade, the Brigade was again activated on 2 October 1997 and posted to Patrick Air Force Base, Florida.

In 1999, the Brigade was redesignated as 2nd Brigade, 87th Division (Training Support).

In 2006, as part of the Army's Transformation Plan, the 2/87th was redesignated as the 158th Infantry Brigade.

Organization

The unit is composed of:
*HHC, 158th Infantry Brigade
* 3rd Battalion, 347th Regiment (Orlando, FL)
* 2nd Battalion, 348th Regiment (Fort Buchanan, PR)
* 3rd Battalion, 348th Regiment (Camp Blanding, FL)
* 5th Battalion, 348th Regiment (Caguas, PR)
* 1st Battalion, 350th Regiment (Logistics Support) (Camp Allen, PR)
* 2nd Battalion, 350th Regiment (Logistics Support) (Camp Blanding, FL)
* 2nd Battalion, 351st Regiment (Camp Blanding, FL)

External links

* [http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/lineage/branches/div/087d2bde.htm Lineage & Honors for 2nd Brigade, 87th Division]
* [http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Inf/158InfantryBrigade.htm The Institute of Heraldry: 158th Infantry Brigade]
* [http://www.armyreserve.army.mil/USARC/DIV-TS/0087DIV-TS/0002BDE/Overview.htm 2/87th Overview]

Further reading

For further information see "The Brigade, A History" by John J. McGrath from the Combat Studies Institute Press, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.