225th Engineer Brigade (United States)

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The 225th Engineer Brigade is a combat heavy engineer brigade of the Louisiana Army National Guard. It is one of the largest engineer formations in the United States Army National Guard. The 225th Engineer Brigade is headquartered at Camp Beauregard near Pineville, Louisiana in Rapides Parish. The brigade conducts missions of mobility, counter-mobility, survivability, and civil engineering support. The brigade possesses a mixture of civil and combat engineer units to accomplish these missions.

History

During 2007 the 225th Engineer Brigade served as the headquarter and construction element for "Operation New Horizons 2007". During this mission four construction projects consisting of two-classrooms where built at four different schools within the nation of Belize in Central America. These projects where at Carmelita, Belize; Crookedtree, Belize; Hattieville; and Trial Farm, Belize. In addition to these construction mission medical, dental, and veterinary services were provide for several thousand Belizians at Orange Walk, Belize; Burrel Boom, Belize; and Ladyville, Belize. In Operation New Horizons 2000, the brigade constructed buildings on Price Barracks, a military installation outside of Ladyville shared by the British Army and the Belizian Defense Force.In Operation New Horizons 1997 the brigade constructed a school at Guadalupe.

In 1990 the 769th Engineer Battalion participated in the "Fuertes Caminos", a low intensity conflict from 6 January to 7 July 1990. During "Operation Beyond the Horizons 2008" (the new title replaces Operations New Horizons) the 225th Engineer Brigade will provide construction support to humanitarian assistance missions in Honduras.

The 769th Engineer Battalion participated in "Operation Minueman" in 1990 by constructing a 12 km road in rural Panama. This battalion also repaired schools, churches, and medical facilities during this operation.

In Afghanistan and Iraq, during the "Global War on Terror" since 2001, the brigade has deployed battalion and company sized elements to Afghanistan and Iraq. In Afghanistan elements of the 769th Engineer Battalion served as part of Task Force Dragon and Task Force Panther under the 505th Infantry Regiment around Bagram Air Base.

The brigade deployed in support to the New Orleans area after Hurricane Katrina. Hundreds of soldiers from the 225th Engineer Brigade have served on "Task Force Gator" which has provided law enforcement support to New Orleans from summer 2006 to present.

As of 14 July 2008 HSC and FSC of the 769th Engineer Battalion (combat) returned after a year in Iraq. The units mobilized and demobilized from Fort McCoy, Wisconsin.

Feb. 2008, the 927th Sapper Company of the 769th Engineer Battalion (combat) deployed to serve a year in Afganistan.

29 Aug. 2008, the 225th Engineer Brigade mobilized in preperation for Hurricane Gustav. The brigade conducted operations along side units from several states such as: 203rd Engineer Battalion Missiouri, 216th Engineer Battalion Ohio, 224th Engineer Battalion Iowa, and also units of infantry and military police from Kentucky, Tennessee, and Nebraska. The 769th Engineer Battalion operated in the following parishes: East Baton Rouge Parish, Ascension, Assumption, and Iberville. The brigade continued operations through September 2008.

Organization

The 225th Engineer Brigade consists of a Headquarters and Headquarters Company and four Combat Heavy Engineer Battalions, plus an independent panel bridge company.

225th Engineer Brigade (CASTLE)
Headquartered at Camp Beauregard, LA
*Headquarters Service Company205th Engineer Battalion
*Headquarters Service Company
*1021st Engineer Company
*843rd Engineer Company
*2225th Multi-Role Bridge Company
*Forward Support Company527th Engineer Battalion

*Headquarters Service Company
*844th Engineer Company (Horizontal)
*1020th Engineer Company (Vertical)
*1022nd Engineer Company (Vertical)
*Forward Support Company528th Engineer Battalion

*Headquarters Service Company
*Alpha Company
*Bravo Company
*Charlie Company
*Forward Support Company769th Engineer Battalion (Tigators) (Currently deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom)
Headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
*Headquarters Service Company at Baton Rouge, Louisiana in East Baton Rouge Parish
*922nd Engineer Company (Horizontal) at Gonzales, Louisiana in Ascension Parish
*926th MAC (Mobility Augmentation Company) at Baker, Louisiana in East Baton Rouge Parish
*927th Sapper Company at Denham Springs, Louisiana in Acension Parish (currently deployed Afghanistan)
*928th Sapper Company at Napoleonville in Assumption Parish
*Forward Support Company at Baton Rouge, Louisiana in East Baton Rouge Parish

Links

* [http://www.la.ngb.army.mil Louisiana National Guard Official Homepage]
*256th Infantry Brigade
*Louisiana Army National Guard
* [http://www.la.ngb.army.mil/225th_Group/index.htm 225th Engineer Brigade]