170th Infantry Brigade (United States)

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name=170th Infantry Brigade


caption=170th Infantry Brigade shoulder sleeve insignia
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type=Infantry Brigade
branch= United States Army
dates= 25 August 1917 - August 1919 1921 - 1942 "1963 - 1970" (as 2nd Brigade, 24th Infantry Division) "1975 - 1996" (as 2nd Brigade, 24th Infantry Division) September 2010-
country=United States
allegiance=Regular Army
command_structure=United States Army Europe
size= Brigade
specialization=Heavy Infantry (HBCT)
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garrison=Baumholder, Germany
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identification_symbol_label=170th Infantry Brigade Distinctive Unit Insignia
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identification_symbol_2_label=The 170th Infantry Brigade (Mechanized) (Separate) of the United States Army will be reestablished in September, 2010 when it is reflagged from 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division. The soldiers and equipment will remain in place and are scheduled to activate as the 170th Infantry Brigade. The unit will be based at US Army Garrison Baumholder in Germany. It will be organized as an Army of Excellence (AOE) mechanized infantry brigade, and not as a modular brigade. The unit however is still planning to return to the United States in 2012 or 2013.

tructure

The Baumholder-based 170th Infantry Brigade will include the following subordinate units:
* Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 170th Infantry Brigade — formed from HHC, 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division
* 4th Battalion, 70th Armor Regiment — formed from 1st Battalion, 35th Armored Regiment
* 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment — formed from 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment
* 3rd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment — formed from 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment
* 1st Battalion, 84th Field Artillery Regiment — formed from 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment
* 40th Engineer Battalion
* 24th Brigade Support Battalion — formed from 47th Support Battalion
* Troop D, 5th Cavalry Regiment — formed from Troop G, 1st Cavalry Regiment
* 589th Signal Company
* 501st Military Intelligence Company

Heritage

World War I

The 170th Infantry Brigade was first activated August 25, 1917 at Camp Custer, Michigan. as one of two brigades of the 85th Infantry Division, National Army consisting of the 339th and 340th Infantry Regiments. After a year of training the division left the U.S. for England. When the American Expeditionary Force North Russia was formed to be sent to Arkhangelsk, Russia, the 339th Infantry Regiment provided the infantry component, with support units also taken from the 85th Division sent along as well. While there, the 339th saw combat against the Bolsheviks. The 340th Infantry Regiment and the remainder of the 85th Infantry Division was stationed in Lorraine, on the Western Front in France as a depot division and therefore did not participate in any combat operations.

Interwar

The brigade, along with its parent unit the 85th Infantry Division, was reestablished as part of the Organized Reserves in 1921. However, when the 85th Infantry Division was reactivated on 15 May 1942, it was as a triangular division with direct control of the 337th, 338th, and 339th Infantry Regiments. The brigade was again deorganized.

24th Infantry Division

With the reestablishment of brigades in the TOE of divisions in the 1960s following the short-lived experiment with pentomic organization, the 2nd Brigade, 24th Infantry Division was in 1963 assigned the heritage of the 170th Infantry Brigade. The 24th Division was deactivated in 1970, then reactivated from 1975 to 1996. When the 24th was reactivated again in 1999 it was as a headquarters unit only with separate National Guard brigades attached and no organic brigades of its own.

External links

*Mark St.Clair, and John Vandiver, [http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=53123 Name changes set for 2 Germany-based units] , Stars and Stripes, Friday, March 7, 2008
* [https://www-cgsc.army.mil/carl/download/csipubs/mcgrath/Brigade_p159_240.pdf]