170th Infantry Brigade (United States)

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170th Infantry Brigade
Active	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
Branch	U.S. Army
Type	Infantry Brigade
Role	Heavy Infantry (HBCT)
Size	Brigade
Part of	US Army Europe
Garrison/HQ	Baumholder, Germany

The 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the United States Army will be reformed 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.

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

3rd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment — formed from 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment

2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment — formed from 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment

4th Battalion, 70th Armored Regiment — formed from 1st Battalion, 35th Armored Regiment

Troop D, 5th Cavalry Regiment — formed from Troop G, 1st Cavalry Regiment

24th Brigade Support Battalion — formed from 47th Support Battalion

1st Battalion, 84th Field Artillery Regiment — formed from 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment

The 589th Signal Company, 40th Engineer Battalion and 501st Military Intelligence Company are not affected by this action and will fall under the 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team.

The unit however is still planing to return to the United States in 2012 or 2013.

1 World War I
2 Interwar
3 24th Infantry Division
4 External Links

[edit] World War I

The 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.