3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division (United States) explained

Unit Name:	3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division
Dates:	1963–2014
Country:	United States
Branch:	United States Army
Type:	Infantry
Size:	Brigade
Garrison:	Fort Knox
Nickname:	The Duke Brigade Dukes of Diyala
Current Commander:	COL Bill Ostlund
Notable Commanders:	MG Dana J.H. Pittard
Identification Symbol Label:	Distinctive unit insignia

The 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team was an infantry brigade based at Fort Knox, Kentucky. The brigade is a subordinate unit of 1st Infantry Division.

History

The 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, since it was constituted, has been organized, reorganized, Inactivated, disbanded, reconstituted, and redesignated several times.^[1]

• Constituted 24 May 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters Troop, 1st Expeditionary Division
• Organized 8 June 1917 at New York, New York
• Reorganized and redesignated 6 July 1917 as Headquarters Troop, 1st Division
• Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1921 as Headquarters and Military Police Company (less Military Police Platoon), 1st Division
• Reorganized and redesignated 1 August 1942 as Headquarters Company, 1st Infantry Division
• Disbanded 20 April 1960 at Fort Riley, Kansas
• Reconstituted 23 October 1963 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division
• Activated 2 January 1964 at Fort Riley, Kansas
• Redesignated 21 July 1975 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Infantry Division Forward
• Inactivated 15 August 1991 in Germany
• Redesignated 16 February 1996 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, and activated in Germany
• Headquarters, 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, reorganized and redesignated 16 April 2007 as Headquarters, 3d Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division (Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 1st Infantry Division – hereafter separate lineage)
• Inactivation Ceremony at Fort Knox, KY - 21 May 2014^[2]
• Reactivated

Organization

The unit is composed of:

• Headquarters & Headquarters Company (HHC) ("Hellfighters")
• Special Troops Battalion (STB) ("Valiant Warrior")https://archive.today/20120805180230/http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Heraldry/ArmyDUISSICOA/ArmyHeraldryUnit.aspx?u=4393
• 2nd Battalion, 63rd Armor Regiment ("Lions")
• 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment ("Ramrods")
• 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment ("Blue Spaders")
• 6th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment ("Raiders")
• 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment (1-6th FAR) ("Centaurs")
• 201st Brigade Support Battalion (201st BSB) ("Thor")^[3]

References

Further reading

The Brigade, A History by John J. McGrath from the Combat Studies Institute Press, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

External links

Official 3/1 IBCT Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/31IBCT

Notes and References

1. Book: Clarke, Jeffrey R.. 12 March 2010. Lineage And Honors Information. 31 December 2019. (Google books)
2. Web site: Barrouquere. Brett. 21 May 2014. Fort Knox-based combat team inactivated. 31 December 2019. (Google books)
3. Web site: 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division. 31 December 2019. (Google books)