| Unit Name: | 3rd Chemical Brigade |
| Dates: | 1942–present |
| Type: | Chemical |
| Role: | Training |
| Size: | Brigade |
| Command Structure: | TRADOC |
| Garrison: | Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri |
| Nickname: | "Army's Forge" |
| Motto: | "Bring The Heat" |
| Identification Symbol Label: | Distinctive unit insignia |
The 3rd Chemical Brigade is a training brigade of the United States Army based at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, retaining for historic reasons its name.
3rd Chemical Brigade[1]
The 3rd Chemical Brigade was first constituted on 1 January 1942 as the 3rd Chemical Battalion.[2] It was activated at Fort Benning, Georgia.
The unit was reorganized and redesignated as the 3rd Chemical Mortar Battalion on 11 March 1945. It was inactivated on 2 January 1946 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia.
The unit reactivated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 18 September 1950, but again inactivated there on 5 February 1953. On 20 September 1989, the unit was disbanded.
The unit reconstituted on 1 October 1999 in the Regular Army and was redesignated as 3rd Chemical Brigade. Command of the unit was transferred to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command, and activated at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.[3]