Organization
The brigade is a separate unit, not reporting to a higher division-level headquarters, but instead reporting directly to the V Corps of United States Army Europe. It consists of six battalions and four companies. These components include two infantry battalions, one armor battalion, one field artillery battalion, a combat engineer battalion and a support services battalion. It also contains a headquarters company, a Signal company, a military intelligence company, and an armored cavalry company for reconnaissance.
The Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the unit is located at Grafenwöhr, Germany. The Unit also contains the 1st Battalion, 2d Infantry, the 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry, the 1st Battalion, 77th Field Artillery, the 9th Engineer Battalion, the 3rd Battalion, 66th Armor, and the 172nd Forward Support Battalion. In addition, the brigade contains three independent companies; 504th Military Intelligence Company, and Echo Troop, 5th Cavalry Regiment, the 57th Signal Company. All of these subordinate units are currently located in Grafenwöhr.
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