The 219th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade is one of seven Battlefield Surveillance Brigades in the Army National Guard. It is part of the Indiana Army National Guard and attached to the 38th Infantry Division for training. The 219th BfSB is currently composed of:
- Headquarters & Headquarters Company (Franklin, Indiana)
- Commander (March 2012): COL Timothy N. Thombleson
- Command Sergeant Major (March 2012): CSM Rodney A. Spade
- 2d Battalion, 151st Infantry Regiment – South Bend, IN (Transferring to the 76th IBCT, INARNG, effective 1 October 2013)
- Company A – Hammond, IN (Light Infantry)
- Company B – Logansport, IN (Light Infantry)
- Company C - Hartford City, IN (Light Infantry)
- Company D - Frankfort, IN (Heavy Weapons)
- 2nd Squadron, 152nd Cavalry Regiment (Reconnaissance & Surveillance) - Columbus, IN
- Troop A – Bluffton, IN Light Cavalry
- Troop B – Bluffton, IN Light Cavarly
- Troop C – Seymour, IN Long Range Surveillance (Airborne) "Indiana Rangers"
Troop C, 2-152 CAV is formerly known as Co. D (Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol), 151st Infantry; Co. D (Ranger), 151st Infantry; and 151st Infantry Detachment (Long Range Surveillance). This elite LRS unit is composed of paratroopers, snipers, pathfinders, signal communications specialists and rangers specializing in reconnaissance and surveillance deep behind enemy lines serving within the Indiana Army National Guard. The unit is now designated as Troop C (LRS), 2nd Squadron, 152nd Cavalry Regiment of the 219th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade. This elite unit is affiliated with the US Army's 75th Ranger Regiment as per their full membership within the 75th Ranger Regiment Association. The Indiana Rangers first originated as an elite 19th-century mounted militia force.
- Attached:
- 1413th Engineer Company (Horizontal) – North Vernon, IN
- Detachment, 165th Quartermaster Company (Airdrop & Supply) – Seymour, IN (Riggers)
- 2219th Brigade Support Company – Bedford, IN
- 438th Network Support Signal Company – Greenfield, IN
- 378th Military Intelligence Battalion (USAR)(IL)
Famous quotes containing the words battlefield and/or brigade:
“Fighting is like champagne. It goes to the heads of cowards as quickly as of heroes. Any fool can be brave on a battlefield when it’s be brave or else be killed.”
—Margaret Mitchell (1900–1949)
“Rational free spirits are the light brigade who go on ahead and reconnoitre the ground which the heavy brigade of the orthodox will eventually occupy.”
—G.C. (Georg Christoph)