United States Constabulary - Strength

Strength

The US Constabulary consisted of up to 38,000 men organized into:

  • Headquarters, United States Constabulary,
    • Located first at Bamberg then moved to Stuttgart.
  • Three Brigades,
    • 1st, 2nd and 3rd
  • 10 Regiments,
    • 1st through 3rd and 5th through 9th, assigned to the brigades.
    • The 4th Regiment, an independent unit with:
      • Two squadrons in Austria and
      • One squadron in West Berlin.

Controlling:

    • Thirty Squadrons.
      • Each battalion-size squadron had five (at first) and then later on only four company-size troops.

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