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187th Infantry Brigade (United States)
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The 187th Infantry Brigade was an infantry
brigade
of the United States Army
. It was first formed under the United States Army Reserve
's 94th Army Reserve Command, which wore the patch of the inactivated 94th Infantry Division, from which the 187th was formed when the 94th was inactivated and the combat element reduced to brigade size. As a separate brigade, the 187th wore its own shoulder patch. It served from 1963 through 1994, when it was inactivated as part of the Army-wide post-Cold War drawdown.
Cold War
plans called for the Brigade to deploy to Iceland
as part of the Iceland Defense Force
if a confrontation between NATO and the Soviet Union
eventuated.
brigade.
ORDER OF BATTLE
The 187th Infantry Brigade was later reactivated as an active duty training unit at Fort Leonard Wood, MO, and inactivated on 17 May 2007. Its battalions were:
Infantry
Infantrymen are soldiers who are specifically trained for the role of fighting on foot to engage the enemy face to face and have historically borne the brunt of the casualties of combat in wars. As the oldest branch of combat arms, they are the backbone of armies...
brigade
Brigade
A brigade is a major tactical military formation that is typically composed of two to five battalions, plus supporting elements depending on the era and nationality of a given army and could be perceived as an enlarged/reinforced regiment...
of the United States Army
United States Army
The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
. It was first formed under the United States Army Reserve
United States Army Reserve
The United States Army Reserve is the federal reserve force of the United States Army. Together, the Army Reserve and the Army National Guard constitute the reserve components of the United States Army....
's 94th Army Reserve Command, which wore the patch of the inactivated 94th Infantry Division, from which the 187th was formed when the 94th was inactivated and the combat element reduced to brigade size. As a separate brigade, the 187th wore its own shoulder patch. It served from 1963 through 1994, when it was inactivated as part of the Army-wide post-Cold War drawdown.
Cold War
Cold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
plans called for the Brigade to deploy to Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
as part of the Iceland Defense Force
Iceland Defense Force
The Iceland Defense Force was a military command of the United States armed forces from 1951 to 2006. The IDF, created at the request of NATO, came into existence when the United States signed an agreement to provide for the defense of Iceland, which does not, and did not, have its own unified...
if a confrontation between NATO and the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
eventuated.
Cold War
Organized as a separate infantryInfantry
Infantrymen are soldiers who are specifically trained for the role of fighting on foot to engage the enemy face to face and have historically borne the brunt of the casualties of combat in wars. As the oldest branch of combat arms, they are the backbone of armies...
brigade.
ORDER OF BATTLE
- Headquarters & Headquarters Company
- 3rd Battalion, 16th Infantry
- 3rd Battalion, 18th Infantry
- 3rd Battalion, 35th Infantry
- 5th Battalion, 5th Artillery5th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)The 5th Field Artillery Regiment was constituted as part of the Regular Army in January 1907. Individual battalions have lineages that date back further.-Distinctive Unit Insignia:*Description...
- 9th Battalion, 34th Armor34th Armor Regiment (United States)The 34th Armor Regiment is an armored regiment of the United States Army formed in 1941.-Lineage:Constituted 28 August 1941 in the Regular Army as the 34th Armored Regiment and assigned to the 5th Armored Division...
(until 1968) - 187th Support Battalion (Company A became 987th Personnel Service Company in 1990)
- 756th Engineer Company
- Troop D, 5th Cavalry
The 187th Infantry Brigade was later reactivated as an active duty training unit at Fort Leonard Wood, MO, and inactivated on 17 May 2007. Its battalions were:
- 1st Battalion, 48th Infantry Regiment48th Infantry Regiment (United States)The 48th Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment in the United States Army first formed in 1917.-History:The 1st and 2nd Battalions, 48th Infantry, were mechanized infantry units assigned to the 3rd Armored Division in West Germany during the Cold War...
- 2nd Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment
- 3rd Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment
- 43rd Adjutant General Battalion