{{Infobox military unit , unit_name= 16th Engineer Brigade , image= 16th Engineer Brigade SSI.svg , caption=16th Engineer Brigade shoulder sleeve insignia , dates= , country= United States , allegiance= , branch=

Ohio Army National Guard The Ohio Army National Guard is a part of the Ohio National Guard and the Army National Guard of the United States Army. It is also a component of the organized militia of the state of Ohio, which also includes the Ohio Naval Militia, the Ohio ...

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Combat Engineer A combat engineer (also called pioneer or sapper) is a type of soldier who performs military engineering tasks in support of land forces combat operations. Combat engineers perform a variety of military engineering, tunnel and mine warfare ta ...

Brigade A brigade is a major tactical military formation that typically comprises three to six battalions plus supporting elements. It is roughly equivalent to an enlarged or reinforced regiment. Two or more brigades may constitute a division. Br ...

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The 16th Engineer Brigade is a

combat engineer A combat engineer (also called pioneer or sapper) is a type of soldier who performs military engineering tasks in support of land forces combat operations. Combat engineers perform a variety of military engineering, tunnel and mine warfare ta ...

brigade A brigade is a major tactical military formation that typically comprises three to six battalions plus supporting elements. It is roughly equivalent to an enlarged or reinforced regiment. Two or more brigades may constitute a division. Br ...

of the

United States Army National Guard The Army National Guard (ARNG), in conjunction with the Air National Guard, is an organized militia force and a federal military reserve force of the United States Army. They are simultaneously part of two different organizations: the Army Na ...

Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...

. The brigade is responsible for a number of units throughout Ohio, most of which are also combat engineer units.

Overview

Members of the brigade provide construction and design assistance for nations worldwide, both in aid to civilian authorities and traditional training environments. The HHC 16th Engineer Brigade, mobilized into federal active duty in June 2020 in support of Operation Spartan Shield, Task Force Iron Castle.

Honors

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT ''World War I'' Lorraine 1918 ''World War II'' Northern Solomons Luzon (with arrowhead) ''War on Terrorism'' Iraq Iraq Governance National Resolution Iraqi Sovereignty ''DECORATIONS'' Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BOUGAINVILLE Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 Meritorious Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006 Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009 - 2010

Organization

HHC, 16TH EN BDE 204th EN DET HHC, 216TH EN BN SPT CO 1194th EN CO 811th EN CO SAPPER 1191st EN CO 1137th SIG CO HHC, 112th EN BN SPT CO 812th EN CO SAPPER 945th EN CO 192nd EN CO 291st EN DET 292nd EN DET 5694th EN DET 295th EN DET 296th EN DET HHC, 5th BN, 54th SFAB A CO B CO C CO D CO

Lineage

Parent unit constituted 29 August 1917 in the National Guard as Headquarters, 62d Field Artillery Brigade, an element of the 37th Division Organized on 21 September 1917 at Camp Sherman, Ohio, with personnel from the Ohio National Guard Demobilized on 11 April 1919 at Camp Sherman, Ohio Expanded, reorganized, and Federally recognized in the Ohio National Guard as elements of the 37th Division as follows: Headquarters, 62d Field Artillery Brigade 26 July 1922 at Columbus (location changed on 1 June 1937 to Cleveland) Headquarters Battery, 62d Field Artillery Brigade, 26 April 1922 at Dayton (hereafter, separate lineage) Inducted into Federal service on 15 October 1940 at Columbus Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1942 as Headquarters, 37th Division Artillery Inactivated on 18 December 1945 at Camp Anza, California Consolidated 11 November 1946 with the 37th Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized (see ANNEX); consolidated unit Federally recognized as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 37th Division Artillery Ordered into active Federal service on 15 January 1952 at Columbus (Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 37th Division Artillery

GUS Gus is a masculine name, often a diminutive for Angus, August, Augustine, or Augustus, and other names (e.g. Aengus, Argus, Fergus, Ghassan, Gustav, Gustave, Gustafson, Gustavo, Gussie). It can also be used as the adaptation into English of ...

organized and Federally recognized 15 January 1954) Released from active Federal service on 15 June 1954 and reverted to state control; Federal recognition was concurrently withdrawn from Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 37th Division Artillery (NGUS) Redesignated 1 September 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 37th Infantry Division Artillery Converted and redesignated 15 February 1968 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 16th Engineer Brigade and relieved from assignment to the 37th Infantry Division Ordered into active Federal service 10 September 2005 at Columbus; released from active Federal service 8 March 2007 and reverted to state control Ordered into active Federal service on 31 August 2009 at Columbus; released from active Federal service 4 October 2010 and reverted to state control Ordered into active Federal service on 25 June 2020 at Columbus ANNEX Organized and Federally recognized on 29 April 1921 in the Ohio National Guard at Columbus as Headquarters Company, 2d Infantry Brigade Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1921 as Headquarters Company, 74th Infantry Brigade an element of the 37th Division (later redesignated as the 37th Infantry Division) Inducted into Federal service on 15 October 1940 at Columbus Converted and redesignated on 1 February 1942 as the 37th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop Reorganized and redesignated on 1 June 1944 as the 37th Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized Inactivated on 13 December 1945 at Camp Stoneman, California

References

GlobalSecurity.org: 16th Engineer Brigade
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