The 187th Infantry Brigade was an

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. It was first organized in November 1921 as one of the two brigades under the

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's 94th Division (forerunner of the 94th Army Reserve Command). The brigade was disbanded in February 1942 when the 94th Division was converted from a two brigade, four regiment "

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" division.

Cold War

The 94th Division was disbanded in the early 1960s, as part of continuing Army Reserve force reductions. Thus to add flexibility to the force, and to preserve a general officer billet, the 187th Infantry Brigade was reactivated in the Army Reserve as a separate brigade on 7 January 1963 with headquarters in

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. From that year to 1994 it was one of only four (later three) combat Infantry brigades in the Army Reserve. As a separate brigade, the 187th wore its own shoulder patch rather than the 94th Division patch its members had previously worn. Cold War plans called for the brigade to deploy to

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occurred. The brigade's headquarters was relocated on 25 October 1971 to Wollaston, Massachusetts and on 13 July 1976 to

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, Massachusetts. Costas Caraganis was the commanding general in 1963. Leo J. Golash was appointed commanding general in 1974. * 187th_IN_BDE_DUI

Headquarters & Headquarters Company * 3rd Battalion, 16th Infantry * 3rd Battalion, 18th Infantry * 35th Infantry Regiment DUI

3rd Battalion, 35th Infantry * 005 Field Artillery Regiment DUI

5th Battalion, 5th Artillery * 34 Arm Regt DUI

9th Battalion, 34th Armor (until 1968) * 187th Support battalion

187th Support Battalion (Company A became 987th Personnel Service Company in 1990) * US-Engineers-Regimental Insignia

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Troop D, 5th Cavalry On 14 April 1994 the 187th Infantry Brigade was inactivated as part of the Army-wide post-Cold War reductions.https://history.army.mil/html/books/060/60-14-1/index.html Maneuver and Firepower: The Evolution of Divisions and Separate Brigades p341

Reactivation

The 187th Infantry Brigade was reactivated as an

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unit at the U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center of Excellence,

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on 23 January 2007 from the 3rd Training Brigade and inactivated on 17 May 2007. The subordinate units were reassigned to the 3rd Chemical Brigade. Its subordinate battalions were as follows: * 187th_IN_BDE_DUI

Headquarters & Headquarters Company * 10th INF DUI

2nd Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment * 10th INF DUI

3rd Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment * 48 Inf Rgt DUI

1st Battalion, 48th Infantry Regiment * 43 AG Bn DUI

43rd Adjutant General Battalion

References

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"The Brigade: A History, Its Organization and Employment in the US Army"

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Military units and formations established in 1921