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The 3rd Chemical Brigade is a training brigade of the United States Army based at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, retaining for historic reasons its name.
3rd Chemical Brigade
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1st Battalion, 48th Infantry Regiment (Basic Combat Training)
* 2nd Battalion, 48th Infantry Regiment (Basic Combat Training)
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2nd Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment (Basic Combat Training)
* 3rd Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment (Basic Combat Training)
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58th Transportation Battalion (Transportation Training)
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84th Chemical Battalion ( CBRN Training)
3rd Chemical Brigade Homepage
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Organization
3rd Chemical Brigade
* Headquarters and Headquarters Battery
In United States Army units, a Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC) is a company-sized military unit, found at the battalion level and higher. Considered one unit, a Headquarters and Headquarters Company is essentially two elements within ...
* 1st Battalion, 48th Infantry Regiment (Basic Combat Training)
* 2nd Battalion, 48th Infantry Regiment (Basic Combat Training)
* 2nd Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment (Basic Combat Training)
* 3rd Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment (Basic Combat Training)
* 58th Transportation Battalion (Transportation Training)
* 84th Chemical Battalion ( CBRN Training)
History
The 3rd Chemical Brigade was first constituted on 1 January 1942 as the 3rd Chemical Battalion. It was activated atFort Benning
Fort Benning is a United States Army post near Columbus, Georgia, adjacent to the Alabama–Georgia border. Fort Benning supports more than 120,000 active-duty military, family members, reserve component soldiers, retirees and civilian employees ...
, Georgia.
The unit was reorganized and redesignated as the 3rd Chemical Mortar Battalion on 11 March 1945. It was inactivated on 2 January 1946 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia.
The unit reactivated at Fort Bragg
Fort Bragg is a military installation of the United States Army in North Carolina, and is one of the largest military installations in the world by population, with around 54,000 military personnel. The military reservation is located within Cum ...
, North Carolina on 18 September 1950, but again inactivated there on 5 February 1953. On 20 September 1989, the unit was disbanded.
The unit reconstituted on 1 October 1999 in the Regular Army and was redesignated as 3rd Chemical Brigade. Command of the unit was transferred to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command, and activated at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.
Campaign participation credit
;World War II *Sicily (with arrowhead) * Naples-Foggia * Rome-Arno * Southern France (with arrowhead) * Rhineland *Ardennes-Alsace * Central EuropeReferences
External links
3rd Chemical Brigade Homepage
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