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The 5th Armored Brigade is an AC/RC (active component/reserve component) unit based at
CONUS Replacement Center "Vipers"
* 
2nd 
1st Battalion, 360th Regiment ( 3rd Battalion, 360th Regiment ( CS/ CSS) "Rough Riders"
* 
1st Battalion, 361st Regiment ( 3rd Battalion, 361st Regiment ( CS/ CSS) "Mountain Warriors"
* 
1st Battalion, 362nd Regiment ( Air Defense) "Renegades"
* 2nd Battalion, 362nd Regiment ( Field Artillery) "Kodiak"
* 3rd Battalion, 362nd Regiment (
2nd Battalion, 363rd Regiment ( CS/ CSS) (
5th Armored Brigade Official Website
Training Division (West)
The Tank Destroyer Society
Bibliography for Tank Destroyer research
Military units and formations established in 1942 1942 establishments in the United States
Fort Bliss
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, Texas
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. The unit is responsible for training selected United States Army Reserve
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Since July 2020 ...
(USAR) & Army National Guard units west of the Mississippi River
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before they deploy to conduct combat operations overseas. The unit was formerly designated as 2nd Brigade, 91st Division. In 2006, the brigade trained the Military Transition Teams
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at Fort Riley before the mission was assigned to the 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division. In 2007, the brigade was reassigned from Fort Carson
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, Colorado
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to Fort Bliss, Texas.
The brigade was redesignated and re-missioned several times:
*5th Tank Destroyer Group 1942–1945 (one of 14 activated for World War II
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)
*5th Armored Cavalry Regiment
An armored cavalry regiment (ACR) is a regiment of the United States Army (Active Component, or Reserve Component (Army Reserve or Army National Guard)) organized for the specific purposes of reconnaissance, surveillance, and security. The re ...
1951–1954 (as a USAR unit in Lincoln, Nebraska
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)
*5th Armored
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Group 1954–1956
*5th Brigade (Training) 1975–1995, Lincoln, Nebraska
*In 1999 the 5th was merged with the 2d Brigade, 91st Division and carried the latter name and lineage until redesignated in 2006.
*In 2015, the 5th absorbed the 402nd Field Artillery Brigade, whose commander assumed command of the merged units.
Organization
The unit is composed of: * Headquarters & Headquarters Company
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 with ...
, 5th Armored Brigade
* CONUS Replacement Center "Vipers"
* 2nd Battalion
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, 356th Regiment
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In Medieval Europe, the term "regiment" denoted any large body of front-line soldiers, recruited or conscript ...
(Logistics
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Support) "Red Ball"
* 1st Battalion, 360th Regiment (Infantry
Infantry is a military specialization which engages in ground combat on foot. Infantry generally consists of light infantry, mountain infantry, motorized infantry & mechanized infantry, airborne infantry, air assault infantry, and mar ...
) "WarHawgs"
* 3rd Battalion, 360th Regiment ( CS/ CSS) "Rough Riders"
* 1st Battalion, 361st Regiment (Engineers
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) "Red Hawks"
* 3rd Battalion, 361st Regiment ( CS/ CSS) "Mountain Warriors"
* 1st Battalion, 362nd Regiment ( Air Defense) "Renegades"
* 2nd Battalion, 362nd Regiment ( Field Artillery) "Kodiak"
* 3rd Battalion, 362nd Regiment (Infantry
Infantry is a military specialization which engages in ground combat on foot. Infantry generally consists of light infantry, mountain infantry, motorized infantry & mechanized infantry, airborne infantry, air assault infantry, and mar ...
) "Stallions"
* 2nd Battalion, 363rd Regiment ( CS/ CSS) (Infantry
Infantry is a military specialization which engages in ground combat on foot. Infantry generally consists of light infantry, mountain infantry, motorized infantry & mechanized infantry, airborne infantry, air assault infantry, and mar ...
) "Black Scorpion"
Decorations
References
{{ReflistExternal links
5th Armored Brigade Official Website
Training Division (West)
The Tank Destroyer Society
Bibliography for Tank Destroyer research
Military units and formations established in 1942 1942 establishments in the United States
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