The 3rd Chemical Brigade is a training

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, retaining for historic reasons its name.

Organization

3rd Chemical Brigade * Headquarters and Headquarters Battery * 48 Inf Rgt DUI

1st Battalion, 48th Infantry Regiment (Basic Combat Training) * 48 Inf Rgt DUI

2nd Battalion, 48th Infantry Regiment (Basic Combat Training) * 10th INF DUI

2nd Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment (Basic Combat Training) * 10th INF DUI

3rd Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment (Basic Combat Training) * 58TransBnDUI

58th Transportation Battalion (Transportation Training) * 84 Chem Bn DUI

84th Chemical Battalion (

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Training)

History

The 3rd Chemical Brigade was first constituted on 1 January 1942 as the 3rd Chemical Battalion. It was activated at Fort Benning,

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. The unit was reorganized and redesignated as the 3rd Chemical Mortar Battalion on 11 March 1945. It was inactivated on 2 January 1946 at

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. The unit reactivated at Fort Bragg,

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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

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, and activated at

Campaign participation credit

;World War II *Sicily (with arrowhead) * Naples-Foggia * Rome-Arno * Southern France (with arrowhead) * Rhineland *Ardennes-Alsace * Central Europe

References

External links

3rd Chemical Brigade Homepage
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Military units and formations established in 1942 1942 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)