The 1st Brigade, 104th Division is a training

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of the

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. It is a training component of the

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, and subordinate to the 104th Division based in

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. It is primarily responsible for

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and

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instruction. The 1st Brigade traces its lineage back to the old headquarters element of the division. The 104th Infantry Division's original headquarters element was first constituted on 24 June 1921 as the 104th Division, before being organized and activated in October of that year in

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.Wilson, p. 608. Assigned to the division were the 207th and 208th Infantry Brigades, containing the 413th, 414th, 415th, and 416th Infantry Regiments. As a unit of the

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, the division represented assets from the states of

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and

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, among other areas of the northwest United States. In 1967, the division's former headquarters element became 1st Brigade, 104th Division, activated at Vancouver Barracks. At this time, the army began consolidating its training units across the country, and as a result, the 104th Division took on missions of

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, and Combat Support training. 1st Brigade took on basic combat training, a role it continues to this dayMcGrath, p. 227. In the 1970s and 1980s, the brigade also took on One Station Unit Training and training for

units. In 2005, the

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process included the closure of the Vancouver Barracks, and the 1st Brigade, 104th Division was subsequently relocated to Fort Lewis, Washington, though its duties remained the same.

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* * * *{{cite book , title= Order of Battle of the United States Army: World War II European Theater of Operations , year=1945 , publisher=Department of the Army , isbn=978-0-16-001967-8 Division 104 01 Military units and formations established in 1921