32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (United States)

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32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team

32nd Infantry Brigade Insignia
Active 1917
Country United States
Branch United States Army National Guard
Type Light infantry
Part of Wisconsin National Guard
Garrison/HQ Wisconsin
Nickname "Red Arrow"
"Les Terribles" (as World War I division}
Motto "Forward"
Engagements Meuse-Argonne Offensive
Battle of Aisne
Battle of Marne
Battle of Oise
World War II
Operation Iraqi Freedom

The 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team[1] is an infantry brigade in the United States Army National Guard. It is the largest unit in the Wisconsin National Guard.

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[edit] History

Formed in 1967 from the deactivated 32nd Infantry Division, the Red Arrow Brigade is formed of three battalions of light infantry as well as support and engineer units.

In April 1971, the Brigade was converted to a mechanized brigade and became the 32nd “Red Arrow” Infantry Brigade (Separate) (Mechanized), Wisconsin National Guard. In January 1986 the 32nd Brigade participated in REFORGER '86. The entire Brigade deployed from Wisconsin, with all of its equipment, to Germany.

In October 1996, the 32nd “Red Arrow” Infantry Brigade (Mechanized), Wisconsin National Guard, was assigned to the 34th "Red Bull" Infantry Division (the 34th Div. is headquartered in Minnesota). The 32nd Brigade was now a divisional brigade and was no longer a (Separate) brigade.

On 1 October 2001, the Brigade was reorganized as the 32nd Infantry Brigade (Separate) (Light), Wisconsin National Guard.[2] The 32nd Brigade is no longer attached to the 34th ID and is again a (Separate) brigade. On 23 January 2003 about 100 soldiers from various 32nd "Red Arrow" Infantry Brigade units reported for active duty for service as Task Force Red Arrow in support of Operation Noble Eagle (ONE). Task Force Red Arrow supplemented security for two years at three of Wisconsin's airbases, the 440th Airlift Wing in Milwaukee, the 128th Air Refueling Wing in Milwaukee, and the 115th Fighter Wing in Madison.

The Brigade was reorganized again in September of 2007 as the 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Wisconsin Army National Guard. With this change the 2nd Battalion of the 128th Regiment was reorganized as a Cavalry (RSTA) or Recon, Survalance, Target, Acquisition unit, known as the 1st Squadron of the 105th Regiment.

[edit] Operation Iraqi Freedom

[edit] First Battalion, 128th Infantry Regiment

  • Activated: June 10, 2004
  • In Theater: November, 2004
  • Return: October 25, 2005
  • Location: FOB O'Ryan, FOB Cobra, FOB McKenzie, Patrol Base Olson
  • 6 KIA (TF 1-128) includes Attached Units

[edit] Second Battalion, 127th Infantry Regiment

  • Activated: June, 2005
  • In Theater: August, 2005
  • Return: August, 2006
  • 3 KIA
  • CSC Navistar

[edit] Second Battalion, 128th Infantry

  • Activated: August, 2005
  • In Theater: November, 2005
  • Return: November 2006
  • Locations: A Co; Camp Navistar, Al-Abdali, Ku. B Co; Camp Victory Ku. then Camp Virginia after its closure. C co; Camp Buehring, Udairi Range, KU, Ali Al-Salim airbase L.S.A. D Co; Camp Virginia, Ku. HHC; Camp Buehring, Ku.

[edit] First Battalion, 120th Field Artillery Regiment

  • Activated: August, 2005
  • In Theater: November, 2005
  • Return: November, 2006

Location: Kuwait Naval Base, As Shuayba SPOD, LSA, C Btry: Qatar, Camp Virginia, LSA (Ali Al Salem), Balad, Baghdad, Hillah, Iraq

[edit] First Battalion, 121st Field Artillery Regiment, 57th Field Artillery Brigade

  • Activated: April, 2006
  • In Theater: July, 2006
  • Return: July, 2007
  • CSC Navistar, Camp Virginia
  • 2 KIA

[edit] Units

[edit] Infantry Battalions

  • 2-127 IN (Light)
  • 1-128 IN (Light)

[edit] Brigade Combat Team

  • 1-120th FA Bn
  • 132nd Support Bn
  • 32nd Engineer Co - Onalaska
  • 232nd MI Co - Madison
  • HHT 105th Cavalry - Madison
  • Troop A, 105th Cavalry - Fort Atkinson
  • Troop B, 105th Cavalry - Watertown
  • Troop C, 105th Cavalry - Reedsburg
  • Troop E, 105th Cavalry - Merrill and Antigo

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ http://www.wisgov.state.wi.us/journal_media_detail.asp?locid=19&prid=3116
  2. ^ "'Back to the future' for new, lighter 32nd infantry brigade", National Guard, 2001.

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