219th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade (United States)

The 219th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade is a Battlefield Surveillance Brigade in the US Army National Guard. It is part of the Indiana Army National Guard. The 219th BfSB is currently composed of:

Headquarters & Headquarters Company (Camp Atterbury, Indiana)
- Commander (as of 2010): COL Ivan Denton
- Command Sergeant Major (as of 2010): CSM Otis Pugh

2d Battalion, 151st Infantry Regiment – South Bend, IN
- Company A – Hammond, IN (Light Infantry)
- Company B – Logansport, IN (Light Infantry)

2nd Squadron, 152d Cavalry Regiment (Reconnaissance & Surveillance)
- HHT – Columbus, IN
- Troop A – Bluffton, IN Light Cav
- Troop B – Bluffton, IN Light Cav
- Troop C – Seymour, IN Long Range Surveillance (Airborne) "Indiana Rangers"

Formerly known as Co. D (Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol), 151st Infantry; Co. D (Ranger), 151st Infantry; and 151st Infantry Detachment (Long Range Surveillance). This elite LRS unit is composed of paratroopers, snipers, pathfinders, signal communications specialists and rangers specializing in reconnaissance and surveillance deep behind enemy lines serving within the Indiana Army National Guard. The unit is now designated as Troop C (LRS), 2d Squadron, 152d Cavalry Regiment of the 219th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade. This elite unit is affiliated with the US Army's 75th Ranger Regiment as per their full membership within the 75th Ranger Regiment Association. The Indiana Rangers first originated as an elite 19th-century mounted militia force.

Attached*
1413th Engineer Company (Horizontal) – North Vernon, IN
Detachment, 165th Quartermaster Company (Airdrop & Supply) – Seymour, IN (rigger unit)
2219th Brigade Support Company – Bedford, IN
438th Network Support Signal Company – New Castle, IN (moving to Greenfield, IN in 2011)
378th Military Intelligence Battalion (USAR)(IL)

219th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade (United States)

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