3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division (United States)
| 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division |
1st Infantry Division shoulder sleeve insignia |
| Active |
1963 – present |
| Country |
United States |
| Branch |
U.S. Army |
| Type |
Infantry Brigade Combat team |
| Role |
Infantry |
| Size |
Brigade |
| Garrison/HQ |
Fort Knox |
| Commanders |
Current
commander |
COL Christopher Toner |
The 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team is an infantry brigade based at Fort Knox, Kentucky. The brigade is a subordinate unit of 1st Infantry Division.
The brigade was redesignated, re-organized & re-stationed several times:
- Headquarters Troop, 1ID (1917–1921)
- Headquarters & Military Police Company, 1ID (1921–1942)
- Headquarters Company, 1ID (1942–1960)
- Disbanded 1960
- Reconstituted in 1963
- Fort Riley 1963–65
- Vietnam 1965–1970
- As 1st Infantry Division (Forward) 1975–1991
- Kuwait 1990–1991
- Germany 1975–2005
- Fort Hood 2007–2009
- Fort Knox 2009 – present
Organization
The unit is composed of:
- Headquarters & Headquarters Company ("Hellfighters")
- 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment ("Ramrods")
- 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment ("Blue Spaders")
- 6th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment ("Raiders")
- 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment ("Centaurs")
- 201st Brigade Support Battalion ("Thor")
- 3-1 Brigade Special Troops Battalion ("Valiant Warrior")
For further information see The Brigade, A History by John J. McGrath from the Combat Studies Institute Press, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.