Special Troops Battalion

A special troops battalion (STB) is an organic unit of a modular brigade, division (or equivalent), corps or higher echelon United States Army organization. It may comprise companies from different branches of the army, but typically has a Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC) and Signal Network Company at a minimum.

Division headquarters battalion

The division headquarters battalion is composed of:

• Headquarters and Headquarters Company
• Operations Company
• Intelligence & Sustainment Company
• Signal Company
• Division Band

The division headquarters battalion is capable of functioning as a tactical headquarters while deployed.

Brigade combat teams

In some divisions these battalions are referred to as either brigade troops battalions (BTB) or brigade special troops battalions (BSTB).

• Headquarters Company is composed of:
  • Battalion Staff
  • Military Police Platoon
  • CBRNE Recon Platoon
  • Medical Platoon
  • Maintenance Platoon
• Military Intelligence Company
• Signal Network Support Company
• Engineer Company.

The Stryker brigade combat teams (SBCTs) do not have an STB and the components are treated as stand-alone units.

Sustainment Brigades

In the sustainment brigade, the battalion is composed of an HHC and a signal network support company. When deployed, the battalion will usually have a financial management (FM) company, postal, and a human resources (HR) company attached to it for command and control (C2), administrative and logistics support.^[1] Unlike their fellow Combat Service Support Battalions (CSSBs), STBs in Sustainment Brigades are not allocated personnel for a Support Operations section.

References

1. ↑ Field Manual Interim (FMI) 4-93.2, "The Sustainment Brigade." Headquarters, Department of the Army, February 2009.