4th Brigade 2nd Infantry Division
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In June 2006, as part of the U.S. Army's transformation plan, the 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division came into being at Fort Lewis, Washington. It is the fourth of the Army's six planned Active Component Stryker brigade combat teams (brigades built around eight-wheeled Stryker combat vehicles). The unit was originally formed at Fort Lewis in 2005 as the 2nd Cavalry Regiment (Stryker), when the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment (Light) shifted to that post from Fort Polk, Louisiana, after a 15 month deployment in Iraq. When, in June 2006, the 2nd Cavalry Regiment (Stryker)'s colors were cased (to be uncased in Vilseck, Germany, along with a new batch of personnel from Fort Lewis's former 1st SBCT, 25th ID), its personnel became the 4th SBCT, 2nd ID.
The 4th SBCT, 2nd ID, like all of the Army's SBCTs, comprises the following elements: headquarters and headquarters company (HHC), an engineer company, an anti-tank company, a military intelligence company, a signal company, a logistics and support battalion, a field artillery battalion, three infantry battalions, and a cavalry or RSTA (reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition) squadron. The units assigned to the 4th SBCT, 2nd ID are:
Company-sized units:
- HHC, 4th SBCT
- 38th Engineer Company
- F Company, 52nd Infantry (Anti-tank)
- 45th Military Intelligence Company
- 472nd Signal Company
Battalion-sized units:
- 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry
- 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry
- 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry
- 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry (RSTA)
- 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery
- 202nd Support Battalion
- Brigade Special Troops Battalion (BSTB)
Following the return of the 3rd SBCT, 2nd ID from its second deployment to Mosul, Iraq, sometime in 2007, it is thought that the 4th SBCT, 2nd ID will deploy to replace its sister brigade.
[edit] Sources
- http://www.army.mil
- "Unit designations in the Army modular force," slide presentation, U.S. Army Center for Military History
