2nd Infantry Brigade (United States)

The 2nd Infantry Brigade, was first formed as part of the United States Army

United States Army

The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...

's Pentomic

Pentomic

Pentomic refers to a structure for infantry divisions adopted by the U.S. Army in 1957 in response to the perceived threat posed by tactical nuclear weapons use on the battlefield....

concept at Fort Devens

Fort Devens

Fort Devens is an active United States military installation in the towns of Ayer and Shirley, in Middlesex County and Harvard in Worcester County in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It was named after jurist and Civil War general Charles Devens. The nearby Devens Reserve Forces Training Area is...

, Massachusetts

Massachusetts

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in 1958 and inactivated in 1962 when it was reflagged as 2nd Brigade, 5th Infantry Division.

Cold War

The Brigade was organized as a Pentomic Infantry

Infantry

Infantrymen are soldiers who are specifically trained for the role of fighting on foot to engage the enemy face to face and have historically borne the brunt of the casualties of combat in wars. As the oldest branch of combat arms, they are the backbone of armies...

Brigade.

ORDER OF BATTLE

Headquarters & Headquarters Company
1st Battle Group, 4th Infantry
2nd Battle Group, 60th Infantry
1st Battalion, 76th Artillery
76th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)
The 76th Field Artillery Regiment is an Field Artillery regiment of the United States Army. first Constituted 1916 in the Regular Army.-Lineage:Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as the 18th Cavalry...
Company F, 34th Armor
34th Armor Regiment (United States)
The 34th Armor Regiment is an armored regiment of the United States Army formed in 1941.-Lineage:Constituted 28 August 1941 in the Regular Army as the 34th Armored Regiment and assigned to the 5th Armored Division...
Company G, 34th Armor
Troop F, 5th Cavalry
Brigade Trains
2 Engineer Companies

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