A Special Troops Battalion (STB) is an organic unit of a modular brigade

Brigade

A brigade is a major tactical military formation that is typically composed of two to five battalions, plus supporting elements depending on the era and nationality of a given army and could be perceived as an enlarged/reinforced regiment...

, Division

Division (military)

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 (or equivalent), corps

Corps

A corps is either a large formation, or an administrative grouping of troops within an armed force with a common function such as Artillery or Signals representing an arm of service...

 or higher echelon United States Army

United States Army

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 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
  • Infantry Security Section; this is scheduled to be deleted in 2012
• Military Intelligence Company
• Signal Network Support Company
• Engineer Company.

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

Stryker

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 Brigade Combat Teams (SBCTs) do not have an STB and the components are treated as stand-alone units.

Sustainment Brigades

In the Sustainment Brigade

Sustainment Brigade

As part of the early 21st century transformation of the United States Army from a division-based structure to a brigade-based army; the Division Support Commands, Corps Support Groups, and Area Support Groups are being inactivated or transformed to Sustainment Brigades As part of the early 21st...

, the battalion is composed of an HHC and a Signal Network Support Company. When deployed, the battalion will usually have a Financial Management (FM) Detachment, Postal, and a Human Resources (HR) Detachment attached to it for command and control (C2), administrative and logistics support.