united_states infantry brigade united_states_army based fort drum new_york training unit brigade provides operational training readiness units army tracing lineage american civil war brigade deployed world war world war reorganized redesignated numerous times reserve unit united_states_army existence seeing short active duty forces combat role reactivated training unit brigade responsible preparing soldiers reserve national guard deployment battle training maneuvers equipment details personnel brigade instructors combat veterans operation iraqi freedom operation enduring freedom organization brigade subordinate unit army separate reserve brigade report higher division level headquarters training unit combat brigade battalions headquarters headquarters detachment located fort new_jersey assigned brigade 2nd headquartered fort drum additionally brigade contains headquartered fort massachusetts brigade headquartered syracuse new_york history origins brigade draws origins new york volunteer infantry regiment unit served american civil war called recruited new_york_city auspices metropolitan police organized mustered service years november regiment sailed louisiana december arrival assigned 2nd brigade division preliminary operations port hudson division clinton road engaged plains store took long siege port hudson sustained loss killed wounded missing fall engaged confederate forces cox plantation command end unit lost soldiers killed wounded missing heaviest loss sustained regiment action remainder year spent regiment post garrison duty february regiment consolidated independent existence unit suffered officer enlisted men killed mortally wounded officer enlisted men killed disease causes bringing total number casualties suffered world war constituted august organized august camp new_jersey assigned division saw combat world war like units division brigade labor duties pool reinforcements received campaign world war inscription war camp new_jersey reorganized december louisiana brigade redesignated march redesignated august february unit converted redesignated 3rd platoon assigned division consolidation occurred december unit ordered active military service reorganized rest division mississippi infantry division year world war arrived scotland october trained england end november landed france early december moved 8th went action took troop followed division shifted vicinity near german border december capturing division moving germany launched offensive division placed reserve december december engaging belgium december fluctuating battle captured december december january took january reached january january division moved relieve seized january moved vicinity january attacked captured end month fall february division went defensive february taken night attacks crossed march took march brief rest returned combat march crossing march clearing march division crossed rhine march despite strong opposition consolidated secured april jumped attack carried fell april division took defensive positions april miles czech border took maintained positions day division returned united_states july expecting called play role defeat japanese sudden termination war pacific division fort changed future division september day cold war era reorganized redesignated april reserves activated month birmingham alabama time organized reserves undergoing transformation unit reorganized redesignated december birmingham unit designated following conversion march years brigade continue reserve unit inactive status called participate conflicts brigade withdrawn reserve activated fort drum new_york years later training brigade brigade headquarters reactivated december fort drum reserve brigades activated purpose training brigade headquartered fort drum subordinate responsible early stages training reserve soldiers alerted deployment brigade offers opportunity veterans operation iraqi freedom operation enduring freedom use skills train new soldiers entering field operations iraq afghanistan training includes convoy live fire training exercises techniques dealing improvised explosive devices primary cause casualties operations summer brigade mobilized fort training april september soldiers trained units land navigation area security urban operations live fire exercises soldiers trained members brigade received distinctive unit insignia shoulder sleeve insignia september items contained allusions brigade honors world war history subordinate army soldiers brigade wear patch shoulders instead later month brigade mobilized north_carolina training mission honors unit decorations brigade received unit decoration united_states military campaign
174th Infantry Brigade (United States)