157th Infantry Brigade (United States)

November 2019 157th Infantry Brigade File:1st Army.svg 150 Shoulder sleeve insignia *5 August 1917–7 June 1919 (National Army) 24 June 1921–11 December 1945 (various designations) 28 January 1947–20 April 1959 (Army Reserve) 5 November 1962–1 September 1995 24 October 1997–16 October 1999 (Regular Army)https://history.army.mil/Portals/143/LineageAndHonorsDocuments/TrainingUnits/Headquarters%20157th%20Infantry%20Brigade.pdf?ver=OQ4hllLLyDwtvin648hEXg%3D%3D 1 December 2006–present United States Infantry Training Brigade 85th Support Command Camp Atterbury World War I Meuse-Argonne Lorraine 1918 World War II Normandy Northern France Rhineland Ardennes-Alsace Central Europe French Croix de Guerre with Palm Army Superior Unit Award Brigadier General Harry J. MierBrigadier General Edwin D. MillerColonel Richard B. SmithBrigadier General Dean W. MeyersonBrigadier General Talmadge J. JacobsBrigadier General Joseph M. CannonBrigadier General John L. KotchoBrigadier General William J. Collins Jr.Brigadier General Eddi Z. ZykoBrigadier General William J. Nicholson 150px Distinctive unit insignia 150px Designated shoulder sleeve insignia; worn before assignment to First Army Colonel Frank A. Hooker The 157th Infantry Brigade is an active/reserve component (AC/RC) unit based at Camp Atterbury, Indiana. The unit is responsible for training selected United States Army Reserve and National Guard units. The unit was activated using the assets of the 5th Brigade, 87th Division. The brigade is a subordinate unit of First Army Division East. Activation The 79th Division "Liberty" Division, also known as the "Lorraine" Division, was a National Army division established 5 August 1917 by the War Department to be formed at Camp Meade, Maryland. The division was commanded by Maj. Gen. Joseph E. Kuhn. Draftees were from Pennsylvania and Maryland. Movement overseas commenced on 6 July 1918 and was completed by 3 August 1918. The 157th Infantry Brigade was commanded by Brig. Gen. William Jones Nicholson.Center of Military History 1988 Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War 2 https://books.google.com/books?id=FgORenOH2FwC&pg=PA318 Washington, DC U.S. Army 318 Google Books Order of Battle The Brigade consisted of: 25px Headquarters and Headquarters Company 25px 313th Infantry Regiment 25px 314th Infantry Regiment 25px 311th Machine Gun Battalion Shrouded in secrecy, the brigade left from Hoboken, New Jersey in July 1918 on the SS Leviathan, a speedy ex-German liner that arrived at Brest, France the morning of 15 July 1918. They trained for two months at Champ Little behind the French lines. On 26 September 1918 they "went over the top" in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. In a period of heartbreaking losses, the men struggled through nine kilometers of barbed wire and pot-marked earth. They destroyed German defenses that were said to be impregnable. McMaster John Bach United States in the world war Appleton 1920 130 https://books.google.com/books?id=MftAAAAAIAAJ That night they were on the outskirts of Montfaucon, headquarters of the enemy command. The 313th fought until the end, 11 November 1918. The 313th registered what was believed to be the last casualty of any belligerents of World War I, when PVT Henry Gunther was killed at 10:59am while charging a German machine gun nest, only seconds before the cease fire began. Gen. John J. Pershing commended the men of the 79th Division, and especially the 313th Infantry Regiment whose forces penetrated deeper into enemy territory than any other outfit. Organization 1963-1995 The 157th Infantry Brigade (Mechanized) was reactivated on 3 January 1963 in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania using assets from the inactivating 79th Infantry Division. It moved to Horsham on 31 January 1968, where it remained until its inactivation on 1 September 1995 during the post-Cold War drawdown. In 1966 this Brigade consisted of 3 Infantry Battalions: the 1–313th IN co-located Indiantown Gap Military Reservation (IGMR), since redesignated Fort Indiantown Gap (FIG), Annville, PA; and at Lock Haven, PA; the 1–314th IN (Mechanized) co-located at Bristol and Warrington, PA; the 1–315th IN located at 5200 Wissahickon Ave, Philadelphia, PA. It had 2 Armor Battalions at that time: namely, the 4–77th AR (location uncertain) and the 6–68th AR co-located at Bethlehem, PA and IGMR, PA. After the Arab-Israeli War of 1967, the 4–77th was disbanded, its armored vehicles sent to Israel to replace Israeli losses, and its personnel merged into the 6–68th AR. That same year, the Brigade's 1–314th IN (Mechanized) lost its armored vehicles- primarily M578s, M113s, M59s and M577s all of which were also sent to Israel to replace their war losses. It was not until the summer of 1971 that the 1–314th IN was re-designated a Mechanized unit. By the summer of 1973 the 1–313th IN was disbanded with its personnel and company units redesignated as part of the 1–314th IN. The unit consisted of: 25px Headquarters and Headquarters Company – Horsham, Pennsylvania 30px Troop C, 9th Cavalry – Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania 25px 1st Battalion, 313th Infantry (Mechanized)- Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania (disbanded 1973) 25px 1st Battalion, 314th Infantry (Mechanized) – Lock Haven, Pennsylvania 25px 1st Battalion, 315th Infantry (Mechanized) – Germantown, Pennsylvania 25px 6th Battalion, 68th Armor – Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 25px 4th Battalion, 77th Armor – Reading, Pennsylvania (disbanded 1967) 25px 3rd Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery – Bristol, Pennsylvania (replaced by the 4th Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment in 1976) 25px 157th Support Battalion – Edgemont, Pennsylvania 25px 420th Engineer Company – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Organization 2026 In 2006, as part of the Army's Transformation Plan, the 5th Brigade, 87th Division was reflagged as the 157th Infantry Brigade. The brigade is a Combined Arms Training Brigade (CATB) assigned to the 85th Support Command.Our units https://www.usar.army.mil/Commands/Support/85th-Support-Command/85th-SC-Units/ 85th Support Command 5 January 2026 Like all formations of the 85th Support Command, the brigade is not a combat formation, but instead trains Army Reserve and Army National Guard units preparing for deployment. As of January 2026, the brigade consists of a Headquarters and Headquarters Company, six active duty battalions, and five reserve battalions. 21px 157th Infantry Brigade, at Camp Atterbury (IN)Indiana units https://www.usar.army.mil/Featured/Ambassador-Program/Find-an-Ambassador/Indiana/ US Army Reserve 4 January 2026 25px Headquarters and Headquarters Company, at Camp Atterbury (IN) 25px 2nd Battalion, 289th Regiment (Infantry), at Camp Atterbury (IN) 25px 1st Battalion, 290th Regiment (Brigade Support Battalion), at Camp Atterbury (IN) 25px 2nd Battalion, 307th Regiment (Field Artillery), at Camp Atterbury (IN) 25px 1st Battalion, 335th Regiment (Infantry), at Camp Atterbury (IN) 27px 3rd Battalion, 335th Regiment (Training Support), at Fort Sheridan (IL)Illinois units https://www.usar.army.mil/Featured/Ambassador-Program/Find-an-Ambassador/Illinois/ US Army Reserve 4 January 2026 25px 2nd Battalion, 337th Regiment (Training Support), in Waterford (MI)Michigan units https://www.usar.army.mil/Featured/Ambassador-Program/Find-an-Ambassador/Michigan/ US Army Reserve 4 January 2026 23px 2nd Battalion, 338th Regiment (Training Support), at Camp Atterbury (IN) 23px 3rd Battalion, 338th Regiment (Training Support), in Blacklick (OH)Ohio units https://www.usar.army.mil/Featured/Ambassador-Program/Find-an-Ambassador/Ohio/ US Army Reserve 4 January 2026 21px 1st Battalion, 345th Regiment (Brigade Engineer Battalion), at Camp Atterbury (IN) 21px 1st Battalion, 362nd Regiment (Air Defense Artillery), at Camp Atterbury (IN) 27px 3rd Battalion, 411th Regiment (Logistical Support), at Camp Atterbury (IN) The brigade's four training support battalions and logistical support battalion are Army Reserve formations. Lineage Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters, 158th Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 79th Division Organized 25 August 1917 at Camp Meade, Maryland Demobilized 7 June 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 157th Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 79th Division Organized in November 1921 at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Redesignated 23 March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 157th Brigade Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 157th Infantry Brigade Converted and redesignated 12 February 1942 as the 79th Reconnaissance Troop (less 3d Platoon), 79th Division (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 158th Infantry Brigade, concurrently converted and redesignated as the 3d Platoon, 79th Reconnaissance Troop, 79th Division) Troop ordered into active military service 15 June 1942 and reorganized at Camp Pickett, Virginia, as the 79th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 79th Division (later redesignated as the 79th Infantry Division) Reorganized and redesignated 2 August 1943 as the 79th Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized Inactivated 11 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey Activated 28 January 1947 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the 79th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve) Reorganized and redesignated 15 July 1949 as the 79th Reconnaissance Company Inactivated 20 April 1959 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Converted and redesignated (less 3d Platoon) 5 November 1962 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 157th Infantry Brigade, and relieved from assignment to the 79th Infantry Division (3d Platoon, 79th Reconnaissance Company, concurrently redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 158th Infantry Brigade – hereafter separate lineage) Brigade activated 7 January 1963 at Upper Darby, Pennsylvania Location changed 31 January 1968 to Horsham, Pennsylvania Inactivated 1 September 1995 at Horsham, Pennsylvania Withdrawn 24 October 1997 from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army; Headquarters concurrently activated at Fort Jackson, South Carolina Inactivated 16 October 1999 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina Activated 1 December 2006 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina Campaign Credit Conflict Streamer Year(s) World War I 150px Meuse-Argonne 1918 Lorraine 1918 1918 World War II 150px 150px Normandy 1944 Northern France 1944 Rhineland 1945 Ardennes-Alsace 1944–1945 Central Europe 1945 Decorations Ribbon Award Year Notes150pxArmy Meritorious Unit CommendationAfghanistan Retrograde 2021-2022thumb|Permanent Orders 032-0001 announcing award of the Army Meritorious Unit Commendation150pxArmy Superior Unit Award2008–2011thumb|Permanent Orders 332-07 announcing award of the Army Superior Unit award50pxFrench Croix de Guerre, with Palm PARROY FOREST50pxFrench Croix de Guerre, with Palm NORMANDY TO PARIS30px French Croix de guerre, Fourragere World War II References http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/div/157infbde.htm Lineage & Honors for 157th Infantry Brigade External links Heraldry of the 157thFebruary 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Official 157th history Brigade Overview 157 Category:Military units and formations of the United States Army Reserve Category:Military units and formations established in 1917