1st Medical Brigade

Medical brigade of the III Armored Corps, US Army March 2016 December 2019 1st Medical Brigade 1MBSSI.svg Shoulder sleeve insignia 3 August 1917 – 12 November 194510 June 1950 – 24 March 19623 January 1968 – present US United States United States Army Medical Brigade 25px III Armored Corps Fort Hood, Texas Silver Knights Fortitude and Compassion 1st Medical Regiment Marchhttp://ameddregiment.amedd.army.mil/music.html/ Army Medical Department Regiment 18 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160310164156/http://ameddregiment.amedd.army.mil/music.html 10 March 2016 deadhttp://ameddregiment.amedd.army.mil/music/regimental.html/ Army Medical Department Regiment 18 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160610162306/http://ameddregiment.amedd.army.mil/music/regimental.html/ 10 June 2016 dead World War IWorld War IIOperation Desert StormOperation Enduring FreedomOperation Iraqi Freedom MG Paul R. Hawley MG George F. Lull MG Glenn J. Collins MG Robert D. Tenhet Colonel Matthew Hoefer 28 May, the day the 1st Sanitary Train, 1st Division, AEF began combat operations during the battle of Cantigny, France Meritorious Unit Commendationhttps://www.hrc.army.mil/wcmt-api/sites/default/wcmtfiles/files/16333_0.pdf Army General Orders Unit Awards Index 2015-10-13 US Army 125px Distinctive unit insignia 200px 1st Medical Brigade Flag The 1st Medical Brigade is a medical brigade of the United States Army. It is located at Fort Hood, Texas, providing health care and medical services to the Fort Hood community, and continuing training in its combat support mission.U.S. Army Fort Hood 1st Medical Brigade https://home.army.mil/hood/units-tenants/1st-medical-brigade June 17, 2025 U.S. Army History World War I The 1st Sanitary Train, as originally organized, was composed of two battalions—one motorized and one animal drawn. The companies of the battalions had all been raised well before the start of the war, and were assembled as an organization upon arrival in France. Each battalion was composed of two field hospital companies and two ambulance companies. The first elements of the train—composed of ambulance company 6 (later renumbered 13) and field hospital company 6 (later renumbered 13) began movement to Hoboken, New Jersey, where they embarked for Europe on 14 June 1917, arriving in the port of St. Nazaire on 26 June. On 13 August, field hospital companies 2 and 12 and ambulance companies 2 and 12 landed on 1 and 3 September in Liverpool, England, and later moved to La Harve. On 1 December field hospital company 3 departed Fort Bliss, Texas and ambulance company 3 departed Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, sailed from Hoboken on 5 December, and arrived at St. Nazaire on 22 December, among the last elements of the 1st Division to arrive in France. The 1st Sanitary Train was assembled, finally, in the Gondrecourt training area, where the division trained for combat operations.http://history.army.mil/html/books/023/23-2/index.html/ Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War, Volume 2 21 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160321084046/http://www.history.army.mil/html/books/023/23-2/index.html 21 March 2016 dead The table of organization for a sanitary train called for a total of 927 officers and men. Each ambulance company had 12 ambulances; the animal drawn companies each had 70 mules to pull their ambulances, as well as 24 riding horses. Each field hospital company could hold 236 patients, although it was authorized no nurses; the animal drawn field hospital companies also had 30 mules and 22 riding horses each. In column, the sanitary train stretched for 1,160 yards—more than half a mile.http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwi/fieldoperations/appendtble36.pdf/ Trains – Infantry division – Sanitary 21 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161224060731/http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwi/fieldoperations/appendtble36.pdf 24 December 2016 dead Sommerville Sector Ambulance Company 13 of the 1st Sanitary Train was the only American ambulance company operational in the Sommerville sector and furnished litter bearers for duty in the trenches, evacuating patients to Field Hospital 13 (like the ambulance company, an organic unit of the 1st Sanitary Train) and from it to Base Hospital 18 at Bazoilles-sur-Meuse, and to Camp Hospital 1 at Gondrecourt. It did not establish a dressing station, as patients were moved direct by litters and by vehicles from the battalion aid stations to the field hospital. Because of road conditions near the front, the ambulance company's collecting point was some distance in the rear of the aid stations, so the wounded were carried through the trenches to the battalion aid stations and then back an additional 3 km to the collecting point at Bathelemont.The United States Army Medical Department in the World War, Volume VIII: Field Operations, Washington, DC: USGPO 1925, pages 291–292. Field Hospital 13 was the only field hospital established for the 1st Division in the Somerville sector. Half of it, including X-ray and other necessary equipment, was located in a residence and two pavilions at Einville; the other half was in part of a hospital at Dombasle. As the base and camp hospitals to which this hospital was to evacuate were 81 km to the rear by road, patients were retained with the portion of Field Hospital 13 at Einville. Ansauville Sector thumb|right|Map showing the location of medical units of the 1st Division, AEF, during Ansauville operations The division surgeon's office, headquarters of the sanitary train, and headquarters of the train's field hospital and ambulance sections were at Menil-la-Tour.The United States Army Medical Department in the World War, Volume VIII: Field Operations, Washington, DC: USGPO 1925, page 292. Medical Department personnel established an aid station at each regimental headquarters and battalion aid stations in battalion areas. The most advanced battalion aid stations were located in dugouts at Seicheprey. Because the village was under direct enemy observation and was shelled frequently, patients had to be evacuated at night, when ambulances could travel the road from Beaumont. Evacuation to the regimental aid stations often required that patients be carried a kilometer or more through trenches which often were knee deep in mud and water. Patients were usually suffering from disease, although a moderate number of men suffering from shell wounds, and on occasion a fairly large number of chemical casualties.The United States Army Medical Department in the World War, Volume VIII: Field Operations, Washington, DC: USGPO 1925, pages 292–293. Infantry regimental aid stations were first established Beaumont and Mandres, but on 1 March the station Mandres moved to Bouconville. The aid stations at Beaumont and Bouconville were in basements of partially destroyed buildings and were made provided additional protection from indirect fire using logs, sandbags, and stone. The road between Beaumont and Mandres was especially dangerous, as it was shelled day and night, causing many casualties. The regimental aid station of the 16th Infantry at Mandres had at first functioned also as a dressing station, but on 1 March 1918, this service was taken over by Ambulance Company 2, until they, in turn, were relieved by Ambulance Company 3 on 27 March. The station treated chemical casualties as well as other cases and to a limited degree acted as a triage point. It was on the axial road and occupied a building whose walls had been protected by thick sandbags, but occasionally when receiving indirect fire it utilized a dugout which it had constructed nearby. Ambulance Company 13 operated ambulances from Menil-la-Tour and provided litter bearers to forward units until relieved by Ambulance Company 12 on 21 March 1918. That ambulance company, augmented by vehicles from other companies, maintained headquarters and an ambulance park at Menil-la-Tour, dispatching ambulances to the dressing station at Mandres and to forward units. Other ambulances were attached to unit aid stations at important points in rear areas of the sector.The United States Army Medical Department in the World War, Volume VIII: Field Operations, Washington, DC: USGPO 1925, page 293. Evacuation Ambulance Company 1 from the Services of Supply maintained two ambulances at Field Hospital 13 for evacuation to Sebastopol, where twenty ambulances were available for use during periods of heavy casualties. The different ambulance circuits, in forward and rear areas, were established for dealing with battle casualties, with a third circuit for the routine sick. The front circuit was maintained by Ford ambulances working forward from Mandres and returning to deliver patients to the dressing station there. Pertaining to it were emergency ambulances stationed at Beaumont, Rambucourt, and Bouconville, and at times at Seicheprey, with reserve at Mandres. The advance point to which ambulances could go by daylight was on the Beaumont-Bouconville road paralleling the front line and 2 km from it. At night ambulances could be sent forward to Xivray-Marvoisin and Seicheprey, 1 km from the front line. When circumstances warranted the risk, ambulances stationed at Seicheprey could evacuate from Seicheprey by day, but not as a routine measure. The rear circuit of heavy G. M. C. ambulances began at Mandres, where patients were carried to a fixed evacuation hospital. In order to cut down transportation, patients who could stand the longer trip to Toul or to Sebastopol were sent directly from Mandres and were not required to stop at the triage at Menil-la-Tour. Patients were distributed from Mandres as follows: (1) Seriously wounded and sick who could not stand long ambulance transportation, to Menil-la-Tour; (2) chemical agent casualties to Menil-la-Tour; (3) surgical cases to Sebastopol; (4) and sick and contagious diseases to Toul. A few ambulances for this circuit were maintained at Mandres, with reserve at Menil-la-Tour. At times of expected periods of high casualties, the ambulance park was advanced to Hamonville, and ambulances and trucks were dispatched to Mandres as needed.The United States Army Medical Department in the World War, Volume VIII: Field Operations, Washington, DC: USGPO 1925, pages 293–294. In quiet times a routine circuit of ambulances was maintained, daily calls being made at all aid stations within the division area that could be reached for the collection of sick and slightly wounded to be triaged at Menil-la-Tour, allowing placement of ambulances posted at outlying aid stations for emergency use.The United States Army Medical Department in the World War, Volume VIII: Field Operations, Washington, DC: USGPO 1925, page 294. Field Hospital 13 became operational on 17 January 1918 at Menil-la-Tour, in barracks taken over from a French field hospital and equipped for the care of 200 patients. This served at first as a divisional hospital and, after hospitals in the rear began functioning as a triage, for the reception of chemical casualties and some ill patients until relieved about 31 March by a field hospital of the 26th Division. The location was poorly suited for a hospital because of its proximity to a large supply dump and railhead subject to indirect fire. Several attacks occurred and missiles impacted within a hundred yards of the hospital, but no artillery fire was ever received. Patients began to be received immediately after arrival of the 1st Division in the sector. Seven wounded were admitted on 21 January, and sixty-two chemical casualties on the 26th, the first chemical casualties in the division. Of the 674 patients received by Field Hospital 13, 323—nearly half of all patients treated—were due to chemical agents. Field Hospital 12, after being held in reserve, became operational on 23 January at Sebastopol in large, permanent, stone barracks. It functioned as an evacuation and surgical hospital until relieved on 4 February by Evacuation Hospital 1, which then assumed responsibility for care of the seriously wounded. The field hospital personnel had been previously augmented by details from Ambulance Companies 3 and 13. Field Hospital 12 moved 6 February to a large stone barracks—Caserne la Marche—at Toul, where it established a 400-bed hospital for the divisional sick. Since the barracks were large and readily adapted for use as a hospital, the field hospitals here supplemented their normal equipment with the addition of large quantities of supplies suitable for the proper maintenance of a semi-permanent hospital. Field Hospital 2 arrived at Toul on 18 February and established an annex to Field Hospital 12 for the care of contagious cases. It operated until 2 April, when the annex was turned over to a hospital of the 26th Division.The United States Army Medical Department in the World War, Volume VIII: Field Operations, Washington, DC: USGPO 1925, pages 294–295. Field Hospitals 12 and 13 evacuated by train from Toul to base hospitals in the rear those cases which did not require surgical attention at Evacuation Hospital 1. This continued until about 3 April, when the facilities were turned over to hospitals of the 26th Division. In this sector Field Hospital 13 received 889 patients (not including those triaged directly to other hospitals) and Field Hospitals 12 and 2 received a combined total of 2,482 patients. As Evacuation Hospital 1 received most of the wounded, their patients were primarily those that were ill, and chemical casualties.The United States Army Medical Department in the World War, Volume VIII: Field Operations, Washington, DC: USGPO 1925, page 295. The sick rate of the division was three times that for battle casualties. More than two-thirds of those cases were minor, and most of the patients were returned to duty in a short time directly from the field hospitals. The prevailing diseases in the division in the sector were respiratory or intestinal. Sporadic cases of cerebrospinal meningitis, diphtheria, scarlet fever, mumps, and measles occurred, but no epidemic developed. A camp for venereal cases was established southeast of Raulecourt, and patients who were able to do so were put to work as laborers on road construction and similar heavy work. The medical supply unit of the division, with a large stock, was maintained at Demange-aux-Eaux in the division rear. An advance medical supply depot was operated by Field Hospital 13 at Menil-la-Tour for issue to all organizations in advance areas. An advance subdepot was maintained at the dressing station at Mandres, for the distribution of supplies by ambulance or runners to front-line aid stations. The 1st Division was relieved 1–3 April 1918, by the 26th Division and proceeded to the neighborhood of Chaumont-en-Vexin, where headquarters were established 8 April. For the next 10 days the division was trained in open warfare, activities consisting chiefly of brigade and division maneuvers. Regiments evacuated the disabled directly into the French hospitals at Gisors. Cantigny Sector The offensive launched by the Germans on 21 March 1918 placed the Allies in a desperate situation. The lack of complete cooperation among the Allies on the Western Front had been appreciated, and the question of preparation to meet the crisis had already received attention of the supreme war council. Reserves were not available and on 28 March, the 1st Division was placed at the disposal of the allied high command, starting movement toward the battle front on 17 April. On 25 April it took over the Cantigny sector 4.9 km west of Montdidier, relieving French troops and becoming a part of the French First Army. During the first six weeks that the division remained in this line the sector was very active; the remaining period was active. Battery positions were made untenable by high-explosive and chemical shells. Air raids were frequent and severe.The United States Army Medical Department in the World War, Volume VIII: Field Operations, Washington, DC: USGPO 1925, pages 295–296. On 27 May 1918, the Germans attacked Chateau-Thierry, and when the French appreciated how serious and how successful the attack was they began to withdraw both their air squadrons and supporting artillery from the Cantigny sector. On the 28th the 1st Division made the first sustained American offensive of the war and captured the village of Cantigny—a date later chosen by the 1st Medical Regiment as its Organization Day. Because of determined German efforts to retake the salient, losses were greater after the attack than during it. Beauvais, where a Red Cross hospital was located 38.4 km to the rear, suffered very severely. Hospitals were not immune from attack, and operation of the evacuation system, particularly at night, was very difficult.The United States Army Medical Department in the World War, Volume VIII: Field Operations, Washington, DC: USGPO 1925, pages 296–297. thumb|right|Map showing the location of medical units of the 1st Division, AEF, during operations near Cantigny and Montdidier-Noyon Montdidier-Noyon Picardy Aisne-Marne Saint-Mihiel Meuse-Argonne After the Armistice was signed, the 1st Sanitary train marched with the rest of the 1st Division to the Coblenz Bridgehead as part of the US Third Army, which served as part of the Army of Occupation.http://cdm15290.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15290coll6/id/153/rec/30/ Conduct of training in the 1st Medical Regiment Interwar period The 1st Sanitary Train arrived at the port of Hoboken, New Jersey, on 5 September 1919 on the troopship USS DeKalb after nine months of occupation duty near Koblenz, Germany. It participated in the 1st Division victory parades down Fifth Avenue in New York City on 10 September 1919 and in Washington, D.C., on 17 September 1919. It was temporarily posted to Camp George G. Meade, Maryland, where emergency period personnel were discharged from the service. It was transferred to Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky, and arrived there in October 1919. Transferred in September 1920 to Camp Dix, New Jersey. Reorganized and redesignated 10 February 1921 as the 1st Medical Regiment. Transferred 15 June 1922 to Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania.Clay Steven E. 2010 U.S. Army Order of Battle, 1919-1941, Volume 4. The Services: Quartermaster, Medical, Military Police, Signal Corps, Chemical Warfare, and Miscellaneous Organizations, 1919-41 Fort Leavenworth, KS Combat Studies Institute Press 2,207 Supporting the Medical Field Service School In support of the 1929 class of the Officer Basic Course at the Medical Field Service School, the regiment accompanied the students—all officers—on their field training exercise, this year conducted on the battlefield at Gettysburg. Students worked problems involving terrain exercises, while the 1st Medical Regiment then demonstrated the approved school solution.http://cdm15290.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15290coll6/id/147/rec/28/ Medical Field Service School By 1930, the regiment was well integrated into the activities of the school. The regiment was maintained at "full peacetime strength," which equated to the regimental headquarters, a service company, a hospital company, a collecting company, a veterinary company, and two ambulance companies—one motorized and one animal drawn. In addition to serving as the demonstration unit for the school, most of the officers and noncommissioned officers who taught there were drawn from the ranks of the regiment, and senior officers in the regiment frequently moved into department directors in the school after completing their time in the regiment. The Medical Equipment Laboratory, charged with studying and developing equipment and transportation for medical department troops and installations frequently turned to the regiment for assistance in testing equipment in the field, particularly for battalion aid stations and equipment used by the medical regiments of the divisions. The Ohio river floods, 1937 In January and February 1937, the Ohio and Mississippi rivers flooded over 12,700 square miles in twelve states. As part of the Federal response, The 1st Medical Regiment's Company G (Hospital), under the command of Captain Alvin L. Gorby (who would later command the regiment, and who retired as a major general) arrived by train on 30 January. The company included six medical corps officers and 93 enlisted men, with another 21 enlisted and ten ambulances from the regiment's Company E (Motor Ambulance), who were sent to Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana to provide support in that area. Inspecting a school building which had been used as an improvised hospital for the prior week by local volunteers, he found it an excellent facility with a modern structure, indoor plumbing, and a cafeteria. Moving his soldiers into rooms on the top floor, he quickly established hospital operations, reorganizing what he found on arrival was an "appalling lack of organization." When the water pressure proved to be inadequate, he had his troops dig latrines on the school grounds and had water for other purposes trucked in.http://cdm15290.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15290coll6/id/424/rec/1/ Army flood relief in the Ohio River flood area: An account of the activities of Company G, 1st Medical Regiment Once that hospital was up and running, the company assumed responsibility for a typhoid inoculation station, then repaired and reorganized a second school which was being used as a segregated facility for black patients. During the 13 days the company operated in Louisville, they provided more than 5,000 inoculations and provided over 2,000 patient-days of care in the two improvised hospitals they were running. This relief operation would be the Army's last major domestic relief operation before the start of the World War II. The Last Reunion of the Blue and Grey, 1938 http://cdm15290.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15290coll6/id/535/rec/12/ Blue and Gray reunion at Gettysburg, Pa, June 29 – July 6, 1938 23 March 2016 5 April 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160405001010/http://cdm15290.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15290coll6/id/535/rec/12/ dead World War II The 1st Medical Regiment was relieved from the 1st Division on 8 October 1939 and assigned to the IV Corps. It was reorganized on 1 March 1940, relieved from the IV Corps, and assigned to the Fourth Army. Transferred on 15 June 1940 to Fort Ord, California. Supporting NATO During most of September 1950 the 1st Medical Group participated in a major exercise called "Rainbow." Following spring 1950 a command post exercise named "Shamrock," this exercise saw most of the US medical units in Germany deploy their headquarters elements to the field, as well as sending as many operational elements as could be spared. Although medical play within the Communications Zone was simulated, soldiers role playing as patients were moved between the units in the field in Germany. In all, 40% of all Medical Corps and 20% of all Nurse Corps officers in Germany participated, with most units, according to published reports, rated as "Excellent" in their performance.http://cdm15290.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15290coll5/id/4547/rec/133/ Medical service's part in exercise rainbow The French Communications Zone Fort Sam Houston One of the responsibilities of the 1st Medical Group and its subordinate units at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, was to serve as a test-bed for the Medical Equipment Test and Evaluation Division of the United States Army Medical Materiel Agency. Established in 1964 and based at Fort Sam Houston, the test and evaluation division was responsible for testing new medical products and equipment for suitability for the Army's use. Much as they had done at Carlisle Barracks decades earlier, the 1st Medical Group's units at Fort Sam Houston, including a MUST equipped combat support hospital and an air ambulance company, provided a readily available platform for testing equipment under field conditions.http://cdm15290.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p16379coll1/id/5926/rec/1/ HSC Mercury, April 1976 Subordinate units World War II 1 February 1945 1st Medical Grouphttp://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwii/fromroertoelbe/figures/figure1p23.pdf/ Figure 1. Task organization. 1st Medical Group. 1 February 1945 15 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161230113929/http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwii/fromroertoelbe/figures/figure1p23.pdf 30 December 2016 dead 183rd Medical Battalion 442nd Medical Company (Collecting) 472nd Medical Company (Ambulance) 626th Medical Company (Clearing) 430th Medical Battalion 462nd Medical Company (Collecting) 488th Medical Company (Ambulance) 1 March 1945 1st Medical Grouphttp://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwii/fromroertoelbe/figures/figure2p31.pdf/ Figure 2. Task organization. 1st Medical Group. 1 March 1945 15 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20170207111336/http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwii/fromroertoelbe/figures/figure2p31.pdf 7 February 2017 dead 183rd Medical Battalion 442nd Medical Company (Collecting) 462nd Medical Company (Collecting) 626th Medical Company (Clearing) 188th Medical Battalion 463rd Medical Company (Collecting) 472nd Medical Company (Ambulance) 430th Medical Battalion 415th Medical Company (Collecting) 488th Medical Company (Ambulance) 489th Medical Company (Ambulance) 23 March 1945 1st Medical Grouphttp://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwii/fromroertoelbe/figures/figure3p44.pdf/ Figure 3. Task organization. 1st Medical Group. 24 March 1946 15 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161220135957/http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwii/fromroertoelbe/figures/figure3p44.pdf 20 December 2016 dead 20th Field Hospital 188th Medical Battalion 463rd Medical Company (Collecting) 472nd Medical Company (Ambulance) 565th Medical Company (Ambulance) 430th Medical Battalion 462nd Medical Company (Collecting) 488th Medical Company (Ambulance) 489th Medical Company (Ambulance) 1 May 1945 1st Medical Grouphttp://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwii/fromroertoelbe/figures/figure4p55.pdf/ Figure 4. Task organization, 1st Medical Group, 1 May 1945 15 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161220141600/http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwii/fromroertoelbe/figures/figure4p55.pdf 20 December 2016 dead 48th Field Hospital 183rd Medical Battalion 442nd Medical Company (Collecting) 463rd Medical Company (Collecting) 626th Medical Company (Clearing) 185th Medical Battalion Ambulance Platoon, 445th Medical Company (Collecting) 627th Medical Company (Clearing) 430th Medical Battalion 95th Medical Battalion (Gas Treatment) (operational control) 415th Medical Company (Collecting) 462nd Medical Company (Collecting) 481st Medical Company (Collecting) 488th Medical Company (Ambulance) 666th Medical Company (Clearing) Cold War Frankfurt, 10 June 1950 1st Medical Group HHD, 1st Medical Group 9th General Dispensary 548th Medical Company (Clearing) (Separate) 563rd Dental Prosthetic Detachment (Fixed) 564th Dental Prosthetic Detachment (Mobile) 581st Medical Company (Ambulance) Southwest Asia Operation Desert Shield 1st Medical Grouphttp://www.gulflink.osd.mil/declassimages/otsg/19961030/102996_sep96_decls6_0001.html/ Declassified Images 14 March 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121017205602/http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/declassimages/otsg/19961030/102996_sep96_decls6_0001.html 17 October 2012 41st Combat Support Hospital 46th Combat Support Hospital 47th Combat Support Hospital 34th Medical Battalion 498th Medical Company (Air Ambulance) 36th Medical Detachment (RG)--UH-60 Aircraft 57th Medical Detachment (RG)--UH-60 Aircraft 82nd Medical Detachment (RA)--UH-1 Aircraft 440th Medical Detachment (RE) 85th Medical Battalion 517th Medical Company (Clearing) 547th Medical Company (Clearing) 595th Medical Company (Clearing) 702nd Medical Company (Clearing) 690th Medical Company (Ambulance) Operation Desert Storm 1st Medical Group 2nd Mobile Army Surgical Hospital 5th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital 755th Medical Detachment (KA) 10th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital 28th Combat Support Hospital 250th Medical Detachment (KB) 41st Combat Support Hospital 46th Combat Support Hospital 47th Combat Support Hospital 34th Medical Battalion 498th Medical Company (Air Ambulance) 690th Medical Company (Ambulance) 36th Medical Detachment (RG)--UH-60 Aircraft 57th Medical Detachment (RG)--UH-60 Aircraft 82nd Medical Detachment (RA)--UH-1 Aircraft 374th Medical Detachment (RA)--UH-1 Aircraft 85th Medical Battalion 517th Medical Company (Clearing) 547th Medical Company (Clearing) 595th Medical Company (Clearing) 702nd Medical Company (Clearing) 685th Medical Company (Ambulance) 440th Medical Detachment (RE) 274th Medical Detachment (KA) 248th Medical Detachment (JA) 628th Medical Detachment (OM) Current Units of the 1st Medical Brigade:http://www.hood.army.mil/1stMed/units.aspx/ https://web.archive.org/web/20140406172629/http://www.hood.army.mil/1stMed/units.aspx dead 6 April 2014 Fort Hood, Texas – 1st Medical Brigade Headquarters Company Fort Hood, Texas 9th Hospital Center, at Fort Hood, Texas 11th Field Hospital 151st Medical Detachment 198th Medical Detachment 756th Medical Detachment 36th FRSD 43rd VET 85th COSC 126th FRSD 555th FRSD 61st Multifunctional Medical Battalion, at Fort Hood, Texas 176th OPT 224th PM 546th MCAS 566th MCAS 581st MCAS 582nd MLC 932nd BSD 528th Hospital Center, at Fort Bliss, Texas 10th FRSD 37th MED 131st Field Hospital 257th MED 745 FRSD 502nd DCAS Former Commanders Image Rank Name BranchBegin date End date Notes75px Colonel Bailey K. Ashford MC dmy 1917 08 03 dmy 1917 11 23 Ashford's primary duty was as the Division Surgeon.75px Major Charles Carroll DemmerNew York, U.S., Abstracts of World War I Military Service, 1917-1919 for Charles Carroll Demmer from New York State Archives, box 680 via Ancestry.com MC dmy 1917 11 24 dmy 1917 12 31 A new Table of Organization authorized separate positions for the commander of the 1st Sanitary Train and the 1st Division Surgeon; Ashford remained the Division Surgeon. Major Harry G. Ford MC dmy 1918 01 01 dmy 1918 02 26 Colonel James I. Mabee MC dmy 1918 03 01 dmy 1918 08 31 Major Edwin B. Maynard Jr. MC dmy 1918 09 01 dmy 1918 10 16 Major Maynard received the Silver Star for gallantry in action on 18–21 July 1918 for recovering wounded from the battlefield while assigned to the 1st Sanitary Train Lieutenant Colonel Herbert C. Wolley MC dmy 1918 02 20 dmy 1919 08 75px Major Joseph E. Bastion MC dmy 1919 11 dmy 1920 08 Promoted to Brigadier General 23 June 1943; Served as Commanding General, Percy Jones General Hospital, Battle Creek, Michigan.Official Register of the United States, USGPO, 1943 Major Henry S. Beckford MC dmy 1920 08 dmy 1920 09 Major Wood S. Woolford MC dmy 1920 09 01 Served with the Army Air Forces in World War II and transferred to the United States Air Force upon its formation, retiring as a colonel. dmy 1921 02 10 Reorganized and Redesignated 1st Medical Regiment75px Lieutenant Colonel Frank A. Pyles MC dmy 1921 10 06 dmy 1922 02 03 https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Portals/7/combat-studies-institute/csi-books/OrderofBattle4.pdf U.S. Army Order of Battle 1919–1941 31 December 2019 Captain William C. Russell MC dmy 1922 02 04 dmy 1922 08 23 75px Captain John J. Carden MC dmy 1922 08 23 dmy 1922 11 09 75px Major Joseph E. Bastion MC dmy 1922 11 10 dmy 1923 07 18 Major Bastion had previously commanded the 1st Sanitary Train in France. Promoted to Brigadier General 23 June 1943; Served as Commanding General, Percy Jones General Hospital, Battle Creek, Michigan.75px Major Garfield L. McKinney MC dmy 1923 07 19 dmy 1928 07 19 75px Major Robert P. Williams MC dmy 1928 07 19 dmy 1928 07 26 Promoted to Brigadier General 27 May 1949.75px Major John M. Willis MC dmy 1928 07 26 dmy 1929 08 30 Command Surgeon, United States Army Pacific Ocean Areas;http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwii/orgadmin/org_admin_wwii_appndxA.htm/ APPENDIX A: Chief Surgeons of Important U.S. Oversea Commands 31 December 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20160312022941/http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwii/orgadmin/org_admin_wwii_appndxA.htm 12 March 2016 dead Namesake of Willis Hall, United States Army Medical Department Center and School, Fort Sam Houston, Texas75px Major Frank S. Matlack MC dmy 1929 08 30 dmy 1930 07 31 75px Lieutenant Colonel Larry B. McAfee MC dmy 1930 08 01 dmy 1930 08 30 Promoted to Brigadier General 1 March 1941. Executive Officer to the Surgeon General; Assistant Surgeon General; Commanding General, Bruns General Hospital, Santa Fe, New Mexico75px Major Frank S. Matlack MC dmy 1930 08 30 dmy 1933 06 05 75px Major Jacob L. Hartman VC dmy 1933 06 06 dmy 1933 11 30 Promoted to Brigadier General 3 March 1953; Chief, Army Veterinary Corps75px Major Frank S. Matlack MC dmy 1933 11 30 dmy 1934 06 24 Lieutenant Colonel Lanphear W. Webb Jr. MC dmy 1934 06 24 dmy 1935 12 01 75px Major Howard T. Wickert MC dmy 1935 12 02 dmy 1938 08 31 75px Lieutenant Colonel George F. Lull MC dmy 1936 09 07 dmy 1937 06 30 Promoted to Brigadier General 11 March 1943; Promoted to Major General 24 September 1943. Deputy Army Surgeon General75px Lieutenant Colonel Paul R. Hawley MC dmy 1937 07 01 dmy 1938 08 31 Promoted to Brigadier General 10 September 1942; Promoted to Major General 27 February 1944. Chief Surgeon, European Theater of Operations; Acting Medical Director, Veterans Administration under Omar Bradley.75px Major Alvin L. Gorby MC dmy 1938 08 31 dmy 1940 06 07 Promoted to Brigadier General 11 September 1951; Promoted to Major General 7 May 1954.Second Army Surgeon; Senior Medical Advisor, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs); Deputy Commander, Walter Reed Army Medical Center; Chief Surgeon, US Army Europe; Commanding General, Valley Forge General Hospital.75px Lieutenant Colonel Robert P. Williams MC dmy 1940 06 08 dmy 1940 09 24 Promoted to Brigadier General 27 May 1949. Colonel Wilson C. von Kessler MC dmy 1940 09 24 dmy 1940 12 18 Lieutenant Colonel Paul R. E. Sheppard MC dmy 1940 12 18 dmy 1941 11 30 Major John B. Minna MC dmy 1941 12 01 dmy 1941 12 08 Major Paul H. Martin MC dmy 1941 12 09 dmy 1942 02 20 Colonel Harry H. Towler MC dmy 1942 02 21 dmy 1942 06 14 Major Eaton W. Bennett MC dmy 1942 06 15 dmy 1942 08 26 75px Colonel Robert B. Skinner MC dmy 1942 08 27 dmy 1943 05 21 Promoted to Brigadier General 31 October 1959; commander, 9th Hospital Center, USAREUR; commander, Fitzsimmons General Hospital. Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Woro MC dmy 1943 05 22 dmy 1943 06 16 Lieutenant Colonel Charles W. Mason MC dmy 1943 06 17 dmy 1943 07 26 75px Lieutenant Colonel Glenn J. Collins MC dmy 1943 07 27 dmy 1943 08 07 Promoted to Brigadier General 25 October 1965; Promoted to Major General 1 August 1968. As a brigadier general, Collins would command the 44th Medical Brigade in the Republic of Vietnam. As a major general, he would command the Walter Reed Army Medical Center and serve as Deputy Army Surgeon General.Official Biography, Glen L. Collins, Army Medical Department History and Heritage Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas/ dmy 1943 09 01 Reorganized and Redesignated 1st Medical Group75px Colonel Lester P. Viegel MC dmy 1943 08 07 dmy 1945 10 16 Colonel Viegel transferred to the United States Air Force upon its creation and died while still on active duty in 1959.http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwii/fromroertoelbe/default.htm#/ https://web.archive.org/web/20030704132102/http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwii/fromroertoelbe/default.htm#/ dead 4 July 2003 Office of Medical History75px Captain Harry L. Gans MAC dmy 1945 10 16 dmy 1945 11 12 Captain Gans served as the Headquarters Detachment commander and assumed command of the Group when all the other headquarters officers were released. He would again command the Group in 1971–1972, making his first and last assignments as a commissioned officer in the 1st Medical Group. dmy 1945 11 12 dmy 1950 06 10 Inactivated75px Colonel John Lemoin Crawford MC dmy 1950 06 10 Promoted to brigadier general, Army of the United States 25 June 1968, commanded 9th Hospital Center in Germany and Madigan General Hospital, Fort Lewis, Washingtonhttps://starsandstripes.newspaperarchive.com/european-stars-and-stripes/1950-06-24/page-5/ "Medical Unit to Train for Combat Roles" The Stars and Stripes (European Edition), 24 June 1950Army Register, 1961, Volume 1, page 116.75px Colonel Albert H. Robinson MC dmy 1953 05 Lieutenant Colonel Edwin H. Czapla MS dmy 1954 11 11 75px Lieutenant Colonel John A. Mikuluk MS dmy 1955 11 02 75px|link=Special:FilePath/Joseph_T_Caples_LTC.jpgColonel Joseph T. Caples MC dmy 1957 09 01 dmy 1959 02 08 Lieutenant Colonel Norman Lepper MC dmy 1959 02 09 dmy 1959 04 22 Colonel Joseph K. Bayne MC dmy 1959 04 23 dmy 1960 08 05 Also served as Command Surgeon, Theater Support Command (TASCOM), Verdun, Francehttp://cdm15290.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15290coll5/id/3508/rec/4/ Commentary [Oct. 1960] Major Samuel M. Allen MC dmy 1960 08 06 dmy 1960 08 19 Colonel Andrew F. Scheele MC dmy 1960 08 19 Also served as commander of the 42nd Field Hospital, Verdun, France. Scheele was a veteran of both Pearl Harbor and the Normandy landings.http://cdm15290.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15290coll5/id/3508/rec/4/ Commentary [Oct. 1960] Colonel John H. Taber MC dmy 1961 07 10 dmy 1962 03 24 dmy 1968 01 03 Inactivated Colonel John E. Burns MS dmy 1968 01 03 dmy 1968 08 31 Colonel William E. Schlarb MS dmy 1968 09 01 dmy 1971 04 15 Colonel Raymond P. Bosworth MS dmy 1971 04 15 dmy 1971 08 18 75px Colonel Harry L. Gans MS dmy 1971 08 18 dmy 1972 12 28 COL Gans also briefly commanded the Group in 1945, as a captain, during its inactivation. Colonel Will J. Cummings MS dmy 1972 12 29 dmy 1977 09 20 Colonel George R. Lynch MS dmy 1977 09 21 dmy 1979 02 14 75px Colonel Homer B. Moran MS dmy 1979 02 15 dmy 1980 06 30 Colonel Edward R. Pedersen MS dmy 1980 07 01 dmy 1981 08 13 75px Colonel John R. Sperandio MS dmy 1981 08 14 dmy 1983 07 12 Namesake of the John R. Sperandio Medical Plans, Operations, Training, Security, and Intelligence Professional Short Course, sponsored by the Office of the Army Surgeon General. Colonel John S. Timberlake III MS dmy 1983 07 13 dmy 1985 07 12 75px Colonel Henry J. Waters MS dmy 1985 07 12 dmy 1987 08 06 Colonel Waters originated the nickname "Silver Knights."http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth309793/m1/26/ The Fort Hood Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 23, 1987 The Portal to Texas History 23 July 1987 46 9 75px Colonel James R. Sawyer MS dmy 1987 08 07 dmy 1989 75px Colonel Eldon H. Ideus MS dmy 1989 dmy 1991 08 02 George Thomas http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth309898/m1/28/ The Fort Hood Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 8, 1991 The Portal to Texas History 8 August 1991 51 2 Colonel David C. Jackson MS dmy 1991 08 02 dmy 1993 08 06 Colonel Robert D. Deaderick MS dmy 1993 08 06 dmy 1995 http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth310001/m1/2/ The Fort Hood Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 12, 1993 The Portal to Texas History 12 August 1993 52 49 75px Colonel Frank Novier MS dmy 1995 dmy 1997 75px Colonel Emil F. Meis MS dmy 1997 dmy 1999 75px Colonel Johnny L. West MS dmy 1999 dmy 2001 07 10 dmy 2000 06 06 Reorganized and Redesignated 1st Medical Brigade75px Colonel Joseph C. Hightower MS dmy 2001 07 19 dmy 2003 07 18 http://www.tdtnews.com/archive/article_4bbc8c5e-91ad-5fd1-9a8a-91733523b54a.html/ 1st Medical Brigade has new commanding officer Temple Daily Telegram 20 July 2001 Colonel Terry Walters MC dmy 2003 07 18 dmy 2005 06 05 Colonel Waters graduated the United States Military Academy in the first class of female graduates.https://www.armyheritage.org/73-information/330-terry-walters-brigade-surgeon LTC Terry Waters: Brigade Surgeon in Somalia75px Colonel James Rice MS dmy 2005 06 05 dmy 2007 08 16 http://kdhnews.com/fort_hood/across_the_fort/col-james-rice-off-to-serve-as-director-of-wounded/article_620c4b8d-9847-5925-b80f-25b0ef833363.html/ Col. James Rice off to serve as director of Wounded Warrior Killeen Daily Herald 22 August 2007 75px Colonel Robert D. Tenhet MS dmy 2007 08 16 dmy 2010 06 01 Later promoted to major general and served as Deputy Army Surgeon General.75px Lieutenant Colonel Lee Roupe MS dmy 2010 06 01 dmy 2010 07 23 http://kdhnews.com/fort_hood/homefront/mcveigh-new-leader-of-st-medical-brigade/article_684eff5d-9246-54e4-b4f4-cab1811a9ce0.html/ McVeigh new leader of 1st Medical Brigade Killeen Daily Herald 28 July 2010 75px Colonel Bruce W. McVeigh MS dmy 2010 07 23 dmy 2013 01 16 http://kdhnews.com/fort_hood/homefront/mcveigh-new-leader-of-st-medical-brigade/article_684eff5d-9246-54e4-b4f4-cab1811a9ce0.html McVeigh new leader of 1st Medical Brigade Killeen Daily Herald 28 July 2010 75px Colonel Bertram C. Providence MC dmy 2013 01 16 dmy 2014 06 27 Promoted to brigadier general on 2 November 2014.https://www.army.mil/article/95156/1st_Medical_Brigade_greets_new_commander/ 1st Medical Brigade greets new commander Spc. Bradley Wancour (FORSCOM) 29 January 201375px Colonel Allen J. Darden Sr. MS dmy 2014 06 27 dmy 2016 06 28 http://www.forthoodpresscenter.com/go/doc/3439/2185113/ 1st Med. Bde. to host Change of Command Ceremony, Jun 27 18 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160603192141/http://www.forthoodpresscenter.com/go/doc/3439/2185113/ 3 June 2016 usurped75px Colonel Anthony R. Nesbitt MS dmy 2016 06 28 dmy 2019 01 17 http://www.forthoodsentinel.com/news/st-med-welcomes-new-commander/article_32780b82-42d9-11e6-bf86-af1c08d609dc.html/ 1st Med Welcomes New Commander, Jul 07 7 July 2016 75px Colonel Robert F. Howe II MS dmy 2019 01 17 dmy 2021 01 14 https://kdhnews.com/fort_hood_herald/across_the_fort/1st-medical-brigade-bids-farewell-to-commander-highlights-recent-accomplishments/article_b2b52a5e-5aa4-11eb-b8df-77cfc1983605.html 1st Medical Brigade bids farewell to commander; highlights recent accomplishments 20 January 2021 Fort Hood Herald 7 September 202175px Colonel Roger Giraud MS dmy 2021 01 14 dmy 2022 06 29 92x92pxColonelTracy MichaelMS29 June 202227 June 2024Promoted to the rank of Brigadier General 25 June 2026frameless|95x95pxColonelWerner J. BardenMS27 June 202429 May 2026frameless|95x95pxColonelMatthew H. HoeferMC29 May 2026CurrentBoard certified in Aerospace Medicine and Occupational Medicine. Managed DOD/NATO level program for ionizing radiation countermeasures, therapies and policy. Lineage Constituted 3 August 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 1st Sanitary Train, assigned to the 1st Expeditionary Division and organized at New York, New York. (1st Expeditionary Division redesignated 6 July 1918 as 1st Division.)https://history.amedd.army.mil/unitpages/units/1st.html 1st Medical Brigade 6 February 2020 7 February 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200207024829/https://history.amedd.army.mil/unitpages/units/1st.html dead Redesignated 10 February 1921 as Headquarters, 1st Medical Regiment. Relieved from the 1st Division, consolidated with Service Company, 1st Medical Regiment (organized during June 1925 at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania by consolidation of Headquarters Detachment, Medical Laboratory Section, and Medical Supply Section, 1st Medical Regiment. Reorganized and redesignated 8 October 1939 as Headquarters, Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Medical Regiment (Corps). Redesignated 16 December 1940 Headquarters, Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Medical Regiment (Army). Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 1st Medical Group. Inactivated 12 November 1945 in Fort Benning, Georgia Activated 10 June 1950 in Frankfurt, Federal Republic of Germany Inactivated 24 March 1962 in Verdun, France. Activated 3 January 1968 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Reorganized and redesignated 6 June 2000 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Medical Brigade Honors Campaign participation credit World War I: Lorraine Montdidier-Noyon Picardy Aisne-Marne Saint-Mihiel Meuse-Argonne World War II: Rhineland Central Europe Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait Decorations Meritorious Unit Commendation: Southwest Asia 1990–1991https://www.hrc.army.mil/site/ASSETS/Awards/2014/New2014Awards/1994-27.pdf/ HRC Homepage Hrc.army.mil 19 June 2019 Southwest Asia 2003https://www.hrc.army.mil/site/ASSETS/Awards/2015/Feb2015/313-32.pdf/ HRC Homepage Hrc.army.mil 19 June 2019 Southwest Asia 2006https://www.hrc.army.mil/site/ASSETS/Awards/2014/New2014Awards/2013-33.pdf/ https://web.archive.org/web/20161227163247/https://www.hrc.army.mil/site/ASSETS/Awards/2014/New2014Awards/2013-33.pdf/ dead 27 December 2016 HRC Homepage Hrc.army.mil 19 June 2019 Southwest Asia 2010https://www.hrc.army.mil/site/ASSETS/Awards/2015/134-02.pdf/ HRC Homepage Hrc.army.mil 19 June 2019 Afghanistan 2012https://www.hrc.army.mil/site/ASSETS/Awards/2014/New2014Awards/093-07.pdf/ https://web.archive.org/web/20161227014539/https://www.hrc.army.mil/site/ASSETS/Awards/2014/New2014Awards/093-07.pdf dead 27 December 2016 HRC Homepage Hrc.army.mil 19 June 2019 Insignia Shoulder sleeve insignia Description/Blazon On a white rectangle arced at top and bottom with a 1/8 inch (.32 cm) yellow border, 2 inches (5.08 cm) in width and 3 inches (7.62 cm) in height overall, a maroon cross throughout bearing a yellow rod entwined by a green snake with a red eye. Symbolism Maroon and white are the colors used by the Army Medical Department units; gold is for excellence. The staff of Aesculapius and the maroon cross, symbolize the medical arts and allude to the mission of the Brigade. Background The shoulder sleeve insignia was authorized effective 6 June 2000. (TIOH Dwg. No. A-1-844)http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Catalog/HeraldryMulti.aspx?CategoryId=3773&grp=2&menu=Uniformed%20Services/ Combat Service Identification Badge 26 August 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20160305142313/http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Catalog/HeraldryMulti.aspx?CategoryId=3773&grp=2&menu=Uniformed%20Services%2F 5 March 2016 dead Distinctive unit insignia Description/Blazon A maroon shield bearing within a wreath of silver oak leaves the helmet of an esquire charged with the shoulder sleeve insignia of the First Division, a shield with the figure "1." All above a silver scroll bearing the inscription "FORTITUDE AND COMPASSION" in black letters. Symbolism Maroon and white (silver) are the colors used for the Army Medical Service. The red numeral "1" on an olive drab shield is the shoulder sleeve insignia of the 1st Division as authorized 31 October 1918, and with which the unit served in World War I. The helmet indicates the military character of the organization. Background The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 1st Medical Regiment on 19 December 1923. It was redesignated and amended to include a motto for the 1st Medical Group on 20 March 1968. The insignia was amended to correct the symbolism on 26 April 1968. It was redesignated for the 1st Medical Brigade effective 6 June 2000. References Sources United States Department of Defense External links Official website From the Roer to the Elbe with the 1st Medical Group: Medical Support of the Deliberate River Crossing http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwii/fromroertoelbe/default.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20150905121241/http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwii/fromroertoelbe/default.htm 5 September 2015 1 1 1 1 1 Category:1917 establishments in New York (state)