1st Brigade, 104th Division

March 2020 1st Brigade, 104th Division 104TrngDivLdrTrngSSI.svg Shoulder sleeve insignia 24 June 1921 – 20 December 19451 December 1946 – Present USA United States of America Army Reserve Infantry Training Brigade Fort Lewis, Washington World War IIBattle of Hurtgen ForestBattle of the Bulge The 1st Brigade, 104th Division is a training brigade of the United States Army. It is a training component of the United States Army Reserve, and subordinate to the 104th Division based in Fort Lewis, Washington. It is primarily responsible for One Station Unit Training, Basic Combat Training and Military Police instruction. The 1st Brigade traces its lineage back to the old headquarters element of the division. The 104th Infantry Division's original headquarters element was first constituted on 24 June 1921 as the 104th Division, before being organized and activated in October of that year in Salt Lake City, Utah.Wilson, p. 608. Assigned to the division were the 207th and 208th Infantry Brigades, containing the 413th, 414th, 415th, and 416th Infantry Regiments.McGrath, p. 175. As a unit of the Organized Reserves, the division represented assets from the states of Washington and Montana, among other areas of the northwest United States.McGrath, p. 176. In 1967, the division's former headquarters element became 1st Brigade, 104th Division, activated at Vancouver Barracks.Wilson, p. 609. At this time, the army began consolidating its training units across the country, and as a result, the 104th Division took on missions of One Station Unit Training, Basic Combat Training, Advanced Individual Training, and Combat Support training.http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/104d.htm GlobalSecurity.org: 104th Division GlobalSecurity 23 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090628092025/http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/104d.htm 28 June 2009 live 1st Brigade took on basic combat training, a role it continues to this dayMcGrath, p. 227. In the 1970s and 1980s, the brigade also took on One Station Unit Training and training for Military Police units.http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/104d-1bde.htm GlobalSecurity GlobalSecurity.org: 1st Brigade, 104th Division 23 June 2009 In 2005, the Base Realignment and Closure process included the closure of the Vancouver Barracks, and the 1st Brigade, 104th Division was subsequently relocated to Fort Lewis, Washington, though its duties remained the same. Campaign streamers Conflict Streamer Year(s) World War II Rhineland 1944–1945 World War II Ardennes-Alsace 1944–1945 World War II Central Europe 1945 References Sources John J. McGrath The Brigade: A History: Its Organization and Employment in the US Army 2004 Combat Studies Institute Press 978-1-4404-4915-4 John B. Wilson Armies, Corps, Divisions, and Separate Brigades 1999 Department of the Army B000OJKX1S Army Almanac: A Book of Facts Concerning the Army of the United States 1959 United States Government Printing Office B0006D8NKK Order of Battle of the United States Army: World War II European Theater of Operations 1st Pub. 1945 1998 Department of the Army 978-0-16-001967-8 Division 104 01 Category:Military units and formations established in 1921