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The 194th Armored Brigade is a separate brigade of the US Army. All armor, cavalry, and armor and cavalry mechanic soldiers, and Marines in equivalent specialties, are trained by the 194th under the armor component of the Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Moore ( formerly Fort Benning ), Georgia, where the 194th has been garrisoned since 2012.
The division sustainment support battalion is a renamed combat sustainment support battalion. It is organic to division sustainment support brigades assigned to divisions. The division sustainment support battalion and its subordinate units must be able to move and displace at the pace of large-scale combat operations.
The 194th Field Artillery Battalion fired a total of 92,165 artillery rounds and its soldiers received a total of 5 Silver Stars, 2 Legions of Merit, 54 Bronze Stars, 10 Air Medals including 22 clusters, and 140 Purple Hearts. Below is a brief timeline that depicts the significant historical events that the battalion encountered.
The history of the 501st Corps Support Group began with the activation of the 501st Quartermaster Battalion.The battalion was activated on 29 July 1944 in England. On 28 October, the battalion was moved to France and later Germany where it earned campaign participation streamer with inscription for the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater.
142nd Military Police Brigade (Combat Support) - Decatur, AL. 203rd Military Police Battalion - Athens, AL; National Guard 177th Military Police Brigade (Combat Support) - Taylor, MI. 210th Military Police Battalion - Taylor, MI 1775th Military Police Company – Pontiac, MI; 1776th Military Police Company – Taylor, MI
In that configuration it consisted of three infantry battalions including 2nd Battalion, 135th Infantry in Minnesota. In addition, 1st Battalion, 194th Field Artillery, the 334th Forward Support Battalion and an Engineer company were part of 2nd Brigade’s direct support. [7]
The 194th Armor Regiment traces its lineage back to the 194th Tank Battalion that saw service in the Pacific Theater of World War II. as well as the 194th Heavy Tank Battalion of the postwar Minnesota National Guard. In February 1941 Brainerd's 34th tank company was made A Co. of the 194th. It was at the Battle of Bataan.
On 2 December 1954, the 2nd Battalion was released from active duty and Federal recognition was simultaneously withdrawn from the NGUS unit. [4] On 22 February 1959, the battalion was converted and redesignated as the 2nd Reconnaissance Squadron of the 194th Armor, part of the 47th Division. It became the 194th Armor's 2nd Battalion on 1 April ...