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The brigade is commanded by a Colonel and assisted by a Command Sergeant Major, a Headquarters Company, and support staff that provide operational command and control to five medical recruiting battalions, the Special Operations Recruiting Battalion, and a chaplain recruiting branch covering the entire United States and Europe.
This is a list of current formations of the United States Army, which is constantly changing as the Army changes its structure over time. Due to the nature of those changes, specifically the restructuring of brigades into autonomous modular brigades, debate has arisen as to whether brigades are units or formations; for the purposes of this list, brigades are currently excluded.
The command group consists of a commander, executive officer (XO), command sergeant major, and unit ministry team (UMT). The BSB commander exerts overall command and control of the unit and acts as the senior logistician of the brigade, providing information and advice to the brigade commander and their staff to develop a viable sustainment plan.
Additionally, Theater Army Special Operations Support Commands (TASOSCs) were established in 1989-90 at each geographic combatant command (GCC) to coordinate logistical support to deployed SOF elements. In 1995, the Special Operations Support Command (SOSCOM) was activated to provide a brigade-level command structure for ARSOF Support units.
Active: 1 November 1995 – present: Country United States of America Branch United States Army Type: Special Operations Support: Role: 528th SBSO(A)'s mission is to ensure sustainment, signal, military intelligence, and combat health service support Army special operations forces (ARSOF) around the globe.
A maneuver enhancement brigade (MEB) is a self-contained, modular, and multifunctional support brigade of the United States Army customized to meet whatever mission it receives. A MEB's primary purpose is to plug into operational formations commanded by corps or division commanders, to support brigade combat teams once deployed, and to conduct ...
The commanding general of 5th Signal Command then became the senior mission commander for the Mannheim military community. Since the 1990s, 5th Signal Command's subordinate units have maintained a consistently high operational tempo. During Desert Shield and Desert Storm, the Command deployed elements of 7th Signal Brigade to the Persian Gulf ...
5th SFAB is organized like a traditional Brigade Combat Team with 2 Infantry Battalions, 1 Cavalry Squadron, and a Fires, Engineer, and Logistics Battalion. These six battalions and the brigade staff are organized into 61 separate advisor teams that range in size from four to twelve personnel and are generally led by a post-command Captain and ...