3rd Chemical Brigade (United States)

3rd Chemical Brigade
3rd Chemical Brigade shoulder sleeve insignia
Active	1942 - present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army
Type	Chemical
Role	Training
Size	Brigade
Part of	TRADOC
Garrison/HQ	Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri

The 3rd Chemical Brigade is a training brigade of the United States Army based at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, retaining for historic reasons its name.

Organization

3rd Chemical Brigade^[1]

• Headquarters and Headquarters Battery
• 1st Battalion, 48th Infantry Regiment (Basic Combat Training)
• 2nd Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment (Basic Combat Training)
• 3rd Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment (Basic Combat Training)
• 58th Transportation Battalion (Transportation Training)
• 84th Chemical Battalion (CBRN Training)

History

The 3rd Chemical Brigade was first constituted on 1 January 1942 as the 3rd Chemical Battalion.^[2] It was activated at Fort Benning, Georgia.

The unit was reorganized and redesignated as the 3rd Chemical Mortar Battalion on 11 March 1945. It was inactivated on 2 January 1946 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia.

The unit reactivated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 18 September 1950, but again inactivated there on 5 February 1953. On 20 September 1989, the unit was disbanded.

The unit reconstituted on 1 October 1999 in the Regular Army and was redesignated as 3rd Chemical Brigade. Command of the unit was transferred to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command, and activated at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.^[3]

Campaign participation credit

World War II

• Sicily (with arrowhead)
• Naples-Foggia
• Rome-Arno
• Southern France (with arrowhead)
• Rhineland
• Ardennes-Alsace
• Central Europe

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Army Center of Military History document "3d Chemical Brigade Lineage and Honors".

External links

• 3rd Chemical Brigade Homepage