420th Engineer Brigade (United States)

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420th Engineer Brigade
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Active1951 – Present
CountryUnited States of America
Allegiance United States Army
Branch US Army Reserve
Type Combat engineer brigade
Role Combat Engineers
Size Brigade
Insignia
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The 420th Engineer Brigade (Corps) is a combat engineer brigade of the United States Army based in Bryan, Texas. It is a United States Army Reserve formation and is subordinate to the 416th Theater Engineer Command.

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Background

The brigade is a Major Subordinate Command of the 416th Engineer Command in Darien, IL. The Commander, 420th Engineer Brigade commands and controls all Army Reserve engineer units in the states of Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Missouri, Colorado, and New Mexico consisting of approximately 4,500 reserve soldiers. The units of the 420th Engineer Brigade have served in Operation Joint Forge in Bosnia, Operation Joint Endeavor in Kosovo, Operation Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation Inherent Resolve in Iraq, Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Resolute Support in Afghanistan. They have also participated in Exercises Bright Star in Egypt, Fuerte Caminos in Honduras and Belize, and Nuevas Horizontes in El Salvador, Panama, and Guatemala.

Organization

The brigade is a subordinate unit of the 416th Theater Engineer Command (Darien, Illinois). The brigade contains three subordinate battalions: [1]

Lineage

Constituted 13 February 1951 in the Organized Reserve Corps as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 420th Engineer Aviation Brigade

Activated 15 February 1951 at College Station, Texas

(Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the U.S Army Reserve)

Reorganized and redesignated 30 April 1953 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 420th Engineer Brigade

Redesignated 8 November 1955 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 420th Engineer Aviation Brigade

Redesignated 15 January 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 420th Engineer Brigade

Location changed 3 November 1958 to Bryan, Texas

Ordered into active military service 7 December 2003 at Bryan, Texas; released from active military service 3 June 2005 and reverted to reserve status

Ordered into active military service 15 March 2008 at Bryan, Texas

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