48th Chemical Brigade (United States)

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48th Chemical Brigade
48ChemicalBdeSSI.svg
48th Chemical Brigade shoulder sleeve insignia
Active12 March 1942 (as HHC, 81st Chemical Battalion) – present
CountryFlag of the United States.svg United States
BranchFlag of the United States Army.svg  U.S. Army
RoleChemical Defense
SizeBrigade
Part of 20th CBRNE Command
Garrison/HQ Fort Hood, Texas
Nickname(s)Spartans
Motto(s)"TO PROTECT THE NATION"
EngagementsNormandy (with arrowhead)

Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe
DecorationsPresidential Unit Citation (Army)
Campaign Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
Website https://home.army.mil/cavazos/units-tenants/48th-chemical-brigade
Commanders
Current
commander		 Colonel Johannie San Miguel
Command Sergeant Major Command Sergeant Major Chylander S. Cummings
Insignia
Identification
symbol		 48th CHEMICAL BRIGADE DUI.jpg

The 48th Chemical Brigade is a United States Army brigade located at Fort Hood, Texas and subordinate to the 20th CBRNE Command. [1] The 48th Chemical Brigade is the only active duty CBRN defense brigade in the Army. The Brigade is tasked to discover, counter, and neutralize chemical, biological or nuclear threats. The Brigade was activated 16 September 2007, under the command of Colonel Vance P. (Phil) Visser and CSM E. Donald Moten.

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Lineage

The 48th Chemical Brigade began as the HHC, 81st Chemical Battalion on 12 March 1942 at Fort DA Russell, Texas. It was redesignated several times during World War II until its deactivation 7 November 1945 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. The unit was reactivated at HHC, 81st Chemical Group and went through several reorganizations until it was again deactivated 12 September 1962 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

The Brigade was again activated 14 January 2000 as the 48th Chemical Brigade and activated 16 September 2007 at Fort Hood, Texas. [2]

Organization

The 83rd Chemical Battalion was formerly the 83rd Chemical Mortar Battalion, which fought with the 1st, 3rd, and 4th Ranger Battalions in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy until those three battalions were destroyed during Operation Shingle. They were part of the 6615th Ranger Force which also included the 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion. The lineage of the 2nd Chemical Battalion (CBRN) goes back to the 30th Engineer Regiment (Gas and Flame), formed in 1917. The battalion and its predecessor units fought in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, Operation Desert Storm, and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Commanders

Command Sergeants Major

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Army Fort Hood. "48th Chemical Brigade". U.S. Army. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  2. ↑ "48th Chemical Brigade History". US Army Fort Cavazos. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  3. ↑ "48th Chemical Brigade: Subordinate Units". United States Army. 2015. Archived from the original on 25 May 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Units". 20th CBRNE Command. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  5. ↑ 20th CBRNE commander visits Soldiers new to Bliss [ usurped ], accessdate=2016-07-26
  6. ↑ "Lineage and Honors, 83rd Chemical Battalion". Archived from the original on 21 June 2008.
  7. ↑ "83d Chemical Battalion". 83d Chemical Battalion. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  8. ↑ Graham, Heather (18 June 2009). "Spartans welcome new commander". Fort Hood Sentinel. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  9. 1 2 Stairrett, Amanda Kim (15 June 2011). "Zumwalt assumes 48th Chemical Brigade command". Killeen Daily Herald . Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  10. 1 2 Janes, Brandon (3 July 2013). "Erichsen leaves Pentagon, takes command of brigade". Killeen Daily Herald. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  11. 1 2 Ham, Walter (17 July 2015). "48th Chemical Brigade holds change of command". Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  12. ↑ Fort Hood Sentinel, 48th Chem Bde Changes Hands, June 20, 2019
  13. 1 2 "48th Chemical Brigade :: U.S Army Fort Hood". home.army.mil. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
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