4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division

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4th "Patriot" Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry)
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4th "Patriot" Brigade Combat Team
Active2005 – 2015
Disbanded2015
CountryUnited States of America
Branch United States Army
Type Infantry
Size Brigade
Part of 10th Mountain Division
Garrison/HQ Fort Polk, Louisiana
Nickname(s)"Patriot Brigade" (Special Designation) [1]
Motto(s)"Forged for War"
Mascot(s)Patriot
Engagements Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Iraq War

The 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division ("Patriot Brigade") is an inactive infantry brigade combat team of the United States Army. [1] Based at Fort Polk, Louisiana, the brigade was active from 2005 to 2015. It was part of the 10th Mountain Division.

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History

The brigade officially activated at Fort Polk, Louisiana, 19 January 2005. At its inception, the brigade included just a few hundred Soldiers. The first planned task for the brigade was to deploy to fight in the War in Afghanistan (2001-2021). Brigade leaders immediately set to work to expand and prepare the formation for deployment.

In the midst of preparing for deployment, elements across the brigade provided disaster response and relief within Louisiana to help mitigate the devastating effects of hurricanes Katrina and Rita during the fall of 2005. The brigade deployed more than 300 Soldiers to New Orleans after Katrina and supported local relief-and-recovery efforts to Fort Polk communities following Rita.

Since January 2006, the brigade has deployed more than six thousand Soldiers. Throughout 2006 and 2007, several formations within the brigade deployed and operated in Afghanistan. The brigade command and headquarters established the first U.S. National Command Element in Kandahar to facilitate the transfer of authority of combat operations to NATO-led coalition allies.

In May 2007, the BCT received orders to prepare for a deployment to Iraq and deployed in November 2007 on a 14-month deployment. The Brigade operated from two forward operating bases and twenty-two joint security stations and combat outposts. Task Force Patriot assumed responsibility for eastern Baghdad – a heavily urbanized area encompassing 80 square miles and more than 2 million citizens.

The 4th Brigade Combat Team deployed to eastern Afghanistan's Logar and Wardak in October 2010. Their mission was to conduct population-centric, combined-action counterinsurgency operations, building Afghan National Security Force capability and enhancing the effectiveness of provincial governments to create a more stable environment for transition and to defeat insurgency.

Task Force Patriot deployed once again to Afghanistan in July 2013 when it assumed responsibility for the Train, Advise and Assist mission for the seven provinces of Regional Command – East, North of Kabul from the 1st BCT, 101st ABN DIV and the 4th BCT, 1st Cavalry Division. Task Force Patriot assisted the Afghan National Army during the fighting season. After the fighting season, Task Force Patriot focused on building sustainable systems in the ANSF that would allow them to be a professional force that is capable of supplying, training, and maintaining itself with Afghan processes and solutions.

Order of battle

While active, the brigade consisted of:

    *HHC     *A Company     *B Company     *C Company     *D Company       Attached     *E Company (Forward Support), 94th BSB
    *HHC     *A Company     *B Company     *C Company     *D Company      Attached     *F Company (Forward Support), 94th BSB
    *HHB Battery "Regulators"     *A Battery "Gators"     *B Battery "Bulldogs"      Attached     *G Company (Forward Support), 94th BSB
    *HHC     *Signal Company     *Engineer Company     *Military Intelligence Company     *Military Police Platoon     *Fire Support Coordination Cell 
    *HHC     *A Company (Supply)     *B Company (Maintenance)     *C Company (Medical)     *D Company (Fwd Spt)     *E Company (Fwd Spt)     *F Company (Fwd Spt)     *G Company (Fwd Spt)

Lineage and honors

Lineage

Campaign participation credit

Decorations

References

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  1. 1 2 "Special Unit Designations". United States Army Center of Military History. 21 April 2010. Archived from the original on 9 June 2010. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  2. "Permanent Orders 117-04" (PDF). United States Army Center of Military History. 27 April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2010.
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