58th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade

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58th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade
58th Infantry Brigade SSI.svg
Shoulder sleeve insignia
Active1971–1985, 2006–present
CountryFlag of the United States.svg United States
BranchFlag of the United States Army.svg  United States Army
Type Military Intelligence
Size Brigade
Part of Maryland Army National Guard
Garrison/HQ Towson, Maryland
Motto(s)Thunder
Engagements Iraq Campaign, War in Afghanistan (2001-2021)
Commanders
Current
commander
LTC Michael Bryant
Notable
commanders
John M. Palmer (World War I)
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia 58InfBdeCmbtTeamDUI.jpg
58th soldiers conduct training 56 IBCT training.jpg
58th soldiers conduct training
Soldiers prepare for IWQ during annual training. 58th EMIB Zero Range.jpg
Soldiers prepare for IWQ during annual training.

The 58th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade is a military intelligence brigade of the United States Army National Guard in Maryland. It was largely formed from the personnel and equipment of the 58th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade and officially stood up in its present configuration on 1 August 2015. Most recently, members of the brigade joined state efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19 in Maryland and constituted one of the last U.S. Army National Guard units to serve in the War in Afghanistan, returning to Maryland in February, 2021. [1]

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History

The unit was first organized in 1917 as one of the 29th Infantry Division's two infantry brigades, and originally consisted of the 115th Infantry Regiment (Maryland) and 116th Infantry Regiment (Virginia) along with the 112th Machine Gun Battalion. In 1963, the Brigade was revived as the 3rd Brigade, 29th Infantry Division. In 1968, it was redesignated as the 3rd Brigade, 28th Infantry Division when the 29th Infantry Division was inactivated. In 1976, it was disassociated from the 28th Infantry Division and reorganized as the 58th Infantry Brigade (Separate). When the 29th Infantry Division reactivated in 1985, the brigade again assumed the "3rd Brigade" designation. It maintained this designation until 2006, when it was redesignated as part of its transformation into a modular brigade.

By FY 2007, as part of the overall shift to "more tooth, less tail," Army National Guard brigades were reorganized to form 34 brigade units following the modular design of the Active Army.

The 58th Infantry Brigade Combat Team was one of the primary units of the Maryland Army National Guard. It consisted of an infantry brigade combat team (IBCT) format of two infantry battalions, one light cavalry squadron, one towed artillery battalion, a brigade support battalion and a special troops battalion. [1] It deployed overseas for combat service in the Iraq theater during the War on Terror in 2007. This was the brigade's first combat deployment in this configuration, although some of its subordinate units served in prior wars.

A front-page article in the 22 July 2015 issue of The Baltimore Sun, [2] continued on page 14, covered the final parachute jump of Troop C (LRS), 1st Squadron, 158th Cavalry Regiment. The lineage and honors of the squadron, including the LRS unit, was consolidated with the 175th Infantry Regiment. The brigade was redesignated as the 58th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade, and the 729th Brigade Support Company was redesignated as the 729th Quartermaster Composite Supply Company and subsequently transferred to the 1297th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion of the 29th Combat Aviation Brigade.

On 8 November 2015 an inactivation ceremony was held for the brigade's 1st Squadron (R&S), 158th Cavalry Regiment at the unit's armory in Annapolis, Maryland. [3]

In May 2020, most of the brigade was deployed to conduct intelligence operations in Afghanistan, among the last American National Guard units to do so before the end of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021). The 58th EMIB returned to Maryland in February, 2021.

The most recent realignment of units came on April 1, 2022, as part of a larger shift among the Maryland Army National Guard. The 291st Digital Liaison Detachment was shifted to another brigade, while the 29th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment was shifted in from the 1297th CSSB. Presently, the brigade headquarters and two subcomponents are in Towson, Maryland, with major subordinate units headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland; Laurel, Maryland; and Baltimore, Maryland.

Current Units

Former Units

The 1st Squadron, 158th Cavalry Regiment included Troop C (LRS), which previously existed under the designation 129th Infantry Detachment (LRS) and Company E (LRS), 629th Military Intelligence Battalion when the LRS unit was under the 29th Infantry Division. Troop C was the only Airborne unit within the 58th BfSB.

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References

  1. 1 2 58th EMIB Change of Command, 4 August 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Jedra, Christina (8 November 2015). "'End of a chapter': National Guard deactivates historic squadron". Capital Gazette. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  4. "The National Guard - Maryland cavalry unit goes 'long range'". Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2009.
  5. 158th Cavalry Regiment heraldry [ permanent dead link ], The Institute of Heraldry (TIOH), 4 November 1981. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  6. 110th Information Operations Battalion heraldry [ permanent dead link ], The Institute of Heraldry (TIOH), 1 September 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  7. 729th Support Battalion heraldry [ permanent dead link ], The Institute of Heraldry (TIOH), 28 September 1992. Retrieved 18 August 2016.

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