85th Civil Affairs Brigade

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85th Civil Affair Brigade
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Active1976-2018
CountryUnited States
AllegianceIII Corps
BranchUS Army
TypeCivil Affairs
SizeBrigade
Garrison/HQFort Hood, Texas
Final CommanderLt. Col. Nicholas J. Dickson
Final Command Sergeant MajorCSM Aldo Palacios
Insignia
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The 85th Civil Affairs Brigade was a unit of the US Army that was first organized January 1966 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 362nd Civil Affairs Area in Dallas, Texas. It was redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 362nd Civil Affairs Brigade in June 1975 and deactivated in September 1979. [1]

In September 2009 it was designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 85th Civil Affairs Brigade at Fort Hood, Texas as a Regular Army unit. [2] The unit was deactivated in 2018.

Subordinate Units

References

  1. "Handbook For Civil Affairs" (PDF). US Army. 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
  2. Parks, Rachel (October 6, 2011). "85th Civil Affairs activates". Fort Hood Sentinel. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
  3. Pruden, Todd (February 8, 2018). "85th Civil Affairs Brigade inactivated". Fort Hood Sentinel. Retrieved July 7, 2025.