44th Medical Command
44th Medical Brigade
The mission of the 44th Medical Brigade is to organize, train, deploy, command and control assigned and attached medical units to provide a comprehensive system of corps-level combat health support across the spectrum of conflict.
The 44th Medical Brigade was constituted in the Regular Army on 30 December 1965. It was activated on 1 January 1966 at Fort Sam Houston, TX, the home of the Army Medical Department.
The Brigade moved to Vietnam in April 1966, where it participated in 15 of the 17 campaigns in which U.S. Forces were involved. These campaigns include the Counter-Offensive, Phase 1-VII; Tet Counter-Offensive, Tet 69 Counter-Offensive; Summer-Fall 69 Campaign, Winter-Spring 70 Campaign; Sanctuary Counter-Offensive; Vietnam Cease Fire; and Consolidation I and II. During the Brigade's Vietnam tour it was awarded two Meritorious Unit Commendation Streamers embroidered "Vietnam 1968-69 and Vietnam 1969-70".
The 44th Medical Brigade was inactivated at Fort Meade, MD, on 19 March 1973 and was reactivated on 21 September 1974 at Fort Bragg. On 16 July 1993, the 44th Medical Brigade became a separate Major Subordinate Command reporting directly to the XVIII Airborne Corps with a General Officer commanding.
The 44th Medical Brigade has participated in numerous campaigns and operations other than war. Elements of the Brigade have participated on Operation URGENT FURY in Grenada, Operation JUST CAUSE in Panama, Operations DESERT SHIELD and DESERT STORM in Saudi Arabia, Operation UPHOLD DEMOCRACY in Haiti as well as humanitarian assistance to St. Croix, Hurricane Andrew, and most recently Hurricane Marilyn in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The Brigade was awarded the Meritorious Unit Commendation for participation in Operations DESERT SHIELD and DESERT STORM from August 1990 through April 1991.
