• Forum
• Images

• Military Menu                       

• WMD
• Intelligence
• Homeland Security
• Space
• Public Eye

1st Brigade Special Troops Battalion

As of January 2006, The 1st Brigade Special Troops Battalion of 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division was deployed to Camp Taji, located 10 miles northwest of Baghdad, Iraq.

The 1st Brigade Special Troops Battalion was constituted on December 15, 2004 as part of the new Army modular divisions. The unit was organic to and specifically designated to the 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division. 1st Brigade Special Troops Battalion consisted of 56 different military occupational specialties and a diverse range of equipment which provided for greater mobility and independence of the 1st Brigade. The unit consisted of a Military Police Company, Signal Company and Military Police Platoon.

History

Because the 1st Brigade Special Troops Battalion was a new unit designed for the Army’s modular transformation it possessed no direct lineage of its own prior to the 15th of December, 2004. The 1st Brigade Special Troops Battalion did however, draw on the historic lineage of four other units. The 299th Engineer Battalion was inactivated with a large contingent of its personnel shifted to the new 1st Brigade STB. Additionally, a Company from the 124th Signal Battalion , a Military Intelligence Company from the 104th Military Intelligence Battalion, and a Military Police Platoon from the 4th Military Police Company all came together with HHC, 299th Engineer Battalion to form the 1st Brigade Special Troops Battalion.