526th Brigade Support Battalion
In 2004, as part of the Army's transformation towards a modular force, the 526th FSB was redesignated the 526th BSB.
The 526th Brigade Support Battalion is part of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team. The mission of the 526th BSB is to deploy rapidly to a contingency area by air, land, and sea to request, receive, and issue supplies to the 2d Brigade Combat Team in the conduct of mobile, combined arms offensive and defensive operations worldwide.
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 5th Transportation Battalion on 2 Sep 1969. It was redesignated for the 526th Support Battalion on 16 Apr 1994 with the description and symbolism revised. The distinctive unit insignia consists of a pair of red wings conjoined and elevated surmounted by a gold tower bearing a red fleur-de-lis. Arched between the wings at the top, a gold scroll inscribed "BEST" in red and arched below the device a gold scroll inscribed "BY PERFORMANCE" in red. Brick red and golden yellow are colors associated with the Transportation Corps, the original allocation of the organization. The fleur-de-lis and tower represent the former battalion's honors for campaign service in Europe, World War II, for which it was awarded the Meritorious Unit Commendation "European Theater." The pile, a V-shaped heraldic partition, suggests the prior unit's reactivation in Vietnam. The V-shaped wings allude to the special aircraft maintenance and supply mission of the former battalion and its nickname, "Flying Fifth." It is also indicative of the numerical designation of the parent unit.
As of March, 2006 526th BSB was deployed to Forward Operating Base Striker in Baghdad, Iraq.
