2nd Brigade, 75th Division (Training Support)
The mission of the 2d Brigade, 75th Division (Training Support) is to provide training assistance, evaluation and mobilization support to assigned units of the Reserve Components, focusing on the training management and collective training of priority units. When directed, provide mobilization assistance to alerted units. Upon notification, provide a Defense Coordinating Officer and Element to support civil authorities during federally declared disasters.
The Brigade Headquarters is located at Fort Sam Houston, Texas in the heart of San Antonio, Texas. It has 13 subordinate Battalions located in four different states.
The 2d Brigade, 75th Division (Training Support) was constituted 24 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 899th Field Artillery Battalion and assigned to the 75th Infantry Division. Activated 15 April 1943 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Inactivated 26 November 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Allotted 21 February 1952 to the Organized Reserve Corps. Activated 1 March 1952 with Headquarters at New Orleans, Louisiana. Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve. Inactivated 31 January 1955 at New Orleans, Louisiana. Headquarters, 899th Field Artillery Battalion, consolidated 17 October 1999 with Headquarters, 2d Brigade, 75th Division (Exercise) (activated 1 October 1993 at Houston, Texas); consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters, 2d Brigade, 75th Division (Training Support) and allotted to the Regular Army at Fort Sam Houston, Texas (remainder of 899th Field Artillery Battalion concurrently disbanded)
