1st Brigade, 78th Division (Training Support)
The 1st Brigade (Battle Command and Staff Training) is a Simulations Exercise Brigade. The Brigade provides computer driven simulations to train command and staff actions for Army Reserve, Army National Guard units. It features Battalion and Brigade Simulations (BBS), Corps Battle Simulation (CBS), Combat Service Support Training Simulations (CSSTSS), and Spectrum systems.
The Brigade's mission is to provide evaluated simulation exercises to RC battalion and brigade headquarters staffs. Provide training assistance, support, and evaluation to priority reserve component units and all other units within capabilities. Synchronize training support in area of responsibility to enhance individual and unit readiness to meet directed mobilization and/or wartime requirements. On order, activate or augment Mobilization Assistance Teams (MAT) to assist installation commanders in post mobilization training and validation of mobilized units for deployment. Provide command and control of subordinate units.
The Brigade has Subordinate Group headquarters at Edison, NJ (BDE Headquarters and 1st Simulations Exercise Group), Ft. Dix, NJ (Battle Projection Group) and Bristol, RI (2nd Simulations Exercise Group) Unit is composed of Active component, Army Reserve personnel from throughout the Northeast United States.
1st Simulation Exercise Group (1st SEG), as part of the 1st Brigade, 78th Division (TS) provides pre-mobilization and post-mobilization command and staff training, training assistance and support to priority Reserve Component (RC) units and to all other units within capabilities, and synchronizes training support within AOR in order to enhance individual and unit readiness to meet directed mobilization and/or wartime requirements.
The 2nd SEG is a subordinate unit of the 1st Brigade (BCST), 78th Division (Training Support), First U.S. Army, United States Army Reserve. The unit is located at the Quinta-Gamelin Reserve Center in Bristol, Rhode Island. The 2nd SEG's mission is to provide simulation supported Battle Command and Staff (BCST) training exercises for Army National Guard and United States Army Reserve combat arms, combat support and combat service support units in 14 Northeastern states comprising the First U.S. Army (East) area of operations.
