2nd Brigade, 87th Division (Training Support)
[ex- 158th Infantry Brigade]
The 2d Brigade, 87th Division (TS) was constituted as Headquarters, 158th Infantry Brigade on 5 August 1917 in the National Army and assigned to the 79th Division. The unit organized at Camp Meade, Maryland on 25 August 1917. The brigade deployed to Europe and fought in World War I where it received battle streamers for participation in Meuse-Argonnne and Lorraine 1918 campaigns. After the war the brigade demobilized at Camp Dix, New Jersey and reconstitute in the Organized Reserves and assigned to the 79th Division.
The brigade converted and redesignated on 12 February 1942 as 3rd Platoon, 79th Reconnaissance Troop, 79th Division and was ordered to active military service on 15 June 1942. The unit reorganized at Camp Pickett, Virginia and again deployed to Europe where it participated in Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace and Central Europe Campaigns. For actions during the war the unit received the French Croix de Guerre with Palm, with streamers embroidered PARROY FORREST and NORMANDY TO PARRIS, as well as the French Croix de Guerre, Fourragere. The unit inactivated 11 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey.
Converted and redesignated 5 November 1962 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company 158th Infantry Brigade, the Brigade was again activated on 2 October 1997 and posted to Patrick Air Force Base, Florida.
Redesignated today as 2d Brigade, 87th Division (Training Support) the brigade is composed of Regular Army, United States Army Reserve, and United States Army National Guard soldiers and civilians. Its mission is to provide command and control to the seven battalions located in Florida and Puerto Rico in support of the Reserve Component Training and Readiness. The brigade also has the mission to provide Military Support to Civilians Authorities in Florida and Puerto Rico during and after natural disasters.
