3rd Heavy Brigade Combat
Team, 3rd Infantry Division The heritage of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division is a unique blend of two proud lineages. The unit traces its roots to the foundation of the 3rd Infantry and to a long-term affiliation with Fort Benning and the Home of the Infantry.

The 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division was organized on Dec. 1, 1917 at Camp Greene, N.C. From there, the brigade deployed to the First World War's European battlefields and received battle streamers for participation in the following campaigns: Aisne, Champagne-Marne, Aisne- Marne, St. Mihiel, Meuse- Argonne and Champagne in 1918. The brigade was disbanded on Oct. 12, 1939 at Fort Douglas, Utah. During World War II, each regiment represented in the 3rd Brigade fought as part of the 3rd Infantry Division, where they were known as the Blue and White Devils. It was reconstituted on April 18, 1963, as 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division in Aschaffenburg, Germany, where it served until relocating to Fort Benning in 1996.

The brigade's special association with Fort Benning began when the 197th Separate Infantry Brigade was organized in September 1962 as a separate brigade to support the Infantry school. The brigade was later assigned a worldwide rapid deployment mission as part of the XVIII Airborne Corps. In October 1990, the 197th deployed to Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm as part of the 24th Infantry Division. The 3rd Brigade of the 3rd Infantry Division was attached to the 1st Armored Division alongside the 197th and together they spearheaded the coalition attack to the Euphrates River.

In June 1991, upon return from the Operation Desert Storm, the 197th was re-designated as the 3rd Brigade, 24th Infantry Division. In 1996, the 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized) colors came home from Germany to Fort Stewart, Ga. On April 24, 1996, the Brigade Combat Team at Kelley Hill assumed the proud lineage of the 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division. In January 2003, the 3rd Brigade Combat Team deployed to Kuwait in support of the Global War on Terrorism. On March 20, 2003, the brigade spearheaded the coalition ground attack into Iraq, leading the 3rd Division's attack during three major battles. Over 21 days and 600 km of continuous offensive combat operations, 3rd Brigade's drive culminated in the isolation and seizure of northwest Baghdad, setting the conditions for the removal of Saddam Hussein's regime. The Sledgehammer Brigade redeployed to Fort Benning in June 2003 and almost immediately began transformation into a Brigade Unit of Action. In January 2005, the 3rd Brigade deployed to Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom III. The brigade spent 2005 conducting full spectrum operations in Diyala Province, parts of Sal ad Din Province and in the western city of Rammadi.

In March 2007, the 3rd Brigade deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom V. After three deployments, totaling 42 months deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the 3rd Brigade began training in preparation to deploy as an Advise and Assist Brigade in 2009. This is the unit's fourth deployment to Iraq and the Brigade will closely partner with attached Transition Teams and the Iraqi Security Forces during the deployment.

3HBCT Maneuver Battalions:
• 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment
• 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment
• 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment
• 1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery Regiment

3HBCT Support Battalions:
• 203rd Brigade Support Battalion
• 3rd Brigade Special Troop Battalion

11th Engineer Battalion
 The 11th Engineer Battalion has engaged enemy forces from the Battle of Cambrai France to the Battle for Baghdad International Airport. Sergeant First Class Paul Ray Smith was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor (Posthumously) when he distinguished himself in action with an armed enemy near Baghdad International Airport, Baghdad, Iraq on April 4, 2003. The Jungle Cats have fought on three continents against enemies in five major conflicts. The battalion re-activated at Fort Benning in January 2007 and stands ready to deploy in order to provide flexible command and control over modular engineer units in support of maneuver forces.

The 11th Engineer Battalion maintains two deployable command posts capable of providing command and control to five to seven separate engineer mission teams. It provides unique skill sets to supported commanders. They include assault and fixed bridging, road and airfield construction, vertical and Forward Operating Base construction, demolition expertise, disaster relief, and route clearance.

This past summer 63rd Engineer Company (Horizontal Construction) returned from a 15-month deployment from Iraq. The 60th Engineer Company (Vertical Construction) are currently deployed in support of contingency operations in Afghanistan. The 362nd Engineer Company Multi-Role Bridge (MRBC), Headquarters and Headquarters Company, and the Forward Support Company continue to train at Fort Benning in preparation for future missions. The 60th EN CO (VERT) provides vertical construction capabilities building new command centers and barracks space for maneuver troops occupying new positions as well as renovating the living and working conditions of troops deployed to austere conditions. The 63rd EN CO (HORZ) improves roads, builds runways, and supports combat arms forces with mobility, countermobility, and survivability. Originally designed to support Corps level gap crossings in a linear battlefield, the 362nd EN CO (MRBC) provides crossing options over dry and wet gaps during full spectrum operations. The 11th Engineer Battalion supports the maneuver force, as the Engineers always have. With companies deployed in support of operations OIF and OEF, the 11th Engineers continue to deploy with maneuver forces in support of contingency and war, both abroad and at home.

"Jungle Cats, Forward!"

13th Combat Sustainment
Support Battalion
On Oct. 17, 2006, the Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 13th Corps Support Battalion reflagged as the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 13th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion and attached to the 3rd Sustainment Brigade of Fort Stewart, Georgia. Their history dates back to World War II, having been organized on Jan. 13, 1941 in the Active Army. The 13th CSSB participated in World War II, Korean War, Operation Continue Hope, Operation Joint Forge, Hurricane Mitch Relief Efforts and to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia for Intrinsic Action. Currently 13th CSSB has supported deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom I, III, and V. Realistic field training and readiness deployment exercises maintain combat readiness. The 13th CSSB is comprised of the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 104th Transportation (Medium Truck), the 598th Maintenance Company (Direct Support) and the 4th Platoon 233rd Transportation Company (Heavy Truck).

104th Transportation Company provides Medium Truck/Lift over-the-road transport service to all FORSCOM and Fort Benning units. During their numerous deployments they utilized heavy equipment transport systems to maneuver units and relocate them throughout Iraq. Successfully completing over 105 missions, driving over 1,750,000 miles, during their last deployment; the company currently trains for their next deployment in the spring of 2010. While in garrison they provide Heavy Truck/Lift support to the Maneuver Center and Schools.

The 598th Maintenance Company provides direct support level maintenance to units at Fort Benning and during Operation Iraqi Freedom III supported more than 550 customer units in the Baghdad area of operations. In addition, they provided back up support to 1st Cavalry Division and 3rd Infantry Division. The Headquarters and Headquarters Company deployed to Joint Base Balad, Iraq on June 27, 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom(07-09) providing command and control to ten subordinate units and attachments.

During which time the 13th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion executed logistic support to Multi-National Corps-Iraq forces by operating the major distribution activities at Joint Base Balad, including the Corps Storage Area, Corps Distribution Center, Central Receiving and Shipping Point, Central Issue Facility, Aerial Delivery, and Mortuary Affairs Collection Point. 13th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion provided reinforcing maintenance, water, and cargo handling support through forward-echeloned team operating at 11 Forward Operating Bases through the Iraqi theater. 13th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion provided Combat Service and Support training with Logistics Training and Transition Teams to the Iraqi Security Forces to support the transition to national Iraqi control.

14th Combat Support Hospital
The 14th Combat Support Hospital serves as a major subordinate command at Fort Benning, Ga., although its tactical higher headquarters, the 44th Medical Command, is located at Fort Bragg, N.C. The 14th CSH is the medical task force headquarters for all corps level FORSCOM medical units on Fort Benning. "Task Force 14" is currently comprised of the 14th CSH, which is broken into Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, A Company and B Company; 926th Preventive Medicine Detachment; the 690th Medical Company (Ground Ambulance), the 19th Medical Team (Optometry) and the 172nd Preventive Medicine Detachment, currently garrisoned at Hunter Army Air Field.

The 14th CSH was the first deployable Army hospital to convert into an Echelon Above Corps Combat Support Hospital on Oct. 16, 2004 from a Field Hospital configuration. 14th Combat Support Hospital deploys to a joint/combined operational area and provides flexible, responsive, and effective Level III Health Service Support and Force Health Protection to supported forces conducting full spectrum operations and/or contingency operations.

The 14th CSH served in support of OEF VII from Jan. 31, 2006 to Jan. 30, 2007. Their tenure in Afghanistan was characterized by compassion, education and innovation. The highly specialized staff was directly responsible for decreasing the patient mortality rate from previous OEF rotations. The staff also produced the lowest in-house infection and ventilator-associated pneumonia rates in the CENTCOM Theater of Operations. Additionally, the staff treated more than 22,000 outpatients and 850 inpatients, performed more than 1,200 surgeries, filled more than 67,000 prescriptions, regulated more than 750 air evacuations, conducted more than 11,000 radiological exams, administered more than 25,000 lab exams and treated more than 2,400 dental patients. All totals far surpassed those of previous rotations and resulted from increased efficiency and a tireless work ethic.

690th Medical Company
In October 2006, the 690th Medical Company returned from its second tour in support of OIF, where the unit was separated among four different Forward Operating Bases and were assigned a mission area of responsibility that consisted of more than 100,000 miles of battle space. They provided medical support for more than 1,500 Combat Logistics Patrols and they evacuated approximately 264 critical patients from those patrols alone. The company encountered more than 147 Improvised Explosive Devices during convoy patrols. These Soldiers logged in more than 250,000 accident-free miles and maintained a fully mission capable equipment rate of more than 95 percent for 40 pieces of rolling stock.

926th Preventive
Medicine Detachment
The mission of the 926th is to provide reliable corps-level preventive medicine services in order to minimize the medical and environmental health threats to the War fighter and those they support on the battlefield. The 926th PM was deployed in support of OIF from July 2007 to October 2008.

"Small but Mighty!"
19th Medical Team (Optometry)
19th Medical Team (Optometry) activated on Oct, 16, 2008 and began their optical services and optical fabrication mission in support of Ft. Benning tenet units as well as FORSCOM directed missions. Key highlights for this reporting period include the activation of this new unit and the establishment of the new Headquarters and Team Building. On order 19th OPTO, deploys to joint/combined operational area and provides eye care and optical fabrication services to supported forces in the area of operations while simultaneously providing command and control to two eye teams.

"Eagle Eyes!"

75th Ranger Regiment
The 75th Ranger Regiment is the U.S. Army's premier light infantry unit with a primary mission of planning and conducting special operations missions in support of U.S. policy and objectives.While serving with the Regiment is one of the most physically and mentally demanding assignments in today's Army, Rangers believe in their mission and recognize the volatile nature of the world. Rangers are ready to go anywhere at any time, with zero notice; to meet and to defeat the enemies of the nation. The Ranger Regiment is one of the greatest producers of talented leadership and combat training in the Department of Defense, and continues to select and attract only the brightest, most talented, disciplined, and toughest Soldiers in the United States Army.

The Regiment is one of the very few 100 percent volunteer units in the military. Every Soldier—from the line infantryman to the supply sergeants to the cooks—assigned to the 75th must volunteer for, be assessed to and selected by the Regiment to be assigned to it. Since the onset of the Global War on Terrorism in October 2001, Rangers have conducted amyriad of complex joint special operations in a wide spectrum of terrain and conditions from the 10,000-foot mountains in Afghanistan to the urban sprawl of Baghdad. As the Army's premier raid force, they have lead hundreds of air assault raids and thousands of direct action raids in which Rangers successfully conducted to destroy or capture our nation's worst enemies. Rangers are always combat ready. The 75th Ranger Regiment is proud to fight as a part of a team of teams and ready to answer the call to duty.

Fort Benning is home to Regimental Headquarters, Headquarters staff, the 3rd Ranger Battalion, and the Regimental Special Troops Battalion. Also a part of the Regiment, but geographically separated, are 1st Ranger Battalion at Hunter Army Air Field, Georgia and 2nd Battalion stationed at Fort Lewis, Wash.

1st and 2nd Ranger Battalions were reformed in 1974 by then Chief-of-Staff General Abrams,after being disbanded after their successful use during operations in Europe during WWII. On Oct. 25, 1983, Rangers of 1st and 2nd Battalions "Led the Way" by conducting the highly successful airborne assault to seize Point Salines Airfield in Grenada and the rescue of American students. The 75th Ranger Regiment and 3rd Battalion were activated on Oct. 3, 1984, creating the largest unified Ranger force in the U.S. Army since World War II. The entire Regiment conducted a combat jump and operations in Panama in 1989 as a part of Operation Just Cause, effectively highlighting the strategic importance of maintain a highly mobile and rapidly deployable infantry force to conduct forcible entry operations. In 1993, elements of the 3rd Battalion deployed to Somalia to conduct missions in support of Task Force Ranger. The Rangers captured several enemy leaders responsible for launching attacks on United Nations forces. In 1991, elements of the Regiment deployed to Southwest Asia where they conducted operations in support of Operation

Desert Storm.
With Rangers conducting daring airborne parachute assaults and subsequent combat operations across Afghanistan and Iraq, the Regiment once again has shown its strategic relevance in the current conflict. The Regiment has maintained a continuously deployed combat force in the Middle-East with distinction since the start of the Global War on Terror. It continues to conduct combat operations in support of ongoing national security objectives.

"Rangers Lead the Way!"
United States Army Marksmanship Unit
The U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit was established March 1, 1956, at the direction of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, to raise the standards of marksmanship throughout the U.S. Army. The unit's mission is to raise the Army's standard of marksmanship proficiency and combat readiness, by applying lessons learned and knowledge gained from research and development. The AMU enhances the Army's recruiting efforts by competing in national and international competitions and through an active public relations program. Since 1956, members of the USAMU have gained worldwide respect by winning hundreds of individual and team national titles, more than 40 World Championships and 23 Olympic medals.

Additionally, the unit has the responsibility to promote the U.S. Army by heightening public trust and confidence in Army marksmanship. These efforts are accomplished through active public information awareness programs, which assist the U.S. Army Recruiting Command's increasing requirement for top quality new recruits. The basis for these efforts focuses on the accomplishments and capabilities of USAMU shooters and technicians. USAMU Soldiers also serve to enhance the public trust and confidence in the Army's lethality with small arms.

Likewise, the USAMU enhances combat readiness through the unit's provision of technical and advisory assistance in the development of military match-type small arms, equipment and ammunition. Upon request, USAMU will coordinate and conduct basic rifle and pistol marksmanship train-the-trainer clinics for small arms proponents, U.S. Army Infantry School, and other service marksmanship- training units to translate marksmanship skills of competitive shooting into useful combat marksmanship training tools.

USAMU is composed of six competitive shooting sections utilizing world-class facilities for both training and competition. Facilities consist of more than 260 acres with seven ranges and 18 buildings. Service Rifle, Service Pistol, International Rifle, International Pistol, Action Shooting and Shotgun comprise the shooting sections and are renowned as the "best in the world." Of these teams, only International Rifle, International Pistol and Shotgun are Olympic sports. Support is provided to these Soldier-athletes through the Custom Firearms Shop and the support branches of supply, operations and administration. The unit also makes or customizes small arms and ammunition through the Custom Firearms Shop. The Custom Firearms Shop, made up of gunsmiths, machinists, range technicians and ammunition loaders, could be called the "backbone" of the unit. In fact, it was the first section formed when the unit was established. In order to compete successfully, it was determined better arms and ammunition was required. Here, gunsmiths build top-quality competitive-grade rifles and pistols for the competitive teams, many from the ground up.

The Custom Firearm Shop's research and development efforts have led not only to enhanced accuracy and reliability of our competitive weapons systems and ammunition, but have intensified the combat effectiveness of the entire Army. It is here that the M-21 and M-24 Sniper Systems and Special Reaction Team Rifles were developed and tested. The extraordinary combined efforts of the assigned Soldiers and Civilians of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit are why they have come to be known as "The Home of Champions."

Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation
The Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation opened in January 2001. It offers 18 resident courses each year-from cadet and NCO courses to counter-drug courses to a Command and General Staff Course to Civil Military Operations Courses. More than 1000 military personnel, law enforcement officers and civilians come from all around the hemisphere, including the U.S. and Canada. All courses are taught in Spanish; the NCO Professional Development Course is also taught in English for the Caribbean basin nations. The institute is a part of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command and all courses are accredited by TRADOC, which means all courses are doctrinally sound, legally correct and relevant to the needs of our country and of our neighbors. Reports from around the region show skills learned or knowledge gained has been put to good use, particularly in counter drug efforts and the focus on democracy and human rights support the democratically elected leadership of the nations of the Organization of American States.

WHINSEC currently has the most complete human rights program available to the militaries and police forces of the Western Hemisphere. The institute devotes at least 10 percent of each course's content to human rights-specific issues. WHINSEC continues the tradition of interaction with our neighbors and allies. Given today's emphasis on regional cooperation, WHINSEC is an indispensable instrument for U.S. policy efforts in the region-supporting democracy, security and the strengthening of the Inter-American community.

With only 250 U.S. military, international guest instructors and U.S. civilian employees, and operating on about $10million—WHINSEC offers great 'bang for the buck.' Without a doubt, WHINSEC plays a vital role in the U.S. outreach to our partners and neighbors, the Western Hemisphere nations. The institute is open to visitors Monday through Friday. Anyone may sit in on classes, talk with students and faculty and review our instructional materials.