162nd Infantry Brigade (United States)

162nd Infantry Brigade
File:162InfBdeSSI.jpg 162nd Infantry Brigade shoulder sleeve insignia
Active	? - 1965 1 May 2009 - Present
Country	United States
Branch	U.S. Army
Type	Training
Size	Brigade
Garrison/HQ	Fort Polk, LA
Battle honours	World War I World War II [Operation Enduring Freedom]
Insignia
Distinctive Unit Insignia

The 162nd Infantry Brigade is an Infantry training brigade of the United States Army. The brigade is responsible for training transition teams to deploying to Operations Enduring Freedom and New Dawn. U.S. forces are trained to prepare foreign civilian and military security forces within Afghanistan and Iraq for the transfer of security responsibilities back to the host nations. The Foreign Security Force Transition Team Training Brigade provides rotational units with the capability to provide training, coaching, and mentoring to the Afghanistan National Army and other Afghan Security forces in Afghanistan, and the Multinational Security Transition Command-Iraq.

Organization

Major subordinate commands of the brigade are:

• 1st Battalion, 353rd Regiment
• 2nd Battalion, 353rd Regiment
• 3rd Battalion, 353rd Regiment
• 4th Battalion, 353rd Regiment
• 5th Battalion, 353rd Regiment
• 6th Battalion, 353rd Regiment

References

• Creation
• The Institute of Heraldry: 162nd Infantry Brigade (Archived 2009-05-02)