History
As the 67th Infantry Brigade, the brigade was initially formed in August 1917 in the Iowa and Nebraska Army National Guards, and was part of the 34th Division mobilized for World War I.[3] It comprised the 133rd Infantry Regiment of Iowa and the 134th Infantry Regiment of Nebraska.
It was demobilized on 18 February 1919 at Camp Grant, Illinois, but reconstituted in the National Guard in 1921, assigned to the 34th Division, and allotted to Iowa. The brigade controlled the 133rd and 168th Infantry Regiments. The Headquarters Company was organized at Winterset, Iowa and federally recognized on 20 July 1921. The Headquarters was organized at Council Bluffs, Iowa and federally recognized on 21 February 1922. The Headquarters changed station to Des Moines, Iowa, 23 August 1924, and to Sioux City, Iowa, 10 July 1940. The Headquarters Company changed station to Des Moines 2 July 1931 by reorganization and redesignation of the Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 168th Infantry Regiment. It was inducted into active federal service on 10 February 1941 and moved to Camp Claiborne, Louisiana. On 30 January 1941, the headquarters was disbanded and the Headquarters Company converted into the 34th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized). The lineage of this iteration of the 67th Infantry Brigade is not claimed by any unit in the state of Nebraska.
Early years
The 67th Separate Infantry Brigade was formed on 1 April 1963 due to the elimination of the Nebraska–Iowa 34th Infantry Division under the Reorganization Objective Army Division reorganization. The brigade included the Nebraska units formerly part of the 34th Division; its number and Centennial Brigade nickname emphasized its all-Nebraska nature, referencing the centennial of Nebraska statehood in 1867. Headquartered at Lincoln, it included the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 134th Infantry, the 2nd Howitzer Battalion of the 168th Artillery (equipped with 105 mm self-propelled howitzers),[4] and the 167th Quartermaster Company.[5][6] On 1 March 1964 the brigade was reorganized as mechanized infantry and redesignated as the 67th Infantry Brigade. As a result, Troop E, 167th Cavalry was converted from the Fremont elements of the 167th Quartermaster Company to become the brigade armored reconnaissance troop.[7] The 67th Support Battalion and the 867th Engineer Company replaced the 167th Quartermaster Company and the western Iowa 2nd Battalion, 133rd Infantry was attached to the brigade. The brigade was selected to be part of the Selected Reserve Force (SRF), which allowed it to be brought to full strength, in October 1965.[8] The 1968 reduction of the National Guard resulted in the brigade becoming an all-Nebraska unit once again, with the 128th Engineer Battalion and the 2nd Howitzer Battalion, 168th Artillery being eliminated to form the new 1st Battalion, 168th Artillery and 1st Battalion, 195th Armor. The 1-168th Artillery was the brigade direct support artillery battalion while the 1-195th Armor was officially a nondivisional unit, but often trained with the 67th Brigade.[9] The 1-195th Armor was assigned to the brigade on 1 November 1978.[10]
The brigade consisted of (among other units) 1st Bn, 134th Infantry; 2nd Bn, 134th Infantry (later inactivated); 1st Battalion, 195th Armor; Troop E, 167th Cavalry; and the 867th Engineer Company. This brigade was assigned as a "round out" brigade to the 4th Infantry Division. In the event of conflict the 67th Brigade would have come under the command of the 4th Infantry Division as one of its organic brigades. The 67th trained annually with the 4th Infantry Div. at Ft. Carson, CO.
State ARNG newspapers reporting the recreation of the BfSB in 2008 say that the infantry brigade was reformed in 1962, with its main elements being the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 134th Infantry Regiment. Other combat units that were part of the brigade from the 1960s eventually included the 1st Battalion, 168th Field Artillery Regiment,[11] and Troop E, 167th Cavalry, which was constituted and assigned in 1964.
The brigade was then assigned to the 35th ID, from 1985 to 2002.
Material reproduced by Globalsecurity.org from 2001–2002, seemingly originally drawn from state National Guard sources, said:[12]
- These change comes as a result of the restructuring of the National Guard's to better meet the needs and requirements of the regular Army, and is one step in a seven-year process aimed at transforming the 67th Infantry Brigade into a support group.
- As of mid-2001, the process which had started in central Nebraska was four years along, and the regiment's 1–195th Armor and 67th Forward Support battalions were in various stages of transition.
It was announced in 2015 that 67th BFSB would transition to a Maneuver Enhancement Brigade.[13]
In 2003 it was converted to the 67th Area Support Group.[14] On 7 September 2008, it was converted into the 67th BfSB.[15] On 5 November 2016, the brigade formally reorganized as a maneuver enhancement brigade.[16]
Current Structure
The brigade has administrative control of the following units:[17]
- HHC, 67th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade (67th MEB), Lincoln
- 234th Brigade Signal Company (234th BSC):[17] Lincoln
734th Brigade Support Battalion (734th BSB):[17] Kearney, NE
- 267th Ordnance Company:[17] Lincoln, NE
- 1075th Transportation Company (Truck): North Platte, NE[18]
- Detachment 1: Sidney, NE[18]
- Detachment 2: McCook, NE[18]
- Detachment 3: Broken Bow, NE[18]
- 189th Transportation Company (Truck): Norfolk, NE
- Detachment 1: Wayne, NE
- Detachment 2: Columbus, NE
402nd Military Police Battalion[17] (Combat Support): Omaha, NE
- 192nd Military Police Detachment (192nd MPD) (Law and Order): Omaha, NE
- 1057th Military Police Company (1057th MPC): Chadron, NE
- Detachment 1: Scottsbluff, NE
- Detachment 2: Grand Island, NE
- 126th Chemical Battalion:[17] Omaha, NE
- 754th Chemical Company (Recon/Decon): Omaha, NE
- 128th Engineer Battalion:[17] Hastings, NE[citation needed]
- 755th Engineer Company (Fire Fighting): Columbus, NE
- 181st Engineer Team (Fire Fighting): Norfolk, NE
- 281st Engineer Team (Fire Fighting): Hastings, NE
- 317th Engineer Team (Fire Fighting): Norfolk, NE
- 617th Engineer Team (Fire Fighting): Hastings, NE
- 623d Engineer Company (Vertical): Wahoo, NE
