History:
The 157th Infantry Brigade was constituted on 5 August 1917 at Camp Meade, Maryland, and assigned to the 79th Division. The unit deployed to Europe during World War I and received military honors for their actions during the battle of Meuse-Argonne, France. The brigade demobilized 7 June 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey and reconstituted in the reserves in 1921.
The unit was ordered back into active military service 15 June 1942 and reorganized at Camp Pickett, Virginia as the 79th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 79th Infantry Division. The unit deployed to England for World War II in 1943 and earned campaign streamers at Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe; additional decorations include the French Croix de Guerre with Palm, with streamer embroidered Parroy Forest; French Croix de Guerre with Palm, with streamer embroidered Normandy to Paris; and French Croix de Guerre with World War II fourragere. The unit deactivated on 11 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, and was activated in 1947 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the 79th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop.
On 24 October 1997 the 157th Infantry Brigade was reorganized from the U.S. Army Reserve with the previous lineage and honors and allotted to the regular army, headquartered at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. The 157th Infantry Brigade, First Army Division East, moved its brigade colors to its current location at Indiana’s Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center on 15 August 2011. The brigade is currently organized with six Regular Army battalions and five Army Reserve battalions, in addition to one National Guard Operations Group spread across Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, and Illinois, having trained more than 100,000 multi-component Soldiers in preparation for homeland defense and worldwide contingency operations supporting missions in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Kosovo, the Horn of Africa, and the Sinai Peninsula.
Today the 157th Infantry Brigade plans, synchronizes, and executes pre-deployment training and validation in support of mobilized reserve component units in accordance with Combatant Commander, Department of the Army, FORSCOM, and First Army directives. On order, the brigade provides pre-mobilization training assistance for reserve component units within its capabilities. The 157th Infantry Brigade was constituted on 5 August 1917 at Camp Meade, Maryland, and assigned to the 79th Division. The unit deployed to Europe during World War I and received military honors for their actions during the battle of Meuse-Argonne, France. The brigade demobilized 7 June 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey and reconstituted in the reserves in 1921.
The unit was ordered back into active military service 15 June 1942 and reorganized at Camp Pickett, Virginia as the 79th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 79th Infantry Division. The unit deployed to England for World War II in 1943 and earned campaign streamers at Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe; additional decorations include the French Croix de Guerre with Palm, with streamer embroidered Parroy Forest; French Croix de Guerre with Palm, with streamer embroidered Normandy to Paris; and French Croix de Guerre with World War II fourragere. The unit deactivated on 11 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, and was activated in 1947 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the 79th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop.
On 24 October 1997 the 157th Infantry Brigade was reorganized from the U.S. Army Reserve with the previous lineage and honors and allotted to the regular army, headquartered at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. The 157th Infantry Brigade, First Army Division East, moved its brigade colors to its current location at Indiana’s Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center on 15 August 2011. The brigade is currently organized with six Regular Army battalions and five Army Reserve battalions, in addition to one National Guard Operations Group spread across Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, and Illinois, having trained more than 100,000 multi-component Soldiers in preparation for homeland defense and worldwide contingency operations supporting missions in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Kosovo, the Horn of Africa, and the Sinai Peninsula.
Today the 157th Infantry Brigade plans, synchronizes, and executes pre-deployment training and validation in support of mobilized reserve component units in accordance with Combatant Commander, Department of the Army, FORSCOM, and First Army directives. On order, the brigade provides pre-mobilization training assistance for reserve component units within its capabilities.