130th Engineer Brigade (United States)

130th Engineer Brigade
U.S. 130th Engineer Brigade Shoulder Insignia
Active	5 May 1943 – 31 January 1946 25 September 1955 – 25 June 1956 16 June 1969 – 4 May 2007 23 October 2008 – present
Country	United States of America
Allegiance	United States Army
Branch	Regular Army
Type	Engineer Brigade
Role	Combat Engineering
Size	Brigade
Part of	8th Theater Sustainment Command
Garrison/HQ	Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
Motto(s)	SAPPERS IN!
Engagements	Operation Joint Endeavour Operation Iraqi Freedom Operation Enduring Freedom
Commanders
Current commander	COL Blace Albert
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The 130th Engineer Brigade is an engineer brigade of the United States Army based in Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. It provides engineering support to the United States Army Pacific command. The brigade specializes in bridging operations.

The brigade traces its lineage back to an engineering regiment active during World War II, but the brigade itself did not see action until the mid-1990s. As a part of the V Corps for most of the Cold War, the brigade was stationed in western Europe for decades as a deterrent to a possible Soviet invasion. It finally saw action during Operation Joint Endeavor, providing bridging assistance for the international force in the Bosnia region. Several years later, the brigade was the primary engineering component during the invasion of Iraq in 2003. With numerous difficulties, the brigade was forced to take on several unexpected missions during its year in Iraq. It saw a second tour in 2005 and a third in 2009 in which it once again was the primary engineering component in the country. The brigade deployed to Afghanistan as the Theater Engineer Brigade in support of Operation Enduring Freedom from 2013-2014.

The brigade had a long history of supporting V Corps of United States Army Europe from 1969 until 2007, during which it was based at Warner Barracks in the Bavarian town of Bamberg, Germany. That ended when the brigade was relocated to Hawaii to support United States Army Pacific as part of a major restructuring plan of the US Army. Reactivated in 2008, the brigade is currently at home in Hawaii.