174th Infantry Brigade (United States)

174th Infantry Brigade
174th Infantry Brigade shoulder sleeve insignia
Active	1862–1864 2006–present
Country	United States
Branch	Army Multi-component
Type	Infantry
Role	Training
Size	Brigade
Part of	First Army
Garrison/HQ	Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey
Nickname(s)	"Patriot Brigade" "The Away Brigade"
Motto(s)	Pium in Cuspis (Patriots on Point)
Colors	Red, Blue and Steel
Engagements	American Civil War Battle of Port Hudson World War I World War II
Decorations	Army Superior Unit Award (ASUA)
Commanders
Current commander	COL David L. Sanders III
Notable commanders	COL David L. Sanders III COL Michael Wawrzyniak COL Osbourne

American Civil War

World War I

COL David L. Sanders III COL Michael Wawrzyniak

The 174th Infantry Brigade is an infantry brigade of the United States Army based at Fort Drum, New York. A U.S. Army Reserve training unit, the brigade provides operational training readiness for units in the First Army.

Tracing its lineage back to the American Civil War, the brigade was deployed for both World War I and World War II. Reorganized and redesignated numerous times, the 174th Infantry Brigade has been a reserve unit of the United States Army for most of its existence, seeing only short stints in the Active Duty forces and a combat role.

Reactivated in 2006 as a training unit, the brigade is responsible for preparing other soldiers of the Reserve and National guard for deployment through battle training in maneuvers, equipment, and other details. As such, many personnel in the brigade are instructors who are themselves combat veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.

The brigade is a subordinate unit of the First Army. As a separate Reserve brigade, it does not report to a higher division level headquarters, and is a training unit rather than a combat one.

The brigade is made up of six battalions. Its Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment is located at Fort Dix, New Jersey. Assigned to the brigade are the 1st Battalion, 314th Infantry Regiment; the 2nd Battalion (Logistics Support), 313th Regiment; and the 3rd Battalion (Field Artillery), 314th Regiment; which are also headquartered at Fort Drum. Additionally, the brigade contains the 2nd Battalion (Combat Support), 310th Regiment; and 3rd Battalion (Logistics Support), 313th Regiment, which are both headquartered at Fort Devens, Massachusetts. The 3rd Battalion (Combat Support), 309th Regiment, also part of the brigade, is headquartered at Syracuse, New York.