194th Armored Brigade (United States)

194th Armor Brigade
194th Armor Brigade shoulder sleeve insignia
Active	1921–1946, 1962–1995, 2007–present
Country	United States
Allegiance	United States Army
Branch	Regular Army
Type	Armor brigade
Role	Armor One Station Unit Training
Size	Brigade (1,900)
Part of	TRADOC, United States Army Armor School
Garrison/HQ	Fort Benning
Motto(s)	Thunderbolts Of Battle
Commanders
Current Commander	COL John M. Cushing
Command Sergeant Major	CSM Lawrence E, Andrews
Insignia
Distinctive Unit Insignia

The 194th Armored Brigade is a separate brigade of the US Army.

In 1962, the 194th Armored Brigade was created and assigned to the US Army's Combat Developments Command to test new materiel at Fort Ord, California. It assumed the mission of the tank battalion of the 5th Infantry Division previously there. The next change occurred in the mid-1960s amid Army-wide reductions to make resources available for the Vietnam War. In a personnel-saving action, the Combat Developments Command's 194th Armored Brigade at Fort Ord was replaced by a battalion-size combat team and reorganized at Fort Knox to support the Armor School in place of the 16th Armored Group. Under the new configuration, the brigade included one mechanized infantry and two armored battalions. The brigade was cannibalized to fill out CONUS-based III Corps units deploying to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm.

David Isby & Charles Kamps, Jr., record the composition of the 194th Armored Brigade (Separate) in 1984 in Armies of NATO’s Central Front as including:

There were the following units assigned to the 194th Armored Brigade (Separate) in 1990. They were:

The brigade downsized to primarily the 19th Engineer Battalion and Task Force 1st Battalion, 10th Cavalry. The task force consisted of a headquarters company, three armored (M-1 Abrams) companies, two infantry companies (mechanized) and one field artillery battery (M109 SP 155mm - Battery A, 77th Field Artillery).

The brigade was reduced to a separate battalion task force in 1993, the 2d Battalion, 33d Armor, of which at least three companies were tank and one was mechanized infantry, with sources also mentioning artillery and Bradley M-3 scout companies.

2–33 AR Task Force was finally disbanded in mid-late 1994.

The 194th Armored Brigade designation has been restored to active duty. It assumed command of the 1st Armored Training Brigade at Fort Knox, Kentucky, and is now charged with the responsibility of One Station Unit Training (OSUT), which trains tankers and cavalry scouts. It also consists of two infantry battalions (1st Battalion, 46th Infantry Regiment, and the 2d Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment) which conduct nine-week basic training. The brigade includes the 30th Adjutant General Battalion, which primarily conducts reception operations for soldiers going to Advanced Individual Training, Basic Training and One Station Unit Training.