30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team (United States)

30th Armored Brigade Combat Team
Shoulder sleeve insignia
Active	1973–present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army
Type	Armored brigade combat team (ABCT)
Role	Mechanized Infantry
Size	Approx. 3,800
Garrison/HQ	Clinton, North Carolina (Headquarters)
Nickname(s)	Old Hickory (special designation)
Engagements	Iraq War -Operation Iraqi Freedom Phase II -Operation Iraqi Freedom Phase VII
Commanders
Current commander	COL Robert Bumgardner CSM Guilford Johnson
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia

COL Robert Bumgardner

The 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team ("Old Hickory") is a modular heavy brigade of the United States Army National Guard.

The unit is composed of units from North Carolina and West Virginia. It was formed from the remains of the downsized 30th Infantry Division of World War II fame. It was nicknamed the "Old Hickory" brigade, in honor of Andrew Jackson, due to the original division being composed of National Guard units from areas where he lived.

In 1974 the 30th Infantry Division ceased to exist and its units were divided amongst the North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia Army National Guards. The 30th Infantry Brigade (Mechanized) from North Carolina was chosen to carry on the lineage of the 30th Infantry Division.

The brigade took part in Exercise Display Determination in 1984, 1986, 1987, and 1992.

The brigade was affiliated with the 24th Infantry Division on 5 June 1999 during the division's reactivation ceremony as part of the active/reserve component integrated division concept. The headquarters for the division was an active unit located at Fort Riley, Kansas while its subordinate units were all National Guard units.

From 2000 to 2001 a few select units from 30th Brigade were chosen to conduct a six-month peacekeeping mission in war torn Bosnia and Herzegovina. The deployment marked the first time that National Guard troops were utilized as front line patrolling forces since the beginning of deployment of combat troops to the region.