48th Chemical Brigade (United States)

48th Chemical Brigade
48th Chemical Brigade shoulder sleeve insignia
Active	16 September 2007–present
Country	United States
Branch	U.S. Army
Role	Chemical Defense
Size	Brigade
Part of	20th CBRNE Command
Garrison/HQ	Fort Hood
Commanders
Current commander	Colonel Christopher Cox

The 48th Chemical Brigade is a United States Army brigade located at Fort Hood, Texas and subordinate to the 20th Support Command (CBRNE). The 48th Chemical Brigade is the only active duty NBC-defense brigade in the Army. The Brigade is tasked to discover, counter, neutralize chemical, biological or nuclear threats. The Brigade was activated 16 September 2007, under the command of Colonel Vance P. (Phil) Visser and CSM E. Donald Moten.

The 48th Chemical Brigade is currently composed of:

The 83rd Chemical Battalion was formerly the 83rd Chemical Mortar Battalion, which fought with the 1st, 3rd, and 4th Ranger Battalions in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy until those three battalions were destroyed during Operation Shingle.