555th Engineer Brigade

555th Engineer Brigade
555th Engineer Brigade Shoulder Sleeve Insignia
Active	2007-present (as 555 Eng Bde)
Country	United States of America
Branch	Regular Army
Type	Brigade
Role	Engineer Brigade
Nickname(s)	"The Triple Nickel" and "Willing and Able"
Commanders
Current commander	Colonel John Becking
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia

The 555th Engineer Brigade is a combat engineer brigade of the United States Army based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. The brigade is a subordinate unit of 7th Infantry Division, I Corps. The 555 numbering was first used in 1947, but the brigade traces its history to a group active under the 1103d designation from 1943 to 1946.

Activation through World War II (February 1943 to May 1946)

The 555th Engineer Brigade was first constituted 1 February 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1103d Engineer Combat Group and activated 25 February 1943 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts. Intensive unit training at Fort Devens culminated in an exercise at the West Virginia Maneuver Area in October through December 1943. In late December 1943, the 1103d sailed for England after completing overseas processing at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. The unit landed in Liverpool in January 1944, and proceeded to Henley-on-Thames where they trained on bridging operations until the invasion of Normandy in June 1944.

While assigned to the First Army, the 1103d crossed the English Channel during the period of 20 to 22 June 1944. The 1103d earned its first of five campaign streamers during the Normandy Invasion, clearing and maintaining supply routes at Omaha and Utah beaches.