55th Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division (United States)

55th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade
55th MEB shoulder sleeve insignia
Active	1898–1945 1950–present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army National Guard
Type	Maneuver enhancement
Role	Combat support
Size	Brigade
Insignia
Former shoulder sleeve insignia

The 55th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade (MEB) is a maneuver enhancement unit aligned under the 28th Infantry Division (28th ID) of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard. The 55th MEB, like all MEBs, is a self-contained, modular, and multifunctional support brigade of the United States Army with an ability to plug into operational formations commanded by corps or division commanders, to support brigade combat teams once deployed, and to conduct tactical level tasks and support. MEBs are equipped to provide command and control for up to seven battalions that are capable of owning battlespace in combat. The 55th MEB was once the 55th Heavy Brigade Combat Team "STRIKE BRIGADE" subordinate to the 28th ID, as the 55th MEB is today.

Its headquarters is in Scranton, PA. The headquarters was located in the Watres Armory from 1900-2012 until it was relocated to a newly built Armed Forces Reserve Center near the borough of Throop. During the move, the Brigade Commander COL Konzman discovered there was a time capsule in a cornerstone of the facility and had it removed. The documents contained in the capsule were protected and are now kept at the new facility.

Pennsylvania's 7th Division moved to Camp Hancock, Georgia, in April 1917, and was there when the entire division was federalized on 5 August 1917. From May to 11 October 1917, the division was reorganized into the two-brigade, four regiment scheme, and thus became the 28th Division. It thus comprised the 55th Infantry Brigade (109th and 110th Infantry Regiments) and the 56th Infantry Brigade (111th and 112th Infantry Regiments).

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