67th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade


The 67th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade is a maneuver enhancement brigade of the Nebraska Army National Guard. It derives its lineage from the 67th Infantry Brigade, previously a component of the 35th Infantry Division. The brigade has also been organized as an area support group from 2003–2008, and as a battlefield surveillance brigade from 2008–2016.

Current Structure

History

As the 67th Infantry Brigade, the brigade was initially formed in August 1917 in the Iowa and Nebraska Army National Guards, and was part of the 34th Division mobilized for World War I. It comprised the 133rd Infantry Regiment of Iowa and the 134th Infantry Regiment of Nebraska.
It was demobilized on 18 February 1919 at Camp Grant, Illinois, but reconstituted in the National Guard in 1921, assigned to the 34th Division, and allotted to Iowa. The brigade controlled the 133rd and 168th Infantry Regiments. The Headquarters Company was organized at Winterset, Iowa and federally recognized on 20 July 1921. The Headquarters was organized at Council Bluffs, Iowa and federally recognized on 21 February 1922. The Headquarters changed station to Des Moines, Iowa, 23 August 1924, and to Sioux City, Iowa, 10 July 1940. The Headquarters Company changed station to Des Moines 2 July 1931 by reorganization and redesignation of the Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 168th Infantry Regiment. It was inducted into active federal service on 10 February 1941 and moved to Camp Claiborne, Louisiana. On 30 January 1941, the headquarters was disbanded and the Headquarters Company converted into the 34th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop. The lineage of this iteration of the 67th Infantry Brigade is not claimed by any unit in the state of Nebraska.
From 1964 to 1985 it was the 67th Infantry Brigade. The brigade was organized under the Selected Reserve Force program in the 1960s. The Brigade consisted of 1st Bn, 134th Infantry; 2nd Bn, 134th Infantry ; 1st Battalion, 195th Armor ; Troop E, 167th Cavalry; and Company D, 567th Engineers. This brigade was assigned as a "round out" brigade to the 4th Infantry Division. In the event of conflict the 67th Brigade would have come under the command of the 4th Infantry Division as one of its organic brigades. The 67th trained annually with the 4th Infantry Div. at Ft. Carson, CO.
State ARNG newspapers reporting the recreation of the BfSB in 2008 say that the infantry brigade was reformed in 1962, with its main elements being the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 134th Infantry Regiment. Other combat units that were part of the brigade from the 1960s eventually included the 1st Battalion, 168th Field Artillery Regiment, and Troop E, 167th Cavalry, which was constituted and assigned in 1964.
The brigade was then assigned to the 35th ID, from 1985 to 2002.
Material reproduced by Globalsecurity.org from 2001–2002, seemingly originally drawn from state National Guard sources, said:
It was announced in 2015 that 67th BFSB would transition to a Maneuver Enhancement Brigade.
In 2003 it was converted to the 67th Area Support Group. On 7 September 2008, it was converted into the 67th BfSB. On 5 November 2016, the brigade formally reorganized as a maneuver enhancement brigade.

67th BfSB Organization, 2008–2016

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