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Infantry Brigade provides National Defense Authorization Act Title XI pre-mobilization, post-mobilization and demobilization support to Army reserve component units in Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, the Commonwealth of Mariana Islands (CNMI), Guam, the Hawaiian Islands, Japan and the Republic of Korea. The 196th Infantry Brigade executes its mobilization operations at Mobilization Force Generation Installation (MFGI) Hawaii at Schofield Barracks and at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER), and at three Mobilization Sites, located in Guam, Japan and the Republic of Korea. The Brigade is also designated by USARPAC as the Validation Authority for reserve component forces mobilized onto Title 10 United States Code, Active Duty. Since 2001, the 196th Infantry Brigade has trained more than 10,000 Soldiers that deployed to support combat operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, Horn of Africa, and the Southern Philippines. The 196th Infantry Brigade also supports annual USARPAC and United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) Theater Security Cooperation Program (TSCP) exercises such as Balikatan, Cobra Gold, Yama Sakura, Talisman Saber, Hamel, and Terminal Fury. The brigade also serves as the USARPAC executive agent for training and readiness oversight (TRO) over the Alaska, Guam and Hawaii National Guard Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Civil Support Teams (CST), and the Hawaiian Army National Guard Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and High Explosive (CBRNE) Enhanced Force Package (CERFP).
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During World War II, the 98th initially defended Kauai, Hawaii and Maui, Hawaii, and finally responsible for defending Oahu, Hawaii later in the war. The
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Infantry Brigade was reactivated during a ceremony at Fort Shafter, Hawaii. The newly reflagged brigade, previously designated as the Training Support Brigade Pacific, is organized as a Training Support Brigade, and is assigned to United States Army Pacific (USARPAC). The
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Vietnam on 29 June 1972 as the last combat brigade to leave Vietnam. The 196th served in Vietnam from 15 July 1966 through 29 June 1972. The brigade suffered 1,188 killed-in-action, and 5,591 wounded-in-action during its service in Vietnam.
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421:Phong Dien, April 1968 to June 1968
267:3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division
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323:In April 1972, the 196th moved to
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406:Tay Ninh, August 1966 to May 1967
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310:Elk Canyon I and Elk Canyon II
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670:3rd Battalion 21st Infantry
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91:Burning artillery slow-match
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771:"Special Unit Designations"
545:196th Signal Company (Prov)
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290:Operations Wheeler/Wallowa
186:Service in the Vietnam War
167:United States Army Reserve
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69:Training Support Brigade
32:Shoulder sleeve insignia
710:The dramatic TV series
485:Brigade Reconnaissance
208:III Corps Tactical Zone
119:Colonel Bryan M. Martin
1118:196th Infantry Brigade
610:President Donald Trump
527:175th Engineer Company
159:196th Infantry Brigade
21:196th Infantry Brigade
524:8th Support Battalion
251:I Corps Tactical Zone
212:Operation Cedar Falls
1097:311th Signal Command
542:687th Signal Company
247:William Westmoreland
204:Tây Ninh Combat Base
661:Private First Class
638:Michael J. Crescenz
329:Phu Bai Combat Base
283:11th Light Infantry
130:Joseph C. McDonough
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706:In popular culture
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1003:Major bases
994:Eighth Army
699:7 June 1970
678:Specialist
673:14 May 1969
505:1st Cavalry
491:8th Cavalry
387:Lamar Plain
340:Cedar Falls
306:Lamar Plain
192:Fort Devens
104:Vietnam War
96:Engagements
82:Nickname(s)
74:Garrison/HQ
1138:Categories
1046:Camp Henry
836:22 January
831:libcom.org
741:Jim Byrnes
285:Brigades.
232:War Zone C
126:commanders
109:Commanders
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871:U.S. Army
507:(Armored)
500:(Armored)
496:Troop F,
489:Troop F,
452:Battalion
445:Artillery
351:Attleboro
347:Lancaster
243:COMUSMACV
228:Attleboro
116:commander
61:U.S. Army
43:1966–1972
41:1921–1946
876:1 August
635:Corporal
441:Infantry
265:and the
245:General
163:Chargers
136:Insignia
969:I Corps
811:20 June
785:12 July
438:Brigade
428:Da Nang
410:Chu Lai
344:Gadsden
325:Da Nang
216:Gadsden
124:Notable
114:Current
50:Country
416:Tam Kỳ
360:Benton
226:, and
224:Benton
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38:Active
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