3rd Brigade Combat Team
"A Team of Teams"
The 3rd BCT, 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized), or the "Iron Brigade," is composed of two M2A2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle equipped infantry battalions (1-8 IN and 1-12 IN), one M1A1 Abrams equipped armor battalion (1-68 AR), one M109A6 155mm Paladin equipped field artillery battalion (3-29 FA), one mechanized combat engineer battalion (4 ENG), and one forward support battalion (64 FSB). In addition, the Brigade Combat Team has a Headquarters and Headquarters' Company, a Bradley Stinger Fighting Vehicle/Stinger air defense battery (C/1-44 ADA), a military intelligence company (C/104 MI), a signal company (534 SIG), and one brigade recon troop (B/9 Cavalry) to support its combat operations. Three of these companies' parent battalions are located at Ft. Hood, Texas.
1-8 IN BN 1-12 IN BN 1-68 AR BN 3-29 FA BN 4th EN BN 64th FSB
HHC/3rd BCT B/9 CAV 534th SIG C/104th MI C/1-44 ADA