193rd Infantry Brigade (Columbia, South Carolina)

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Task Force Bayonet

The 193rd Infantry Brigade was originally constituted in the Organized Reserves on 24 June 1922 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 193rd Infantry Brigade and assigned to the 97th Division. The brigade was reorganized and reconstituted in February 1942 as the 97th Reconnaissance Troop, 97th Division. In February 1943 the Troop was ordered to active military service and organized at Camp Swift, Texas. Reorganized and redesignated October 1945 as the 97th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop.

The 193rd Infantry Brigade (Task Force Bayonet) consists of five Basic Combat Training (BCT) battalions (1st Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment, the 2nd Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment, the 3rd Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment, the 2nd Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment, and the 3rd Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment); and a Brigade Headquarters and Headquarters Company. The Brigade’s permanent party strength averages approximately 750 Soldiers and we have the capacity to train 7,500 Soldiers at any one time. 193rd Infantry Brigade conducts Basic Combat Training to produce confident, disciplined, motivated, and physically/mentally fit Soldiers who embody the Army Values and Warrior ethos; are trained to standard in their basic Soldier skills, proficient in their Warrior Tasks and Drills, and are prepared to fight and win on any battlefield, against any enemy, anytime.

Order of Battle

1st.Bn. -13th Inf.- Regt.
2nd. Bn. -13th Inf.- Regt.
3rd. Bn. -13th Inf.- Regt.
2nd. Bn. - 60th Inf. Regt.
3rd.. Bn. - 60th Inf. Regt.

Bldg. 5385, Jackson Blvd., Fort Jackson, Columbia SC

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