55th Heavy Brigade Combat Team (Scranton, Pennsylvania)

 military, National Guard (USA)

55th Brigade (Mechanized) - "STRIKE BRIGADE"

also HQ for the following component units :

1-109th Infantry >(Scranton),
55th Brigade Special Troops Battalion

The 55th Brigade, with a strength of about 3,600 soldiers, is headquartered in Scranton. The Brigade's units are concentrated in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Appropriately, the soldiers of the 109th Infantry Regiment, the element from which the 55th was born, earned the nickname "Men of Iron" for their three-day defense against overwhelming odds during the Champagne-Marne Offensive in World War I.

In 2003-04, the 55th Brigade led "Taskforce Keystone," a major deployment of about 2,000 soldiers of the 28th Infantry Division to Europe to provide force protection and enhanced security in the wake of the September 11, 2001terrorist attacks. While Task Force Keystone was on duty, another 1,100 soldiers from the 28th Division served as the core of the American peacekeeping presence in Bosnia.

Order of Battle

Headquarters & Headquarters Company >Scranton

1-104th Cavalry >(Philadelphia)

4-103rd Armor >(Lewisburg),

1-109th Infantry >(Scranton),

1-109th Field Artillery >(Wilkes-Barre),

228th Forward Support Battalion >(Sellersville).

55th Brigade Special Troops Battalion
(frmr 103rd Engineer Battalion) >(Scranton),

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