1st Infantry Brigade (Estonia)

1. Jalaväebrigaad 1st Estonian Infantry Brigade
Emblem of 1st Infantry Brigade Staff
Active	2002-present
Country	Estonia
Branch	Ground Force
Type	Infantry
Size	Brigade
Garrison/HQ	Paldiski
Colors	silver, yellow, blue, black, metallic
Equipment	Pasi XA-180 EST, XA-188, 120 mm mortars
Commanders
Current commander	Lieutenant Colonel Artur Tiganik
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The 1st Infantry Brigade (Estonian: 1. Jalaväebrigaad) is an infantry brigade of the military of Estonia. The brigade is stationed in Harju County, North Estonia and is a made up by the Ground Force reservists. It is the only one brigade in Ground Forces peace time structure.

Peacetime Organization

• 1st Infantry Brigade
  • Brigade staff
  • Headquarters company
  • Signals company
  • Scouts Single Infantry Battalion
    • A Infantry company
    • B Infantry company
    • C Infantry company
    • Combat support company
    • Headquarters and combat service support company.
  • Kalevi Infantry Battalion
    • Staff
    • 1 Training company
    • 2 Training company
    • 3 Training company
    • 4 Training company
    • 5 Training company
    • 6 Training company
      • 1 Training platoon
      • 2 Training platoon
      • 3 Training platoon
      • 4 Training platoon
      • 5 Training platoon
      • 6 Training platoon
      • 7 Training platoon
    • Command ad support centre
  • The Combat Service Support Battalion (Estonian: Tagalapataljon)
    • Staff
    • Management and service company
    • Transportation company
    • Repair company
    • Medical company
    • Equipment company

The Combat Service Support Battalion is a unit of the 1st Infantry Brigade. The role of CSSB is to provide first and second line support to its customer units within the 1st Infantry Brigade. It was originally formed in 1919 and has its headquarters at Paldiski.

Other units

• 2nd Infantry Brigade
• 3rd Infantry Brigade
• 31st Infantry Battalion

See also

• Military of Estonia
• Estonian army structure - brigaad

External links

• "1. Jalaväebrigaadi põhimäärus" (Estonian)
• Brigade website (Estonian)