Special Troops Battalion
A Special Troops Battalion (STB) is an organic unit of a modular brigade, Division (or equivalent), corps or higher echelon United States Army organization. It may comprise companies from different branches of the Army, but typically has a Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC) and Signal Network Company at a minimum.
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[edit] Division Headquarters Battalion
The Division Headquarters Battalion is composed of:
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company
- Operations Company
- Intelligence & Sustainment Company
- Signal Company
- Division Band
The Division Headquarters Battalion is capable of functioning as a tactical headquarters while deployed.
[edit] Brigade Combat Teams
In some Divisions these battalions are referred to as either Brigade Troops Battalions (BTB) or Brigade Special Troops Battalions (BSTB).
- Headquarters Company is composed of:
- Battalion Staff
- Military Police Platoon
- CBRNE Recon Platoon
- Medical Platoon
- Maintenance Platoon
- Infantry Security Section; this is scheduled to be deleted in 2012
- Military Intelligence Company
- Signal Network Support Company
- Engineer Company.
The battalion is capable of functioning as a tactical headquarters while deployed. The Stryker Brigade Combat Teams (SBCTs) do not have an STB and the components are treated as stand-alone units.
[edit] Sustainment Brigades
In the Sustainment Brigade, the battalion is composed of an HHC and a Signal Network Support Company. When deployed, the battalion will usually have a Financial Management (FM) Company, Postal, and a Human Resources (HR) Company attached to it for command and control (C2), administrative and logistics support.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Field Manual Interim (FMI) 4-93.2, "The Sustainment Brigade." Headquarters, Department of the Army, February 2009.
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