232d Medical Battalion
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|country= United States
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|branch= Army
|type= Medical
|role= Medical Training
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|garrison= Fort Sam Houston, TX
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|motto= Soldier Medic Warrior Spirit
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|website=[https://medcoe.army.mil/32d-medbde 32d Medical Brigade]
|commander1= LTC Jordan P. Gammons
|commander1_label=Commander
|commander2= CSM Tyrone Thompson
|commander2_label= Command Sergeant Major
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The 232d Medical Battalion is a medical battalion in the United States Army{{cite web | title=Lock | website=Home | url=https://medcoe.army.mil/32d-medbde/ | language=rw | access-date=24 Oct 2024}} formed in 1944.{{cn|date=October 2024}} The unit is a part of the 32d Medical Brigade. The 232nd Medical Battalion, the largest of its kind within the 32nd Medical Brigade, operates under the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence. It facilitates the training of over 4,000 combat medics each year.{{cite web | title=232nd Medical Battalion helps expand the JBSA Adopt-A-School program | website=Joint Base San Antonio | url=https://www.jbsa.mil/News/News/Article/3162698/232nd-medical-battalion-helps-expand-the-jbsa-adopt-a-school-program/ | access-date=24 Oct 2024}}
It is also responsible for training 68W combat medics, which is the second largest military operational specialty (MOS) in the U.S. Army.{{cite web | title=Lock | website=Home | date=13 Jun 2022 | url=https://medcoe.army.mil/news/232d-medical-battalion-welcomes-new-commander/ | access-date=29 Oct 2024}}
Structure
The following units are subordinate to the battalion:
- Alpha Company
- Bravo Company
- Charlie Company
- Delta Company
- Echo Company
- Foxtrot Company
- Headquarters & Headquarters Company
Lineage
Constituted 15 July 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 232d Medical Composite Battalion
Activated 15 August 1944 in Italy
Inactivated 1 May 1946 in Italy
Redesignated 27 September 1951 as Headquarters, 232d Medical Service Battalion, and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 16 November 1951 in Korea
Inactivated 24 January 1953 in Korea
Redesignated 27 July 1987 as the 232d Medical Battalion; Headquarters concurrently transferred to the United States Army Health Services Command (later redesignated as the United States Army Medical Command) and activated at Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Campaign participation credit
- World War II
- Rome-Arno
- Korean War
- UN Summer-Fall Offensive
- Second Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
- Third Korean Winter
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered ITALY
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Stream embroidered KOREA 1952-1953
References
Further reading
- {{cite book | last=Wiltse | first=C.M. | title=The Medical Department: Medical Service in the Mediterranean and Minor Theaters | publisher=Office of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army | issue=v. 2; v. 6 | year=1965 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xPFmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA350 | access-date=29 Oct 2024}}
External links
- [https://medcoe.army.mil/32d-medbde Home page]
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Category:Medical units and formations of the United States Army