48th Chemical Brigade (United States)
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name = 48th Chemical Brigade
| image = 48ChemicalBdeSSI.svg
| image_size = 150
| caption = 48th Chemical Brigade shoulder sleeve insignia
| dates = 12 March 1942 (as HHC, 81st Chemical Battalion) – present
| country = {{flagu|United States||size=23px}}
| branch = {{army|United States|name=U.S. Army|size=23px}}
| role = Chemical Defense
| size = Brigade
| command_structure = 20th CBRNE Command
| nickname = Spartans
| motto = "TO PROTECT THE NATION"
| battles = Normandy (with arrowhead)
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
| decorations = Presidential Unit Citation (Army)
Campaign Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
| website = https://home.army.mil/cavazos/units-tenants/48th-chemical-brigade
| current_commander = Colonel Johannie San Miguel
| commander4 = Command Sergeant Major Chylander S. Cummings
| identification_symbol = 100px
}}
The 48th Chemical Brigade is a United States Army brigade located at Fort Hood, Texas and subordinate to the 20th CBRNE Command.{{Cite web |last=U.S. Army Fort Hood |title=48th Chemical Brigade |url=https://home.army.mil/hood/units-tenants/48th-chemical-brigade |access-date=June 18, 2025 |website=U.S. Army}} The 48th Chemical Brigade is the only active duty CBRN defense brigade in the Army. The Brigade is tasked to discover, counter, and neutralize chemical, biological or nuclear threats. The Brigade was activated 16 September 2007, under the command of Colonel Vance P. (Phil) Visser and CSM E. Donald Moten.
Lineage
The 48th Chemical Brigade began as the HHC, 81st Chemical Battalion on 12 March 1942 at Fort DA Russell, Texas. It was redesignated several times during World War II until its deactivation 7 November 1945 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. The unit was reactivated at HHC, 81st Chemical Group and went through several reorganizations until it was again deactivated 12 September 1962 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
The Brigade was again activated 14 January 2000 as the 48th Chemical Brigade and activated 16 September 2007 at Fort Hood, Texas.{{Cite web |title=48th Chemical Brigade History |url=https://home.army.mil/cavazos/units-tenants/48th-chemical-brigade/48th-chemical-brigade-history |access-date=May 11, 2025 |website=US Army Fort Cavazos}}
Organization
- 71x71px 48th Chemical Brigade, Fort Hood (TX){{cite web |url=http://www.hood.army.mil/48chem/units.html |title=48th Chemical Brigade: Subordinate Units |work=United States Army |year=2015 |access-date=1 November 2015 |archive-date=25 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100525022055/http://www.hood.army.mil/48chem/units.html |url-status=dead }}
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Fort Hood (TX)
- 53x53px 2nd Chemical Battalion, Fort Hood (TX){{cite web |title=Units |url=https://www.cbrne.army.mil/UNITS.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509081415/https://www.cbrne.army.mil/UNITS.html |archive-date=9 May 2021 |access-date=14 April 2021 |publisher=20th CBRNE Command}}
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Fort Hood (TX)
- 63rd Chemical Company, Fort Campbell (KY)
- 172nd Chemical Company, Fort Riley (KS)
- 181st Chemical Company, Fort Hood (TX)
- 58x58px 22nd Chemical Battalion, Fort Bliss (TX){{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160726223005/http://fortblissbugle.com/20th-cbrne-commander-visits-soldiers-new-to-bliss/ 20th CBRNE commander visits Soldiers new to Bliss]}}, accessdate=2016-07-26
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Fort Bliss (TX)
- 10th Chemical Company, Fort Carson (CO)
- 44th Chemical Company, Fort Bliss (TX)
- 46th Chemical Company (Tech Escort), Fort Bliss (TX)
- 50x50px 83rd Chemical Battalion, Fort Stewart (GA){{Cite web|url=https://history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/chem/083cmbn.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621043520/http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/chem/083cmbn.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 June 2008|title=Lineage and Honors, 83rd Chemical Battalion}}{{cite web |title=83d Chemical Battalion |url=https://home.army.mil/stewart/index.php/units/tenant-units/83rdChem#:~:text=The%2083d%20Chemical%20Battalion%20first,Europe%20during%20World%20War%20II. |publisher=83d Chemical Battalion |access-date=14 April 2021}}
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Fort Stewart (GA)
- 21st Chemical Company, Fort Bragg (NC)
- 25th Chemical Company (Tech Escort), Fort Stewart (GA)
- 51st Chemical Company, Fort Stewart (GA)
- 59th Chemical Company, Fort Drum (NY)
- 92nd Chemical Company, Fort Stewart (GA)
- 50x50px 110th Chemical Battalion, Joint Base Lewis–McChord (WA)
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Joint Base Lewis–McChord (WA)
- 9th Chemical Company (Tech Escort), Joint Base Lewis–McChord (WA)
- 11th Chemical Company (Tech Escort), Joint Base Lewis–McChord (WA)
- 45th Chemical Company, Joint Base Lewis–McChord (WA)
The 83rd Chemical Battalion was formerly the 83rd Chemical Mortar Battalion, which fought with the 1st, 3rd, and 4th Ranger Battalions in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy until those three battalions were destroyed during Operation Shingle. They were part of the 6615th Ranger Force which also included the 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion. The lineage of the 2nd Chemical Battalion (CBRN) goes back to the 30th Engineer Regiment (Gas and Flame), formed in 1917. The battalion and its predecessor units fought in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, Operation Desert Storm, and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Commanders
- Colonel Vance P. (Phil) Visser (2007–2009)
- Colonel Eric Brigham (2009–2011){{cite web |url= http://www.forthoodsentinel.com/story.php?id=1180 |title=Spartans welcome new commander |first=Heather |last=Graham |newspaper=Fort Hood Sentinel |date=18 June 2009 |access-date=1 November 2015}}
- Colonel Maria Zumwalt (2011–2013){{cite news |url= http://kdhnews.com/fort_hood/homefront/zumwalt-assumes-th-chemical-brigade-command/article_b08a7d79-f4f6-575a-a6e7-06a62343d092.html |title=Zumwalt assumes 48th Chemical Brigade command |first=Amanda Kim |last=Stairrett |newspaper=Killeen Daily Herald |date=15 June 2011 |access-date=1 November 2015}}
- Colonel Sven Erichsen (2013–2015){{cite web |url= http://kdhnews.com/military/erichsen-leaves-pentagon-takes-command-of-brigade/article_4ed611dc-e384-11e2-9ada-0019bb30f31a.html |title=Erichsen leaves Pentagon, takes command of brigade |first=Brandon |last=Janes |work=Killeen Daily Herald |date=3 July 2013 |access-date=1 November 2015}}
- Colonel Christopher Cox (2015–2017){{cite web |url= https://www.dvidshub.net/news/170401/48th-chemical-brigade-holds-change-command |title=48th Chemical Brigade holds change of command |first=Walter |last=Ham |work=Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System |date=17 July 2015 |access-date=1 November 2015}}
- Colonel Christopher Hoffman (2017–2019)
- Colonel W Maria Bochat (2019–2021)Fort Hood Sentinel, 48th Chem Bde Changes Hands, June 20, 2019
- Colonel Alexander C. Lovasz (2021–2023){{Cite web|title=48th Chemical Brigade :: U.S Army Fort Hood|url=http://home.army.mil/cavazos/index.php/units-tenants/48th-chemical-brigade|access-date=2022-02-03|website=home.army.mil}}
- Colonel Johannie San Miguel (2023–Present)
Command Sergeants Major
References
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External links
- [https://archive.today/20121212202723/http://www.hood.army.mil/48chem/ Official homepage]
{{United States Army Chemical Units}}