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Introduction
The 1st Cavalry Division, a major subordinate command of the US Third Mobile
Armored Corps, is a 19,000 soldier, heavy armored division stationed at Ft.
Hood, TX. As one of the two "on-call" heavy contingency force divisions of the
Army, the First Team has an on-order mission to deploy by sea, air or land to
any part of the world on a short notice. The following narratives, divided in
timeline eras of major operational missions, describes the threat environment,
tactical conditions, evolution of equipment technology and the strategic
methodology employed by one of the subnorate units of the 91st Engineer
Battalion, Engineering Brigade. The Battalion's accomplishments and and the
honors they achieved are summarized in the sections that follow.
On 08 July 2005, the 91st Engineer Battalion was inactivated following the
inactivation of the Engineer Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division as part of the
transformation of the Division to the modular force structure. assets of
the Battalion were made organic to those brigades previously served. Engineer
elements were integrated into the Special Troops Battalions of each Brigade
and the Division itself. In the process, Headquarters and Headquarters
Company, 91st Engineer Battalion was reflagged as Headquarters and
Headquarters Company, Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st
Cavalry Division.
On 01 October,1933, the 91st Engineer Battalion was constituted in the Regular
Army as the 50th Engineer Battalion (Separate). On 01 January, 1938 it was
redesignated the 91st Engineer Battalion (Separate), but it was not activated
until 10 February, 1941 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi.
This folio of material highlights of the many subsequent historical critical
missions performed by members of the 91st Engineer Battalion, whose actions,
operations and the many critical issues resolved over its 79+ years history to
meet the changing threat and the honors they achieved are summarized in the
following sections:
Table of Contents
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