The 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division is an Armored Brigade Combat Team of the United States Army, stationed at Fort Bliss, TX. First organized in 1944, as Reserve Command, 1st Armored Division, the unit fought in Italy in World War 2, in Operation Desert Storm and in Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom. The brigade has been stationed at Forts Hood and Bliss, Texas; Fort Riley, Kansas; Fort Lewis, Washington; and in Germany.
On April 15, 2015, the 3rd BCT was reorganized as an Armored Brigade Combat Team by reflagging the units of the 4th Brigade Combat Team, which was inactivated.
3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division is currently organized as an Armored Brigade Combat Team, composed of the following units:
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade Combat Team2nd Squadron, 13th Cavalry Regiment4th Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment1st Battalion 67th Armored Regiment1st Battalion, 77th Armored Regiment4th Battalion, 1st Field Artillery Regiment2nd Engineer Battalion123rd Brigade Support BattalionConstituted 27 June 1944 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, Reserve Command, 1st Armored DivisionActivated 20 July 1944 in ItalyInactivated 25 April 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New JerseyRedesignated 27 February 1951 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Reserve Command, 1st Armored DivisionActivated 7 March 1951 at Fort Hood, TexasReorganized and redesignated 26 June 1954 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Combat Command C, 1st Armored DivisionInactivated 23 December 1957 at Fort Polk, LouisianaRedesignated 3 February 1962 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 1st Armored Division, and activated at Fort Hood, TexasInactivated 15 April 1995 at Fort Lewis, WashingtonActivated 16 February 1996 at Fort Riley, KansasHeadquarters, 3d Brigade, 1st Armored Division, reorganized and redesignated 16 April 2007 as *Headquarters, 3d Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division (Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 1st Armored Division – hereafter separate lineage)Inactivated 15 March 2008 at Fort Riley, KansasActivated 16 August 2009 at Fort Bliss, TexasWorld War II: Rome-Arno; North Apennines; Po ValleySouthwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-FireWar on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determinedValorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ-KUWAIT 1991Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003