3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division
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The 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division is an infantry brigade combat team of the United States Army based at Fort Polk, Louisiana. After its activation in 2004, the brigade was deployed four times to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. In 2014, the brigade deactivated at Fort Drum, NY, and its infantry battalions were reassigned to other brigades while its special troops battalion, field artillery battalion, brigade support battalion and cavalry squadron were inactivated. The brigade reactivated at Fort Polk, LA in 2015 by re-flagging the assets of the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, which was inactivated. The infantry, cavalry and field artillery battalions of the 4th Brigade were reassigned to the 3rd Brigade. The brigade deployed to Iraq in 2017 in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. The brigade deployed to the Southwest Border in 2019 in support of Operation Faithful Patriot.
From 2016 to 2019, while still part of the 10th Mountain Division, the brigade wore the patch of the 36th Infantry Division through the Army's Associated Unit Pilot program.
More recently, Brigade assets participated in Defender Europe 24 conducting exercises across Norway and NATO’s two newest members, Sweden and Finland. The Patriot Brigade fully rotated into the U.S. Army V Corps’ mission, Operation Atlantic Resolve, to reinforce NATO’s eastern flank along with conducting exercises with NATO allies across Europe.
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