1st Space Brigade
| 1st Space Brigade | |
|---|---|
| File:US Army 1st Space Brigade.png Brigade shoulder sleeve insignia | |
| Active | 2005–present[1] |
| Country | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States |
| Branch | File:Flag of the United States Army.svg United States Army |
| Type | Brigade |
| Role | Space operations |
| Part of | United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command |
| Headquarters | Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S. |
| Website | www |
| Commanders | |
| Commander | COL Mark A. Cobos |
| CSM | CSM Maurice L. Tucker |
| Insignia | |
| Distinctive unit insignia | |
The 1st Space Brigade is a United States Army unit. Assigned to the United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command, it is responsible for providing space combat power support to Army units. Activated in 2005 as a TOE unit after being provisionally active since 2003, it is headquartered at Colorado Springs, Colorado.[1]
The 1st Space Brigade (Provisional) was activated in May 2003, with the 1st Space Battalion, the 1st Satellite Control Battalion (later to become the 53rd Signal Battalion), and the 193rd Space Battalion (Colorado Army National Guard).[2] On 20 October 2007 the provisional 193rd Space Battalion became a permanent-status unit, the 117th Space Battalion.[3]
Since 2019, five missile defense batteries have been assigned to 1st Space Brigade including two in Japan and one each in Israel, Turkey, and Qatar.[4]
The mission of 1st Space Brigade is to "conduct continuous, global space support, space control and space force enhancement operations in support of U.S. Strategic Command and Supported Combatant Commanders enabling the delivery of decisive combat power." [5][6]
Structure
[edit | edit source]| Name | Mission | Headquarters | Subordinate units | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:1st Space BN DUI.png | 1st Space Battalion | Plan, integrate, synchronize and execute global theater ballistic missile warning, space situational awareness, space and technical operations support, and assigned contingency activities[7] | Fort Carson, Colorado | |
| File:2d Space BN DUI.png | 2nd Space Battalion (Army Reserve) | Plan, integrate, synchronize and execute space situational awareness, space and technical operations support, and assigned contingency activities[7] | Fort Carson, Colorado | |
The brigade also has five missile defense batteries equipped with AN/TPY-2 forward-based radar conducting ballistic missile tracking operations in support of theater and homeland defense. The forward-based radar may also be used to conduct space surveillance and data collection.[7] In 2023, the brigade also operated Site 512, a United States Department of Defence radar facility in Negev, Israel.[9]
The 117th Space Battalion, Colorado Army National Guard has a training, readiness, and oversight (TRO) relationship with the 1st Space Brigade but is not actually part of it, as of 2021.[1]
List of commanders
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- COL Timothy R. Coffin, 27 July 2006[10]
- COL Jeffrey A. Farnsworth, 10 July 2008[10]
- COL Eric P. Henderson, 30 June 2010[11]
- COL James R. Meisinger, July 2012[12]
- COL Thomas L. James, 11 July 2014[13]
- COL Richard Zellmann, 21 June 2016[14]
- COL Eric D. Little, 13 July 2018[15]
- COL Brian C. Bolio, 1 July 2020[16]
- LTC Whitney Hall, ~2020 (acting)[17][18][19]
- COL Donald K. Brooks, 5 March 2021[20][19]
References
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- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). Richard Zellmann
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). Eric D. Little
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). Brian C. Bolio
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- SMDC DCG-O
- Space Soldiers ready to defend the homeland against threats from the sky Sgt. Zachary Sheely, 100th Missile Defense Brigade (August 17, 2018)
- Army Space Support Teams (ARSSTs) from the Colorado Army National Guard's 117th Space Support Battalion [1]