If it is not dictated by a higher headquarters, then I would say it is up to the Brigade Commander. The Rear Detachment Commander would have to be authorized with sufficient UCMJ authority. Maybe a Lt. Col or Major. If the Brigade Commander was also the local Garrison/Base Commander, then that may complicate the matter, unless the Brigade Commander has a standing Deputy Commander for Base Operations.
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A one star US Army General (Brigadier General-for Brigade Commander). A US Army brigade is authorized a full Colonel as commander; if the brigade is deployed alone (without a division), such as the 1st Brigade of the 5th Mechanized Infantry Division was in Vietnam (the only one to be deployed as such); then that brigade is authorized a General to command it; hence a Brigadier General.
An training team with the South Vietnam army, an infantry task force (brigade group), an air transport detachment and a destroyer.
Yes, there is. There's a whole Airborne division (82nd), there's an Airborne brigade (173rd Airborne Brigade), and each division and corps will have a Long Range Surveillance Detachment (LRS-D), composed of infantrymen and subordinate to the military intelligence unit or command.
Major General Leonard Wood was awarded the Medal of Honor in the Indian Wars and commanded a Cavalry Brigade in Cuba.
The cast of The Charge of the Light Brigade - 1912 includes: James Gordon as Lord Raglan - Commander-in-Chief of the British Forces Richard Neill as Captain Nolan Charles Sutton as Lord Lucan
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A one star US Army General (Brigadier General-for Brigade Commander). A US Army brigade is authorized a full Colonel as commander; if the brigade is deployed alone (without a division), such as the 1st Brigade of the 5th Mechanized Infantry Division was in Vietnam (the only one to be deployed as such); then that brigade is authorized a General to command it; hence a Brigadier General.
Ryu, Kyung-Su commander of n.k 105th Armored Brigade in 1950.6.25
An training team with the South Vietnam army, an infantry task force (brigade group), an air transport detachment and a destroyer.
No. Commander is a job title (e.g., Company Commander, Battalion Commander, Brigade Commander, Division Commander, Corps Commander, etc.), but not a rank. Lieutenant Commander and Commander exist as ranks only in the Navy. Lieutenant Commander is equivalent to a Major in the Army, Air Force, and Marines, and Commander is equivalent is Lieutenant Colonel in the Army, Air Force, and Marines.
A brigade is typically composed of 3,000 to 5,000 soldiers. A brigade's commander is commonly a brigadier general, brigadier or colonel. Brigades are made up of three to six battalions plus supporting elements. A battalion is 300 to 1,300 soldiers.
Chuck Reddix, Class of 1976.
Yes, there is. There's a whole Airborne division (82nd), there's an Airborne brigade (173rd Airborne Brigade), and each division and corps will have a Long Range Surveillance Detachment (LRS-D), composed of infantrymen and subordinate to the military intelligence unit or command.
Brigade refers to a detachment of 3,000 to 5,000 soldiers. Historically cavalry units operated on horseback, and were especially popular during the revolutionary and civil war. However, in modern times the term, "Cavalry" is generally attributed to any military unit that utilizes fast, highly mobile units (often armored) during deployment. The military almost exclusively uses the term "cavalry" for units utilizing helicopters, Put the two together, and a cavalry brigade is a military detachment of 3,000 to 5,000 soldiers that utilizes vehicles in the event of its deployment (most likely helicopters).
Major General Leonard Wood was awarded the Medal of Honor in the Indian Wars and commanded a Cavalry Brigade in Cuba.
It varies by each MOS (specific job), most of which it goes: Enlisted: Team Leader Squad Leader Section Sergeant Platoon Sergeant Company/Battery/Troop First Sergeant Battalion Command Sergeant Major Officers: Platoon Leader Company Executive Officer Company Commander Battalion Executive Officer Battalion Commander Brigade Executive Officer Brigade Commander Division Commander
Yes they did, my Great Grand Uncle was Company Commander of the 1st Machine Gun Battalion, Rifle Brigade and was in Ireland from 1920 to early 1923 (around the time that the Machine Gun Battalion was disbanded).