I interviewed with 1st Sergeant Richard Skolnekovich and Company Commander whose name escapes me. Sometime that fall there was an informal call for volunteers to go on a six month TDY to Germany for Brigade 76. I was assigned to the Company E 704th Maintenance Battalion at Fort Carson Colorado in the spring of 1975. If you PCS'ed to Germany with one of the second increment units, I (webmaster) would like to hear from you SECOND INCREMENT UNITS - "BDE 76/II" ORGANIZATION (1976/77): ![]() If your unit was in the 1st Increment (Bde 76/I) and is not listed, please contact the webmaster General Weyand made this decision because of an adverse effect on parent units in the United States in sustaining the rotation and because family separations caused by TDY for extended periods were damaging morale.Īs a result, the next replacement units were to deploy with 84 percent of their members in a PCS status persons deploying on temporary duty were to be replaced at the end of their tours through the normal individual replacement system.įIRST INCREMENT UNITS - "BDE 76/I" ORGANIZATION (1976): Weyand decided to convert most of the force to PCS status at the time of the next rotation in October 1976. It was the intent of the Army to return the TDY units to the United States after six months, replace them with other TDY units for the next six months, and continue the rotation indefinitely.īut, in May 1976, Army Chief of Staff General Fred C. The brigade headquarters and support battalion moved to Germany in a permanent change of station (PCS) status and the remainder of the force on a temporary duty (TDY) basis. The headquarters and all units of the force, except for one mechanized infantry battalion from the 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley, Kansas, and two non-divisional field artillery battalions from Fort Sill, Oklahoma, were from the 4th Brigade of the 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized), stationed at Fort Carson, Colorado. The Army's major move in 1976 in increasing its combat strength in Europe involved the deployment of a reinforced brigade ( Brigade 76) to Germany between March and June 1976. ![]() (Source: Department of the Army Historical Summary, FY 1976 - accessed August 5, 2017) If your unit was deployed to Wiesbaden Air Base as part of the initial deployment of BDE 76, please contact the webmaster. Subject: Looking to create a list of the units that participated in the first deployment of Brigade 76 to Germany, early 1976. List of units that participated in Brigade 76/I
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