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The 157th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade provides a versatile, flexible combat force that can be
tailored to a wide spectrum of military combat and support missions, and it can provide
specialized forces to support brigade combat teams and other combat units.
The unit, formerly the 57th Field Artillery Brigade and the 264th Engineer Group, began
transformation into a maneuver enhancement brigade. This type of brigade is relatively new
to the Army; its concepts and doctrines are being refined as part of U.S. Army strategic transformation
initiatives.
The 157th includes units specialized in communications networking, chemical detection and
decontamination, and forward support, as well as High Mobility Artillery Rocket System firing
batteries and combat engineers. The 157th is headquartered in Milwaukee, and has an assigned
strength of more than 2,100 Soldiers.
The 157th MEB largely is made up of units that were formerly part of the 57th Field Artillery
Brigade and the 264th Engineer Group.
157th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade - Units
Headquarters and Headquarters Company - Milwaukee
- 1st Battalion, 121st Field Artillery (HIMARS)
- Headquarters and Headquarters Battery - Milwaukee
- Battery A - Racine
- Battery B - Plymouth
- Battery C – Sussex
- 108th Forward Support Company (HIMARS) - Sussex
- 257th Brigade Support Battalion
- Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment - Oak Creek
- Company A (Distribution) - Whitewater
- Company B (Support Maintenance) - Kenosha
- 32nd Military Police Company (-) - Milwaukee
- Detachment 1, 32nd MP Company - Oconomowoc
- 357th Signal Network Support Company - Two Rivers
- 457th Chemical Company - Burlington
- 724th Engineer Battalion
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company - Chippewa Falls
- Company A - Hayward
- 106th Engineer Detachment (Quarry Team) - Tomah
- 229th Engineer Company (-) (Horizontal) - Prairie du Chien
- Detachment 1, 229th Engineer Company - Platteville
- 273rd Engineer Company (Wheeled Sapper) - Medford
- 824th Engineer Detachment (Concrete) - Richland Center
- 829th Engineer Company (-) (Vertical) - Chippewa Falls
- Detachment 1, 829th Engineer Company - Richland Center
- Detachment 2, 829th Engineer Company - Ashland
- 924th Engineer Detachment (Facilities) - Chippewa Falls
- 949th Engineer Detachment (Survey & Design Tm) - Chippewa Falls
- 950th Engineer Company (-) (Clearance) - Superior
- Detachment 1, 950th Engineer Company - Spooner
- 951st Engineer Company (-) (Wheeled Sapper) - Tomahawk
- Detachment 1, 951st Engineer Company - Rhinelander
Abbreviations:
(-) - Headquarters of a split unit
HIMARS - High–Mobility Artillery Rocket System
157th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade - Heraldry
157th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade
121st Field Artillery Regiment
724th Engineer Battalion (not yet posted)
257th Brigade Support Battalion
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