26th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade

• Constituted 18 July 1917 in the National Guard as Headquarters, 26th Division (to be organized with troops from Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont) • 1 March 1963: Redesignated as 1st Brigade, 26th Infantry Division, Headquartered at Waltham, Massachusetts. • 1 September 1993: Reorganized as 26th Infantry Brigade, 29th Infantry Division • 2005: Reorganized into the 26th Brigade Combat Team, 42nd Infantry Division • 2008: Reorganized as 26th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade (MEB), a combat support brigade, Camp Curtis Guild, MA • 2016: Relocated to Private First Class Michael J. Perkins Readiness Center, Natick, MA == Units ==

The Brigade consists of: • Headquarters Support Company • 101st Engineer Battalion • HQ & HQ Company • 181st Engineer Company (Vertical) • 182nd Engineer Company (CEC-I) • 379th Engineer Company (Horizontal) • 189th Engineer Detachment (Asphalt) • 211th Military Police Battalion • HQ & HQ Detachment • 747th Military Police Company • 772nd Military Police Company • 972nd Military Police Company • 126th Brigade Support Battalion • HQ & HQ Company • Company A (Distribution) • Company B (Maintenance) • 182nd Medical Company (Area Support) • 26th Network Support Company == Campaign participation credit ==

• World War I • Champagne-Marne • Aisne-Marne • St. Mihiel • Meuse-Argonne • Ile de France 1918 • Lorraine 1918 • World War II • Northern France • Rhineland • Ardennes-Alsace • Central Europe • War on Terrorism (Campaigns to be determined) == Decorations ==

• Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes • Headquarters Company (Natick) additionally entitled to: • French Croix de Guerre with Gilt Star, World War I, Streamer embroidered LORRAINE • French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered LORRAINE • French Croix de Guerre, World War II, Fourragere ==See also==