2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division

Headquarters, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team was organized in July 1872 as a company called the Washington Guards.

In September 1950, Company H was activated for service during the Korean War, and remained mobilized in West Germany until June, 1954.

[10] Following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, members of 2nd Brigade mobilized as units and individuals for both homeland security and missions in Iraq and Afghanistan.

[15] In 2005 and 2006 2nd Brigade served in Iraq under the command of Colonel John L. Gronski, who led a temporary task organization that included units from Vermont, Kentucky, Nebraska, Utah, Indiana and Michigan, as well as regular Army units from the 3rd Infantry Division and 101st Airborne Division.

[16] 2nd Brigade operated in al Anbar Province and received credit for aiding in the organization and training of Iraqi Security Forces, capturing terrorists, destroying insurgent groups, and destroying or disarming more than 1,100 improvised explosive devices.