[1] MEBs are equipped to provide command and control for up to seven battalions that are capable of owning battlespace in combat.

[4] The history of the 55th HBCT headquarters began in July 1898 with the organization of Company K, 11th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment in Scranton.

During the move, the brigade commander COL Konzman discovered there was a time capsule in a cornerstone of the facility and had it removed.

Appropriately, the soldiers of the 109th Infantry Regiment, the element from which the 55th was born, earned the nickname "Men of Iron" for their three-day defense against overwhelming odds during the Champagne-Marne Offensive in World War I.

Soldiers from the 55th Brigade have participated in operations since the September 11 attacks, both as individuals and as members of units.

[20] In 2002-03, the 55th Brigade led "Taskforce Keystone," a major deployment of about 2,000 soldiers of the 28th Infantry Division to Europe to provide force protection and enhanced security in the wake of the September 11 attacks.

While Task Force Keystone was on duty, another 1,100 soldiers from the 28th Division served as the core of the American peacekeeping presence in Bosnia.