US ARMY SEPARATE BRIGADES

ORGANIZATIONAL FLAGS

Notes

US Army separate brigades are authorized organizational flags. Designs are as follows:

The flags are vertical bicolors, 3 feet at the hoist by 4 feet on the fly with 2 1/2-inch yellow fringe. They are made of heavyweight rayon banner cloth with insignia applied to appear properly on both sides of the flag. For most brigade types, the hoist stripe is in the first-named branch color and the fly stripe is in the second-named branch color. The brigade's shoulder sleeve insignia in proper colors is centered on the flag.

Campaign and unit decoration streamers, if authorized, are always displayed with these flags.

Image Added March 2007

1st Sustainment Brigade

ARMORED & CAVALRY SEPARATE BRIGADES
 

                   

Left: 30th ARMORED BRIGADE          Right: 116th CAVALRY BRIGADE

The 30th Armored Brigade, a National Guard unit, descends from the now-inactivated 30th Infantry Division.

AIRBORNE & INFANTRY SEPARATE BRIGADES
 

                   

Left: 173rd AIRBORNE BRIGADE         Right: 172nd INFANTRY BRIGADE
 

                   

Left: 193rd INFANTRY BRIGADE          Right: 196th INFANTRY BRIGADE (LIGHT)

Infantry branch colors are light blue and white but the flag for separate airborne and infantry brigades is national flag blue and scarlet, the same colors used for flags of airborne and infantry divisions.

FIELD ARTILLERY & AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY BRIGADES
 

                   

Left: 30th FIELD ARTILLERY BRIGADE          Right: 103rd FIELD ARTILLERY BRIGADE

 

32nd AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY BRIGADE

The ADA branch colors (scarlet and yellow) are the same as those of the FA branch.

ENGINEER BRIGADES
 

                   

Left: 20th ENGINEER BRIGADE          Right: 130th ENGINEER BRIGADE

MILITARY POLICE BRIGADES
 

                   

Left: MILITARY POLICE BRIGADE HAWAII     Right: 409th MP PRISONER OF WAR CAMP

 Military Police Prisoner of War Camps are brigade-equivalent headquarters elements controlling the various units that administer, support and guard prisoner of war facilities.

AVIATION & CHEMICAL BRIGADES
 

                   

Left: 244th AVIATION BRIGADE          Right: 31st CHEMICAL BRIGADE

Ultramarine blue and golden orange, the branch colors of the old US Army Air Corps, were adopted as the colors of the Aviation branch. The 31st Chemical Brigade, a National Guard unit, descends from the now-inactivated 31st Infantry Division.

MILITARY INTELLIGENCE & CIVIL AFFAIRS BRIGADES
 

                   

Left: 525th MILITARY INTELLIGENCE BRIGADE     Right: 309th CIVIL AFFAIRS BRIGADE

SUSTAINMENT & SUPPORT BRIGADES
 

                    

Left: 1st SUSTAINMENT BRIGADE          Right: 103rd SUPPORT BRIGADE

Support brigades have recently been retitled as sustainment brigades. These brigades are not branch oriented. They contain a variety of combat service support-type units (supply, transportation, ordnance, etc.) The 103rd Support Brigade, a US Army Reserve unit, used the SSI of the former 103rd Infantry Division.

SIGNAL BRIGADES
 

7th SIGNAL BRIGADE

ORDNANCE & TRANSPORTATION BRIGADES
 

                

Left: 57th ORDNANCE BRIGADE          Right: 184th TRANSPORTATION BRIGADE

MEDICAL BRIGADES
 

807th MEDICAL BRIGADE

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