54th Engineer Battalion (United States)
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The 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion is a combat engineer battalion of the United States Army headquartered at Caserma Ederle in Vicenza, Italy.
54th Engineer Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team | |
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Active | 54 EN BN: 1948-94,1997-2014 BSTB: 8 Jun 2006-17 Jun 15 54 BEB: 17 Jun 2015-present |
Country | United States of America |
Allegiance | United States Army |
Branch | Active duty |
Type | Combat engineer battalion |
Size | Battalion |
Part of | 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team |
Garrison/HQ | Caserma Ederle (Vicenza, Italy) |
Nickname(s) | Dagger Battalion |
Motto(s) | Essayons et Faisons (Fr: Let us try and let us do) Daggers In (Unofficial) |
Mascot(s) | Dagger |
Engagements | World War 1 World War 2 Operation Desert Storm Kosovo War Afghanistan Campaign Iraq Campaign |
Commanders | |
Commanding officer | LTC Travis N. Toole [1] |
Command Sergeant Major | CSM Frank E. Batts [1] |
Insignia | |
Distinctive unit insignia (DUI) | |
Battalion beret flash | |
Former DUI of the 173rd Special Troops Battalion |
In its current form, it is the direct continuation of the former Special Troops Battalion, of the 173d Airborne Brigade Combat Team, but it carries the name and continues the lineage of the 54th Engineer Battalion, a previously mechanized Engineer Battalion.
The 54th Engineer Battalion was founded as the 42nd Engineer Battalion, constituted 7 December 1917. It was reorganized into the 20th Engineer Regiment and demobilized in 1918. Upon reactivation in October 1933, it has been somewhat continuously active until today, despite sporadic reorganization and short periods of inactivity.[2]
The Special Troops Battalion was the organization for the command elements of the 173d Airborne Brigade Combat Team but is now the engineer element of the brigade.[3] The battalion contained the brigade's senior command structure, including its Headquarters and Headquarters Company, as well as combat engineer, military intelligence, and signal elements. Activated in 2000 from inactivating support units, the Special Troops Battalion deployed with the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team to Afghanistan in 2007 until 2008 and again in early 2010.