Glancing over the history and lineage of the 158th Infantry Brigade, you might suspect that someone had made a typo and mistakenly inserted the history of the 157th instead. That’s because the two units do share the same lineage and decorations from the time they were activated as the 158th Infantry Brigade on 25 August 1917 until 5 November 1962, when 3rd Platoon, 79th Reconnaissance Company was split off from the rest of the 79th Recon to form the 158th Infantry Brigade; the remainder became the 157th Infantry Brigade.
And, just like the 157th, the 158th was converted to a training unit subordinate to First Army; the 157th was formed using assets of 5th Brigade, 87th Division, while the 158th was created with the assets of the same Division’s 2nd Brigade. Headquartered at Camp Shelby, the Brigade is under the command of First Army, Division East, where its training regimen focuses on bringing its students up to the “One Standard” of excellence required in today’s Army.
The 158th Infantry Brigade Shoulder Sleeve Insignia was approved on 5 February 2007. An arced rectangle with a diagonal division into yellow and flag-blue fields (in the color version), the insignia has two countercharged pheons that denote readiness for combat. A similarly countercharged bayonet is a symbol of close combat and serves as the diagonal divisor, which creates the military symbol for Reconnaissance units and thus recalling the Brigade’s origins as the 3rd Platoon, 79th Reconnaissance Troop.
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