Today’s 279th Army Field Support Brigade—mistakenly referred to as the “279th Support Brigade” by several major insignia vendors who should know better—first received its current numeric designation when an Alabama National Guard unit, the HQ of the 151st Engineer Combat Battalion, was consolidated with the U.S. Army unit the 279th Antiaircraft Automatic Weapons Battalion and designated the 279th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated Headquarters, 279th Signal Battalion in 1959, the unit experienced several Federal activations over the next few decades. In September 2008 it received its current title, and was named one of the U.S. Army Sustainment Command’s major subordinate commands, the only National Guard unit so honored. It is currently allotted to the Alabama Army National Guard.
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