Colorado Springs Military Relocation

Fort Carson Units - 3rd Brigade Combat Team (BCT)

The 3rd BCT, 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized), or the "Iron Brigade," is composed of two M2A2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle equipped infantry battalions (1-8 IN and 1-12 IN), one M1A1 Abrams equipped armor battalion (1-68 AR), one M109A6 155mm Paladin equipped field artillery battalion (3-29 FA), one mechanized combat engineer battalion (4 ENG), and one forward support battalion (64 FSB). In addition, the Brigade Combat Team has a Headquarters and Headquarters' Company, a Bradley Stinger Fighting Vehicle/Stinger air defense battery (C/1-44 ADA), a military intelligence company (C/104 MI), a signal company (534 SIG), and one brigade recon troop (B/9 Cavalry) to support its combat operations. Three of these companies' parent battalions are located at Ft. Bragg.