The 196th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade is a unit of the South Dakota National Guard since September 2009. The unit bears the lineage of the 147th Field Artillery Brigade which was organized in May 1978 at Pierre, S.D. The unit moved to Sioux Falls in 1993. The unit became the 196th MEB in September 2009.
In 2010-2011, the 196 MEB was deployed to Camp Phoenix in Kabul Afghanistan providing resource management, sustainment support and construction oversight.
Subordinate Units
1st Battalion, 147th Field Artillery Regiment Watertown Readiness Center | Watertown Headquarters and Headquarters Battery Battery A Charles J. Milbrandt Armed Forces Reserve Center | Aberdeen Battery B Yankton Armory | Yankton 147th Forward Support Company (Attached) Mitchell Armory | Mitchell 153rd Engineer Battalion Huron Armory | Huron Headquarters and Headquarters Company Forward Support Company Parkston Armory | Parkston 155th Engineer Company Range Road Armory | Rapid City 200th Engineer Company Pierre Armory | Pierre 211th Engineer Company Madison Armory | Madison 842nd Engineer Company Spearfish Armory | Spearfish 927th Engineer Detachment Sioux Falls Armory | Sioux Falls
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