225th Engineer Brigade (United States)
The 225th Engineer Brigade is a combat heavy engineer brigade of the Louisiana Army National Guard. It is one of the largest engineer formations in the United States Army National Guard. The 225th Engineer Brigade is headquartered at Camp Beauregard near Pineville, Louisiana in Rapides Parish. The brigade conducts missions of mobility, counter-mobility, survivability, and civil engineering support. The brigade possesses a mixture of civil and combat engineer units to accomplish these missions.
History
During 2007 the 225th Engineer Brigade served as the headquarters and construction element for Operations New Horizons 2007. During this mission four construction projects consisting of two-classrooms were built at four different schools within the nation of Belize in Central America. These projects where at Carmelita, Belize; Crookedtree, Belize; Hattieville; and Trial Farm, Belize. In addition to these construction mission medical, dental, and veterinary services were provide for several thousand Belizians at Orange Walk, Belize; Burrel Boom, Belize; and Ladyville, Belize.In Operation New Horizons 2000, the brigade constructed buildings on Price Barracks, a military installation outside of Ladyville shared by the British Army and the Belizian Defense Force.
In Operation New Horizons 1997 the brigade constructed a school at Guadalupe.
In 1990 the 769th Engineer Battalion participated in the "Fuertes Caminos", a low intensity conflict from 6 January to 7 July 1990. During Operation Beyond the Horizons 2008, the 225th Engineer Brigade will provide construction support to humanitarian assistance missions in Honduras.
The 769th Engineer Battalion participated in "Operation Minuteman" in 1990 by constructing a 12 km road in rural Panama. This battalion also repaired schools, churches, and medical facilities during this operation.
In Afghanistan and Iraq, during the "Global War on Terror" since 2001, the brigade has deployed battalion and company sized elements to Afghanistan and Iraq. In Afghanistan elements of the 769th Engineer Battalion served as part of Task Force Dragon and Task Force Panther under the 505th Infantry Regiment around Bagram Air Base.
The brigade deployed in support to the New Orleans area after Hurricane Katrina. Hundreds of soldiers from the 225th Engineer Brigade have served on Joint Task Force Gator which has provided law enforcement support to New Orleans from summer 2006 to February 28, 2009.
As of 14 July 2008 HSC and FSC of the 769th Engineer Battalion returned after a year in Iraq. The units mobilized and demobilized from Fort McCoy, Wisconsin.
Feb. 2008 – Mar. 2009, the 927th Sapper Company of the 769th Engineer Battalion deployed to serve a year in Afghanistan.
29 Aug. 2008, the 225th Engineer Brigade mobilized in preparation for Hurricane Gustav. The brigade conducted operations alongside units from several states such as: 203rd Engineer Battalion Missouri, 216th Engineer Battalion Ohio, 224th Engineer Battalion Iowa, and also units of infantry and military police from Kentucky, Tennessee, and Nebraska. The 769th Engineer Battalion operated in the following parishes: East Baton Rouge Parish, Ascension, Assumption, and Iberville. The brigade continued operations through September 2008.
May, 2010 - Members of the 2225th Multi-Role Bridging Company, which is part of the 225th and located at Camp Villere in Slidell, Louisiana, built & operated floating bridges to help support the cleanup efforts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf Of Mexico.
September, 2017 - Members of the 922nd Engineer Company, 528 Engineer Battalion, were deployed to Puerto Rico to assist in recovery efforts in response to Hurricane Maria. The unit's main tasks were road clearance using heavy machinery and food/water/medical supply distribution.
Hurricane Isaac
Organization
The 225th Engineer Brigade consists of a Headquarters and Headquarters Company and four Combat Heavy Engineer Battalions.225th Engineer Brigade
Headquartered at Camp Beauregard, LA
- Headquarters & Headquarters Company
- Headquartered in Bogalusa, LA in Washington Parish
- Headquarters & Headquarters Company
- 1021st Engineer Company in Covington, LA
- 843rd Engineer Company
- 2225th Engineer Company in Marrero, LA
- Forward Support Company
- Headquartered in Ruston, LA in Lincoln Parish
- Headquarters & Headquarters Company at Ruston, LA
- 844th Engineer Company at Camp Beauregard
- 1020th Engineer Company at Marksville, LA in Avoyelles Parish
- 1022nd Engineer Company at West Monroe, LA in Ouachita Parish
- Forward Support Company at Ruston, LA
- Headquartered in Monroe, LA in Ouachita Parish
- Headquarters & Service Company at Monroe, LA
- Forward Support Company at Monroe, LA
- 922nd Engineer Company at Gonzales, Louisiana in Ascension Parish
- 830th Engineer Team at Monroe, LA
- 832nd Engineer Team at Plaquemine, LA
- 921st Engineer Company at Winnsboro, LA in Franklin Parish
- 1023rd Engineer Company at Bastrop, LA in Morehouse Parish
Headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Headquarters & Headquarters Company at Baton Rouge, Louisiana in East Baton Rouge Parish
- 926th Engineer Company at Baker, Louisiana in East Baton Rouge Parish
- 927th Engineer Company at Baton Rouge, Louisiana in East Baton Rouge Parish
- 928th Engineer Company at Napoleonville in Assumption Parish
- Forward Support Company at Baton Rouge, Louisiana in East Baton Rouge Parish