1st Armored Brigade Combat Team ( 34th Division ) The 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team is a Minnesota Army National Guard organization which is part of the 34th Infantry Division . Early history . The lineage of the 1st ABCT headquarters dates from the American Civil War . A volunteer militia unit , the Stillwater Guards , had been enrolled into Minnesota ’ s organized militia , and in 1861 was called to federal service as Company B , 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment . The 1st Minnesota Regiment was reorganized as 1st Battalion , Minnesota Volunteer Infantry in 1864 . In February , 1865 the battalion was again reformed as the 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment . The regiment was mustered out in July , 1865 , following the end of the war . Spanish - American War . In 1883 the Minnesota National Guard organized a new Stillwater unit , Company K , 1st Infantry Regiment . This unit served in the Philippines during the Spanish - American War when the regiment was federalized as the 13th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry . In 1912 Company K , 1st Infantry Regiment was re - designated Company K , 3rd Infantry Regiment . The unit was called to federal service in 1916 during the Pancho Villa Expedition . World War I . Company K was called to federal service and reorganized in 1917 as Battery F , 125th Field Artillery . The 125th Field Artillery deployed to France and participated in World War I by providing individual replacements to other units . The regiment was demobilized at Camp Dodge , Iowa in 1919 . In 1921 a post - World War I reorganization of the National Guard caused Battery F to be reconfigured as Headquarters , 1st Battalion , 135th Infantry Regiment and Howitzer Company , 135th Infantry . World War II . The 1st Battalion Headquarters was re - designated in 1925 as Company A , 135th Infantry , and in 1939 Howitzer Company was reorganized as Company D , 135th Infantry . Companies A and D were activated for World War II and served in the European Theater from February , 1941 to November , 1945 . Korean War . In 1946 the 135th Infantry was moved from the 35th Infantry Division to the 47th , and Companies A and D were reorganized as Headquarters Company , 1st Battalion , 135th Infantry and Antitank Company , 135th Infantry . In 1948 Antitank Company was re - designated Heavy Mortar Company , 135th Infantry . In 1951 Headquarters Company , 1st Battalion and Heavy Mortar Company were called to federal service with the 135th Infantry , which was organized with the 45th Infantry Division during the Korean War . They were released from federal service in 1954 . Late 20th Century . In 1959 the 1st Battalion Headquarters and Heavy Mortar Company were consolidated as Headquarters Company , 1st Battle Group , 135th Infantry Regiment , 47th Infantry Division . The 1st Battle Group Headquarters was reconfigured in 1963 as Headquarters Company , 1st Battalion , 135th Infantry . In 1968 the 1st Battalion Headquarters was re - designated Headquarters , 1st Brigade , 47th Infantry Division . In 1991 the 47th Division was reflagged as the 34th Division , and the 1st Brigade , including its Headquarters , was reallocated to the 34th Infantry Division . 21st century . Since the September 11 , 2001 terrorist attacks , units and individuals of 1st Brigade , 34th Division have participated in operations including homeland defense missions , the war in Iraq and the War in Afghanistan . In 2006 the Army ’ s conversion to modular brigades led to 1st Brigade ’ s reorganization as 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team . From 2009 to 2012 the 1st ABCT deployed to Southwest Asia and conducted security operations in Kuwait and Iraq as part of . Task Organization . As of 2013 , the 1st ABCT includes : 1st Brigade Headquarters and Headquarters Company , Bloomington ; 1st Combined Arms Battalion , 194th Armor , Brainerd ; 2nd Battalion , 135th Infantry , Mankato ; 2nd Combined Arms Battalion 136th Infantry , Moorhead ; 1st Squadron , 94th Cavalry , Duluth ; 1st Battalion , 125th Field Artillery , New Ulm ; 134th Brigade Troops Battalion , Bloomington ; 134th Brigade Support Battalion , Camp Ripley .