197th Infantry Brigade ( United States ) The 197th Infantry Brigade ( " Sledgehammer " ) was an Infantry brigade of the United States Army . Currently , the brigade is garrisoned at Fort Benning , GA as part of TRADOC . The brigade ' s mission is to " access and train Soldiers and Infantry leaders , demonstrate Infantry tactics , provide subject matter expertise , develop doctrine and support the USAIS in order to provide the army with soldiers and leaders prepared to fight and win . " Description . For the new Reorganization Objective Army Division ( ROAD ) brigade at Fort Benning , Georgia , the adjutant general on 1 August 1962 restored elements of the 99th Reconnaissance Troop , which thirty years earlier had been organized by consolidating infantry brigade headquarters and headquarters companies of the 99th Infantry Division , as Headquarters and Headquarters Companies , 197th and 198th Infantry Brigades . The following month the 197th Infantry Brigade was activated at Fort Benning . When the Third U . S . Army activated the brigade to support training at the Infantry Center , it consisted of a composite artillery battalion ( 105 - mm . and 155 - mm . howitzers and Honest John s ) , an armor battalion , a mechanized infantry battalion , two infantry battalions , an engineer company , and a chemical platoon , but no support battalion . The strength of the brigade was approximately 3 , 500 men . In late 1965 an infantry battalion of the 197th Infantry Brigade was inactivated at Fort Benning to provide personnel for expanding the Army in Vietnam . In early 1973 , to provide personnel needed for the Infantry School , Continental Army Command directed that the school support troops be reorganized and the 197th be restructured as a unit in the Strategic Army Force . On 21 March 1973 the brigade officially joined the strategic force , fielding one battalion each of infantry , mechanized infantry , and armor . In 1984 - 85 the brigade consisted of the 3 - 7 Infantry , the 4 - 7 Infantry , the 2nd Battalion , 69th Armor Regiment , 5 - 82 FA , Troop A , 15th Cavalry Regiment , and the 72nd Engineer Company ( Combat ) . Located on Kelley Hill at Fort Benning , the unit mission was not only support to the Infantry School but also to specialize in desert , jungle and urban warfare . The 197th Infantry Brigade ( Mechanized ) ( Separate ) was a stand - alone heavy brigade , which during the Gulf War ( Desert Storm ) was attached to the 24th Infantry Division out of Fort Stewart , Georgia as their third brigade . Soldiers in the 197th who are veterans of the Gulf War wear as their combat patch the patch of the 197th , not the 24th . However , The Institute of Heraldry has not yet minted a combat service identification badge ( CSIB ) for the 197th . Organization . Gulf War . During Operation Desert Storm , the brigade was composed of : The 197th was inactivated within months of returning from the war , to be officially reactivated as the 3rd Brigade , 24th Infantry Division . The motto of the 197th is " Sledgehammer " and the unit is unofficially known as the " $ 1 . 97 " ( the " dollar ninety - seven " ) , the " Buck and Change " , and the " Bite the Bullet " brigade . Current . The current incarnation of the 197th was created by " reflagging " or redesignating the 29th Infantry Regiment . It is currently organized as follows :