194th Armored Brigade ( United States ) In 1962 , the 194th Armored Brigade was assigned to the US Army ' s Combat Developments Command to test new materiel at Fort Ord , California . It assumed the mission of the tank battalion of the 5th Infantry Division previously there . The next change occurred in the mid - 1960s amid Army - wide reductions to make resources available for the Vietnam War . In a personnel - saving action , the Combat Developments Command ' s 194th Armored Brigade at Fort Ord was replaced by a battalion - size combat team and reorganized at Fort Knox to support the Armor School in place of the 16th Armored Group . Under the new configuration , the brigade included one mechanized infantry and two armored battalions . The brigade was cannibalized to fill out CONUS - based III Corps units deploying to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm . Historical Composition . David Isby & Charles Kamps , Jr . , record the composition of the 194th Armored Brigade ( Separate ) in 1984 in " Armies of NATO ’ s Central Front " as including : There were the following units assigned to the 194th Armored Brigade ( Separate ) in 1990 . They were : The brigade downsized to primarily the 19th Engineer Battalion and Task Force 1st Battalion , 10th Cavalry . The task force consisted of a headquarters company , three armored ( M - 1 Abrams ) companies , two infantry companies ( mechanized ) and one field artillery battery ( M109 SP 155mm - Battery A , 77th Field Artillery ) . The brigade was reduced to a separate battalion task force in 1993 , the 2d Battalion , 33d Armor , of which at least three companies were tank and one was mechanized infantry , with sources also mentioning artillery and Bradley M - 3 scout companies . 2 – 33 AR Task Force was finally disbanded in mid - late 1994 . Today . The 194th Armored Brigade designation has been restored to active duty . It assumed command of the 1st Armored Training Brigade at Fort Knox , Kentucky , and is now charged with the responsibility of One Station Unit Training ( OSUT ) , which trains tankers and cavalry scouts . It also consists of two infantry battalions ( 1st and 2d battalions of the 46th Infantry Regiment ) which conduct nine - week basic training . The brigade includes the 46th Adjutant General Battalion , which primarily conducts reception operations for soldiers going to Advanced Individual Training , Basic Training and One Station Unit Training . The 194th Armored Brigade has been reactivated at Fort Benning , Georgia to serve as a Basic Combat Training Brigade . ORDER OF BATTLE Lineage of Headquarters , 194th Armored Brigade . Constituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and Headquarters Company , 194th Infantry Brigade , and assigned to the 97th Division Organized in June 1922 at Concord , New Hampshire Redesignated 23 March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company , 194th Brigade Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company , 194th Infantry Brigade Converted and redesignated 12 February 1942 as the 3d Platoon , 97th Reconnaissance Troop , 97th Division ( Headquarters and Headquarters Company , 193d Infantry Brigade , concurrently converted and redesignated as the 97th Reconnaissance Troop , [ less 3d Platoon ] , 97th Division ) Troop ordered into active military service 25 February 1943 and reorganized at Camp Swift , Texas , as the 97th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop , an element of the 97th Infantry Division Reorganized and redesignated 1 August 1943 as the 97th Reconnaissance Troop , Mechanized Reorganized and redesignated 15 October 1945 as the 97th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop Inactivated 31 March 1946 in Japan ( Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps ; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve ) 3d Platoon , 97th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop converted and redesignated 15 July 1962 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company , 194th Infantry Brigade , and relieved from assignment to the 97th Infantry Division ; concurrently withdrawn from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army ( remainder of troop concurrently converted and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company , 193d Infantry Brigade — hereafter separate lineage ) Converted and redesignated 1 October 1962 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company , 194th Armored Brigade Activated 21 December 1962 at Fort Ord , California Inactivated 29 June 1995 at Fort Knox , Kentucky Transferred 9 November 2006 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command Headquarters activated 10 July 2007 at Fort Knox , Kentucky