The 192d Infantry Brigade was constituted June 24th, 1921 in the Organized Army Reserves as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 192d Brigade and assigned to the 96th Division in Seattle, Washington. Converted and re-designated in April 1942 (concurrently with the 191st Infantry Brigade) as the 96th Reconnaissance Troop of the 96th Infantry Division. Ordered onto active service on August 15th, 1942 and reorganized at Camp Adair, Oregon, as the 96th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, 96th Infantry Division.

Deployed in 1944 to Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, the 96th Infantry Division led the "Return to the Philippines Assault" and landed on Leyte Island on October 20th, 1944. The Division seized Leyte beaches, Hill 120 and Catman Hill before moving inland and defeated major Japanese resistance and attacks at Tabonatabon and the Central Leyte Valley airfields. The Division completed the Leyte mop-up and prepared to depart for the Ryukyus Campaign. Landed again with the 96th Infantry Division during amphibious assault landings on Okinawa April 1st, 1945, the Division captured Dick Hill and Conical Hill and broke the resistance. The Division completed the Okinawa mop-up in late July 1945 and sailed to Mindoro Island in the Philippines to prepare for the planned invasion of Japan.

The Division returned to the United States in January 1946 and was disbanded. The Cavalry Troop was inactivated February 3rd, 1947, at Camp Anza, California. The troop was reorganized and re-designated over the next 15 years, before the Brigade was finally deactivated from the 96th Infantry Division in November 1962. Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 192d Infantry Brigade remained inactive until withdrawn February 8th, 2007, from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Active Army as Headquarters, 192d Infantry Brigade and reactivated at Fort Benning, Georgia.

The Brigade today is responsible for conducting Army Basic Combat Training in direct support of the Global War on Terrorism. The Brigade consists of three Basic Combat Training Battalions, and the 30th Adjutant General Battalion (Reception).