U.S. Army Reserve

 

Our History

The 412th Theater Engineer Command, headquartered in Vicksburg, Miss., is made up of three Brigades and five Direct Reporting Units located in 20 states east of the Mississippi River.

• 1923:
(July) with the activation of the 372d Engineers, First Corps, Organized Reserves.

• During WW II: The unit saw active duty as the 372d Engineer General Service Regiment, ear

A detachment deployed as an Engineer Section to support the Headquarters, U.S. Army Europe.

ning the Meritorious Unit Commendation for action in the European Theater.

• 1949: The unit was re-designed as Headquarters and HeadquartersCompany, 412th Engineer Brigade and assigned to Vicksburg, Miss., under Third U.S. Army.  Its ranks were largely filled by members of the 366th Engineer Construction Group, a successor to the 338th Engineer Regiment, the first post-war Engineer Reserve unit established in Vicksburg.

• 1968: The Brigade was re-designed as the 412th Engineer Command and was assigned to the United States Army Reserve Command



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Recent History
• 2003: A detachment deployed as an Engineer Section to support the Headquarters, U.S. Army Europe.

• 2004: A section from Command Group supported the Multi-National Force in Baghdad, Iraq.

• 2005: The 412th Engineer Command deployed a design management section to support the 130th Engineer Brigade in Iraq

• 2006 and 2008: the 412th Engineer Command deployed two task forces to augment the Gulf Region Division of the Corps of Engineers in Iraq.

2008: The 412th TEC deployed the 926th Engineer Brigade to support the 4th Infantry Division in Baghdad, Iraq.                                                                


On March 23, 2009, the 412th Engineer Command received permanent orders to transform into a Theater Engineer Command.  Those orders reorganized and re-designated the 412th Engineer Command as the 412th Theater Engineer Command effective Oct. 1 2009.