United States Army 199th Infantry Brigade (Redcatchers)

U. S. ARMY 199TH INFANTRY BRIGADE (REDCATCHERS) -  The 199th Infantry Brigade (Light) is a unit of the United States Army which served in the Army Reserve from 1921–1940, in the active army from 1966 to 1970 (serving in the Vietnam War), briefly in 1991–1992 at Fort Lewis, and from 2007 as an active army training formation at Fort Benning.

The brigade was first formed in the West Virginia Organized Reserve in 1921, as part of the 100th Infantry Division.  It incorporated the 398th and 399th Infantry Regiments.  However, with the reorganisation of the Army from four-regiment to three-regiment divisions as World War II approached, the brigade was disbanded in 1940.

The unit was formed for the second time at Fort Benning in 1966.  Nicknamed "the Redcatchers", the unit was hastily moved to Sông Bé, Vietnam on December 10, 1966 to provide an increased U.S. presence in the III Corps Tactical Zone and remained there until its return to Fort Benning on October 11, 1970, where it was inactivated.  The unit was briefly reactivated at Fort Lewis Washington from the remains of the 9th Infantry Division.

During 1969, the 199th was responsible for the security of the region north and east of the capital, and in 1970 moved into the "Iron Triangle" when other units participated in the Cambodian Incursion.

During the draw down of the 9th Infantry Division at Fort Lewis in 1991–1992, a residual brigade, based around the division's 3rd Brigade, was briefly active as the 199th Separate Motorized Brigade before being reflagged as the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment.

On June 27, 2007, as part of the Transformation of the US Army, the 11th Infantry Regiment was reflagged as the 199th Infantry Brigade at Fort Benning.