The 196th Infantry Brigade provides National Defense Authorization Act Title XI pre-mobilization, post-mobilization and demobilization support to Army Reserve Component (RC) units in Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, the Commonwealth of Mariana Islands (CNMI), Guam, the Hawaiian Islands, Japan and the Republic of Korea.

These handpicked men would be the cornerstones of the 196th Infantry Brigade's Provisional Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP - pronounced "Lurp") Detachment and trainers for its units' future soldiers called "Lurps". By modus operand, the detachment was authorized by Army regulation as an Airborne unit.

196th Infantry Brigade, Order of Battle in Vietnam. • Company C, 37th Signal Battalion, 1st Signal Brigade (62nd. Co.) There are 7 soldiers of the 196th Infantry Brigade Vietnam still listed as missing in action. There are 2 soldiers of the 196th Infantry Brigade Vietnam that have been identified and recovered. Search US Army Database.

2-196th Infantry Battalion advises and assists the Alaska Army National Guard and US Army Reserves in planning and executing pre-mobilization training to meet US Army, FORSCOM, and USARPAC...

196th LRRP-E/51st LRP-G/75th Rangers by Company Historian John "Gunner" Starnes. The first Long Range Patrol (LRP) Unit was called Long-ranging Patrols Company lead by Captain Knowlton. They were also called "Knowlton's Rangers" the year was 1776.

The 196th Lt. Inf. Bde.'s Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP) began an ambitious operation on Nui Ba Den Mountain, the "Black Virgin" that dominates the terrain of Tay Ninh Province like a rock pile set on a pool table. The mountain has been the home of Viet Cong units since the first days of the war.

196th LRRP (E/51 LRP) Brigade Support 8th Support Battalion 175th Engineer Company 196th MP Platoon 23rd MP Company 408th Radio Research Det. (ASA) 635th MID Team 2 544th MP Plt. 687th Signal Company 196th Signal Co. (Prov) 27th Chemical Detachment 10th Public Information Detachment HHD & BAND, 196th Support Bn (Prov) 569th MI Det 8th AA ...

196th L.B. LRRP July 1967 @ Chu Lia Helicopter Pad RVN. Standing L-R: Hefty, Howard, Mincey, Haussler, Velleri. Kneeling: Anderson

196th LRRP DETACHMENT: 1966-1967. Photos courtesy: Tom Nash. Left to right; standing: Thomas ("Tom") Nash, Wayne L. Price, Paul A ("Killer") Rosselle, Anthony T. ("Zucch") Mazzucchi

The 196th conducted Operation Cedar Falls, Gadsden, Lancaster, Operation Junction City, Benton, and Operation Attleboro (War Zone C of Tay Ninh Province), where it turned into a major action after a large enemy base camp was found on 19 October 1966.