39th Brigade Special Troops Battalion (United States)

The 39th Brigade Special Troops Battalion (BSTB) was a unit of the 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT), Arkansas Army National Guard. It served as the brigade's organic enabler, providing command and control, military intelligence, signal communications, and military police support.

The BSTB typically comprised the following components:

• Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC): Provided command, control, and administrative support for the battalion.
• Military Intelligence Company (MICO): Responsible for intelligence collection, analysis, and dissemination. This included signals intelligence (SIGINT), human intelligence (HUMINT), and imagery intelligence (IMINT).
• Signal Company: Provided communications support for the brigade, including radio, telephone, and data network services.
• Military Police Platoon: Provided law enforcement, security, and traffic control within the brigade's area of operations.
• Engineer Company (sometimes attached): Provided mobility, counter-mobility, and survivability support to the brigade.

The 39th BSTB, like other BSTBs within the US Army's modular brigade structure, played a crucial role in enhancing the brigade's operational capabilities. It was designed to provide the essential support functions necessary for the brigade to conduct a wide range of missions.

Units like the 39th BSTB have been reorganized or redesignated as part of larger Army modernization initiatives. Specific details on the current status of the 39th BSTB should be verified through official sources such as the Arkansas National Guard or the US Army Center of Military History.