44th Medical Brigade

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44th Medical Brigade
Shoulder sleeve insignia
Active30 December 1965 – 19 March 1973
21 September 1974 – present
CountryUS
BranchRegular Army
Garrison/HQFort Liberty
Nickname(s)Dragon Medics
EngagementsVietnam War
Operation Urgent Fury
Operation Just Cause
Operation Desert Storm
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Commanders
Current
commander
COL Caryn Vernon
Notable
commanders
BG Hal B. Jennings

BG Spurgeon Neel
BG James B. Peake

BG George Weightman
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia

The 44th Medical Brigade is a US Army unit located at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, providing health care and medical services to the Fort Liberty community, and continuing training in its combat support mission. It was the U.S. Army's second operational medical brigade and, when deployed to the Republic of Vietnam in 1966, the first to support ground combat operations. It has since participated in every major ground combat operation of the United States Army.