79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (United States)

79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
	Shoulder sleeve insignia
Active	1917–19, 1921-42, 2008–present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Brigade
Part of	40th Infantry Division
Garrison/HQ	San Diego, California (HQ)
Motto(s)	Dominate the Fight
Engagements	World War I Battle of Saint-Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne Offensive; World War II Central Pacific; Northern Solomons; Bismark Archipelago; Leyte; Southern Philippines; War on Terrorism Afghanistan;
Decorations	Philippine Presidential Unit Citation
Commanders
Current; commander	Colonel Jeramy Hopkins
Command Sergeant Major	CSM Richard Aller
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia

The 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team is an infantry brigade of the United States Army and the California Army National Guard. In late 2008, the 40th Infantry Brigade Combat Team was redesignated as the 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team without changing its composition.

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^ Gretel C. Kovach (18 January 2013). "S.D. National Guard Unit Preps for a Final Afghan Deployment". San Diego Union Tribune. Archived from the original on 9 May 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2013.