1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division

The Special Troops Battalion was a new unit designed to house the separate company-sized elements needed for specialized missions under the BCT model. The intelligence company, military police, engineers, and Signaleers were assigned to the STB. This model changed over time as maneuver brigades determined how to command and control these specialized units, all of which were needed for the BCT to operate independently across vast distances. I was the Alpha Company Commander of ASSASSIN, the Military Intelligence Company for 1st BCT. Bravo Company was the Signal Company, BUSHMASTER. HHC, THUNDER, included the military police, engineers, and other low-density specialties needed by the brigade.