The 32nd Medical Brigade is a medical brigade in the United States Army formed in 1940. The units is a part of the United States Army Medical Department Center and School

United States Army Medical Department Center and School

The United States Army Medical Department Center and School — located at Fort Sam Houston, Texas — is both a school and a "think tank". The School serves the U.S. Army in educating and training all of its medical personnel...

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Structure

The following units are subordinate to the brigade:

• 187th Medical Battalion
• 232nd Medical Battalion
• 264th Medical Battalion

Lineage

Organized 1 June 1940 in the Regular Army at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, as Provisional Medical Battalion, The Medical Field Service School

Consolidated 11 August 1940 with the 32d Medical Battalion (concurrently constituted in the Regular Army), and consolidated unit designated as the 32d Medical Battalion

Inactivated 30 April 1948 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas

Redesignated 19 August 1992 as the 132d Medical Battalion

Headquarters, 132d Medical Battalion, redesignated 1 October 2002 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 32d Medical Brigade (remainder of the battalion disbanded); concurrently transferred to the United States Army Medical Command and activated at Fort Sam Houston, Texas