areas ranging from Search and Rescue operations to reconstruction of lines and communications in the stricken areas. The maximum troop strength committed was 286 personnel, the majority of which came from the 76th Engineer Battalion. Elements of the 1st Squadron, 6th Armored Cavalry, 42d Transportation Battalion, 44th Medical Brigade, and 519th Military Police Battalion were also deployed to assist civil authorities. 1973 A series of MTOE actions took place in 1973, including: The attachment of the 247th Medical Detachment to the 44th Medical Brigade on 12 February 1973 The Inactivation of the 212th Medical Detachment (Helicopter Ambulance) on 29 March 1973 The Reorganization and Redesignation of the 10th Evacuation Hospital as the 10th Combat Support Hospital on 21 March 1973 On 19 March 1973, the Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 44th Medical Brigade was inactivated at Fort Meade, Maryland. The 44th Medical Brigade at Fort Bragg—Dragon Medics! The brigade was reactivated on 21 September 1974 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, assigned to the XVIII Airborne Corps. The 44th Medical Brigade deployed in support of XVIII Airborne Corps operations in Grenada, Panama, and Iraq, the last of which earned the brigade another Meritorious Unit Commendation. On 16 July 1992, the brigade became a separate major subordinate command with a general officer commanding. Following the reorganization, the 44th Medical Brigade participated in Operation Uphold Democracy, Operation Enduring Freedom, and most recently, Operation Iraqi Freedom. The brigade has also participated in hurricane relief efforts, including those following Hurricane Andrew, Hurricane Katrina, and Hurricane Rita. The brigade was converted to a Medical Command on 16 October 2001 and became a multi-component unit. While at Fort Bragg the brigade had become an Airborne unit, but as part of its conversion the 44th lost this designation. Only headquarters elements and a very limited number of its subordinate units had actually been on jump status, and the reorganization from a command back to a brigade removed headquarters elements from jump status. The unit was redesignated as the 44th Medical Brigade on 21 April 2010. Former Commanders Former Command Sergeants Major Insignia Shoulder sleeve insignia Description: On a white shield within a white border in width overall a four-pointed gold star (with longer vertical points) superimposed on a maroon four-pointed star (points saltirewise and all of equal length) between two maroon flanks. Symbolism: Maroon and white are the colors used for the Army Medical Service. The gold star superimposed