 The brigade remained in Germany in support of V Corps for almost 25 years , seeing no deployments . It underwent a <unk> of units as several of its battalions were reassigned elsewhere following the end of the Cold War in 1990 , and it gained new battalions from units <unk> elsewhere . Though three of the brigade 's subordinate battalions deployed to support Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm , the brigade headquarters itself remained in Germany along with the rest of V Corps . The operations were conducted by VII Corps and <unk> Airborne Corps , which had significant engineer assets of their own . Throughout the early 1990s , the brigade would continue to see units come and go from its command as they were transferred from the restructuring 18th Engineer Brigade and the <unk> 7th Engineer Brigade . 
