3-66 Armor

On 5 April 1996, 1st Battalion, 77th Armor "Steel Tigers" were activated in Schweinfurt, Germany and assigned to the 2nd “Dagger Brigade” 1st Infantry Division (Mechanized). The unit was reflagged from the 2nd Battalion, 64th Armor "Rogue", 1st "Raider Brigade", 3rd Infantry Division. The unit was sationed in Schweinfurt, Germany for 12 years and deployed to Bosnia, elements in I/SFOR 1A in 1996 and 1B in 1997; Kosovo for 1A in 1999 and 4A in 2002, OIF II in 2004 and OIF 06-08 in 2006.

The 2nd Battalion, 64th Armor "Rogue" moved to Germany as part of the 1st "Raider Brigade" 3rd Infantry Division to preserve freedom’s frontier in the Federal Republic of Germany on 3 April 1963. The 2nd Battalion, 64th Armor was born at this time, and its three sister battalions 1-64, 3-64, and 4-64 Armor under the Combined Arms Regimental System following the Korean War; where the 64th Heavy Tank Battalion was reorganized as the 64th Armor Regiment. 2-64 Armor was the second armor unit in the United States Army to receive the M-1 Abrams Main Battle Tank in the spring of 1982. The unit was stationed in Schweinfurt, Germany for 33 years and participated in many REFORGERs (Return of Forces to Germany) and Winter Warriors across the German countryside. The battalion deployed 4 tank platoons during Desert Shield / Storm and supplemented the 2nd and 11th ACRs often with border missions along the East-West German border.