The 130th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade is a unit in the North Carolina Army National Guard. The unit carries a long lineage that takes it back to the before the First World War. In 2020, the brigade was deployed for the COVID-19 response. The brigade responded to Hurricane Florence in 2018 and Hurricane Helene in 2024.
Unit History
March 6, 1911 - Company D (Hornets' Nest Rifles), 1st Infantry Regiment, North Carolina National Guard, Charlotte, NC, served June 1916 - August 1917 Mexican Border service. September 12, 1917 - Redesignated Company F, 105th Engineers, 30th Infantry Division. Demobilized April 28, 1919 Camp Jackson, SC. April 26, 1923 reorganized Company C, 105th Engineers, 30th Infantry Division. Federalized September 16, 1940 February 16, 1942 redesignated HHC Co., 105th Engineers, 30th Infantry Division. August 1, 1942 redesignated Headquarters and Service Co., 105th Combat Engineer Battalion, 30th Infantry Division. Demobilized November 16, 1945 Camp Jackson, SC September 16, 1947 redesignated Headquarters and Service Co., 378th Combat Engineer Battalion, Federalized August 14, 1950 October 28, 1954 redesignated Headquarters and Service Co., 105th Engineer Battalion, 30th Infantry Division. Demobilized February 22, 1955 November 30, 1956 redesignated Headquarters Co., 105th Engineer Battalion November 1, 1973 redesignated HHC Co. 105th Engineer Group (separate) October 1, 1978 redesignated HHC, 30th Engineer Brigade. Federalized October 26, 2004 - April 23, 2006 September 1, 2006 redesignated HHC, 130th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade
Subordinate Units
130th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade (NC ARNG) Charlotte Armory Headquarters and Headquarters Company 690th Brigade Support Battalion Kinston Armory Headquarters and Headquarters Company Company A Edenton Armory Company B Farmville Armory 295th Signal Company 105th Engineer Battalion Raeford Armory Headquarters and Headquarters Company Forward Support Company 151st Engineer Company Laurinburg Armory 881st Engineer Company Rockingham Armory 882nd Engineer Company Mocksville Armory 429th Engineer Detachment Butner Armory 505th Engineer Battalion Gastonia Armory Headquarters and Headquarters Company Forward Support Company 875th Engineer Company North Wilkesboro Armory 878th Engineer Company Kings Mountain Armory 883rd Engineer Company Winston-Salem Armory 258th Engineer Detachment Butner Armory 621st Engineer Detachment 823rd Engineer Detachment Elkin Armory 1131st Engineer Detachment Mooresville Armory 725th Engineer Platoon Butner Armory 105th Military Police Battalion Asheville Armory Headquarters and Headquarters Company 210th Military Police Company Franklin Armory 211th Military Police Company Clyde Armory 514th Military Police Company CPT Christopher S. Cash Memorial Armed Forces Reserve Center | Winterville 1132nd Military Police Company Rocky Mount Armory
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