2nd Infantry Brigade (Estonia)

2nd Infantry Brigade
2. Jalaväebrigaad
Insignia of the 2nd Infantry Brigade
Active 2014–present
Country  Estonia
Type Infantry
Size Brigade
Part of Estonian Defence Forces
Garrison/HQ Sirgu village, Luunja Parish, 62216, Tartu County
Commanders
Current
commander		 Colonel Eero Rebo
Insignia
Flag

The 2nd Infantry Brigade (Estonian: 2. Jalaväebrigaad) is an infantry brigade of the Estonian Land Forces. It is the primary military unit in Southern Estonia. The brigade headquarters is currently based at Sirgu village, Luunja Parish, Tartu County and is commanded by Colonel Eero Rebo.[1] The brigade is tasked with planning and organizing military operations, planning and organizing mobilization, ensuring the readiness and support of its subordinate units, preparing war-time reserve units and their formation, organizing the training and participation in international military operations.[2]

History

The 2nd Infantry Brigade follows in the tradition of the Sakala Partisan Regiment, which was formed on December 25, 1918. The unit was initially named the Sakala Partisan Battalion. It was manned by volunteers and based out of Tartu. In 1919, it became a regiment. The unit received its flag on December 31, 1919. The regiment fought numerous battles on the southern front in the Estonian War of Independence, under Petseri, Võru, Tartu and Viljandi. After the war, the unit became a reserve infantry regiment.

On August 1, 2014, the Southern Defence District was reorganized into the 2nd Infantry Brigade.[3] On September 9, 2015, lieutenant colonel Eero Rebo replaced lieutenant colonel Enno Mõts as the brigades commander. Enno Mõts had been the commander of the unit since 2014.[4] On April 19, 2016, the 2nd Infantry Brigade received the flag of the former Sakala Partisan Regiment.[5]

Structure

The current peace-time structure of the 2nd Infantry Brigade consists of a headquarters, Kuperjanov Infantry Battalion and Combat Service Support Battalion. The headquarters is led by a chief of staff of the battalion, who is directly subordinate to the brigade commander. The headquarters consists of a personnel section (S1), intelligence and security section (S2), operations and training section (S3/7), logistics section (S4), signals section (S6) and finance section (S8). It is tasked with providing the brigade commander with necessary information, planning and analysing his activities, planning the brigades budget, planning and organizing the activities of the subunits, organizing the training of the brigade, evaluating the capabilities of the subunits, planning and preparing military operations and mobilization, analyzing and maintaining the currentness of the brigades table of organization and equipment, planning and guiding the service path of the personnel, coordinating activities with other units of the Defence Forces, organizing civil-military co-operation, and developing the brigades main capabilities. The infantry brigade is tasked with preparing reserve units through training of conscripts, providing support for the training, preparing and executing the formation of war-time and reserve units. The combat service support battalion is tasked with providing administrative and logistics support for training, plus preparing and executing the formation of war-time and reserve units. The battalion commander's are directly subordinate to the brigade commander.[6]

Peace-time structure

War-time structure

The 2nd Infantry Brigade will continue to activate further units to reach full strength by 2022 at the latest and in the end will consist of the following units.[3][7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2nd Infantry Brigade". Estonian Defence Forces. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "Kaitseväe põhimäärus". www.riigiteataja.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  3. 1 2 "2. jalaväebrigaad". mil.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  4. ↑ "2. jalaväebrigaadi asub juhtima kolonelleitnant Eero Rebo". mil.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  5. ↑ Ojakõiv, Jaanika (2016). Lasn, Sverre, ed. "Tuge sümbol liidab 2. jalaväebrigaadi". Sõdur (in Estonian). Tallinn: Headquarters of the Estonian Defence Forces. 3 (90): 18–19. ISSN 1406-3379. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  6. ↑ "2. jalaväebrigaadi põhimäärus" (PDF). mil.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  7. ↑ "Kaitseväe põhimäärus". www.riigiteataja.ee (in Estonian). 2018-07-01. Retrieved 2018-07-16.
  8. ↑ "22. jalaväepataljon sai endale ajaloolise lipu". mil.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 2018-05-30.
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