On Friday 11 January 2018, the U.S. Army activated the 589th Brigade Support Battalion in Grafenwöhr to support its new field artillery brigade permanently stationed in Europe. The maintenance battalion will support the 41st Field Artillery Brigade, which was activated at the base on 30 November 2018.

U.S. field artillery in action (Picture source: U.S. Army Europe)

Once fully activated in 2020, the brigade and its subordinate units will also include two Multiple Launch Rocket System battalions and a signal company. The 589th Brigade Support Battalion was originally activated in England in the last years of World War II and has been deactivated and reactivated in many places throughout its history. It was last inactivated in 2015 at Fort Hood, Texas.