130th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade


The 130th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade is a unit in the North Carolina 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, 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
  • 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 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