It was then designed uniquely from other separate brigades.
Consistent with regimental combat teams activated before them, these separate brigades were given their own shoulder sleeve insignia.
The first of the separate brigades was the 172nd Infantry Brigade, activated in 1998.
On 20 March 2007 the 12th became a separate brigade under V Corps.
Each independent company was attached to a division or separate brigade and acted as the eyes and ears of those units.
The first of the separate brigades was to be the 172nd Infantry Brigade.
These are Palestinian refugees, trained as regular soldiers, who serve in separate brigades attached to the army of a host country.
The 49th was deactivated in 1968 and re-organized into three separate brigades, the 36th, 71st and 72nd.
In 1968, due to changing requirements, the division's colors were retired and its elements broken up into separate brigades.
As a separate brigade, however, it was granted its own shoulder sleeve insignia.