 The 189th Infantry Brigade is a multi-component combined arms training brigade stationed at JBLM Washington. It is composed of five active Army and six reserve battalions. Our active component and three of our reserve battalions are stationed at JBLM, while three additional reserve battalions are dispersed between California and Utah. We are part of First Army, headquartered at Rock Island, Illinois, with our Division West headquarters located at Fort Hood, Texas. The 189th Infantry Brigade's mission is to observe, coach, and train the reserve component soldiers to enable total force readiness. We accomplish this by partnering with the reserve component units from start to finish, working together on everything from exercise design to final execution to maximize unit readiness. We provide doctrinally sound, professional, and operationally experienced observer coach trainers. We send only the best stayed and training support at home stations and training centers. The 189th Infantry Brigade is the best at what it does, a force multiplier through developing and employing professional OCTs, partners with the National Guard and Army Reserves to enhance their readiness to fight and win in combat and support of the nation's defense.