Talk:58th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade

Updates Needed

Wikipedia's guidelines dictate that I identify myself as a paid contributor, given that I work for the 58th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade as its part-time public affairs officer. My interest is in keeping details regarding the organization accurate and up to date.

For the military designation box on the right of the article, years for "Active" currently reads "1971-1985" and "2006-present." It should read "1917-1919" and "1963-2006 (infantry brigade), 2006-2009 (infantry brigade combat team), 2009-2015 (battlefield surveillance brigade), and 2015-present (expeditionary military intelligence brigade)".

Under "History", a new paragraph in between the present 3rd and 4th of that section should be added, saying "In 2009, the brigade was again reconstituted as a battlefield surveillance brigade, making it no longer a primarily infantry unit for the first time in its history. In this new capacity, it included the 1st Squadron, 158th Cavalry Regiment (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/158th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)), the 110th Information Operations Battalion (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/110th_Information_Operations_Battalion), the 629th Signal Company, the 729th Brigade Support Company, and the brigade's Headquarters and Headquarters Company."

In what is presently the 6th paragraph under "History," the "War in Afghanistan (2001-2021)" should include the Wikipedia hyperlink (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)."

In the last paragraph for "History," "April 1" should be removed such that it reads "The most recent realignment of units came throughout 2022, as part of a larger shift among the Maryland Army National Guard." Instead of "The 291st Digital Liaison Detachment was shifted to another brigade" it should read "The 291st Digital Liaison Detachment was shifted to the 58th Troop Command." A new sentence should immediately follow, reading "In July, detachments from the 29th Infantry Division were moved to the 29th Combat Aviation Brigade while physically remaining at 58th EMIB Headquarters." Finally, the last sentence in "History" should add "Glen Arm, Maryland." to its list of component headquarters.

For "Present Units," "169th Cyber Protection Team" should read "Cyber Protection Team 169 (operating under 110th Information Operations Battalion)".

For "Present Units," "Detachment 1, HHC; Company B (-); and Company C (-), HHBN, 29th Infantry Division" should be removed entirely and added last to the list of "Former Units."

The first two "Former Units" should be 115th Infantry Regiment (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/115th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)) and 116th Infantry Regiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/116th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States))

Under "Former Units," the 729th caption should be expanded to read "inactivated 2009; reduced in size and reorganized as the 729th Support Company, transferred to the 1297th Combat Service Support Battalion in 2015."

Thank you for your time and attention on this matter.

Supporting documentation*: https://www.flickr.com/photos/soldiersmediacenter/631529490 https://news.maryland.gov/ng/2022/06/29/big-bytes-us-works-with-european-partners-to-protect-network-security/ https://www.dvidshub.net/unit/58BCT-MDANG https://www.nationalguard.mil/News/Family-Programs/Article/575335/maryland-cavalry-unit-goes-long-range/ https://tioh.army.mil/Catalog/Heraldry.aspx?HeraldryId=6521&CategoryId=3679&grp=2&menu=Uniformed%20Services&from=search https://www.instagram.com/p/6AIgrwlB3E/?hl=en http://www.uniforms-4u.com/p-58th-infantry-brigade-acu-military-patch-4773.aspx https://dbpedia.org/page/158th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)

• While these sources tend to be other military or military-friendly sources, the changes recommended above reflect administrative technicalities that are documented in few other publicly-available sources. I was not involved in the creation of any of the supporting sources and have not consulted with any of their creators in writing these recommendations.

58thEmibPublicAffairs (talk) 14:49, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

I don't have time to work on this right now, but for a future editor, I have found some possibly useful links:

https://www.baltimoresun.com/bs-md-final-jump-20150721-story.html (unit reorganization info at bottom)

https://www.army-technology.com/news/us-mil-intelligence-talon-strike-2019/ (not particularly useful, only mentions that they participated in a training exercise)

https://www.nationalguard.mil/News/State-Partnership-Program/Article/2119565/fort-drum-supports-md-guard-with-training-due-to-covid-19/ (more travel for training)

https://www.nationalguard.mil/News/Article/1523530/md-guard-celebrates-25-years-of-partnership-with-estonia/ & https://www.nationalguard.mil/News/State-Partnership-Program/Article/1525147/md-guard-exercises-cyber-awareness-with-estonian-comrades/ (not directly mentioned, but they are involved with a partnership with Estonia)

https://www.wbal.com/article/449212/3/national-guard-members-head-to-middle-east (off to middle east)

https://news.maryland.gov/ng/2021/02/10/58th-emib-returns-home-from-deployment/ / https://www.dvidshub.net/news/390352/58th-emib-returns-home-deployment (back from Afghanistan)

https://news.maryland.gov/ng/2022/06/04/110th-io-battalion-welcomes-new-commander-in-official-ceremony/ / https://www.dvidshub.net/news/426082/110th-io-battalion-welcomes-new-commander-official-ceremony / https://www.dvidshub.net/news/399912/58th-emib-welcomes-new-commander / https://www.dvidshub.net/video/809914/58th-emib-hhc-change-command-ceremony (new commander)

Note: I don't want to make any edits unless I can go through the whole thing, but linking to the Afghanistan war as mentioned does seem to be an uncontroversial change; it is linked in the infobox but per OLINK it should be fine to link in the text as well?

Good luck and cheers to the brigade and the Wikipedia editor that decides to tackle this! BhamBoi (talk) 06:24, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

I went ahead and added the requested link. I know some of the proposed changes are mentioned in the text but just not in the list at the bottom. 58thEmibPublicAffairs, for the requested changes, could you use some of the links provided by BhamBoi (or any others you can find) and associate those which each specific change? It would make it easier to review the proposed changes, which I presume are accurate, but just need a reference to a reliable source. I am marking this request as addressed; to re-open it, remove the "|A" in the {{request edit}} template above. Spencer^T•C 03:50, 5 April 2023 (UTC)