The 330th Medical Brigade was originally constituted as Headquarters, 30th Hospital Center on 30 November 1944 and was activated in the Philippines on 30 December 1944; five months later it was redesignate as HQ and HQ Detachment, 30th Hospital Center. Before its inactivation in January 1946, the unit had earned credit for participation in the Leyte and Luzon Campaigns, and was also honored with the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation.
The unit first became a part of the Army Reserve in 1947 when it received a new numerical designation (306th) and was allotted to the Organized Reserves, which was transformed into the modern Army Reserve in 1952. It received its current designation in April 1993.
Based upon the color version of the Brigade’s Shoulder Sleeve Insignia (unit patch) which was approved on 6 October 1993, the 330th Medical Brigade’s Combat Service ID Badge (CSIB) features a white cross on a maroon and scarlet rectangle that has been arced at the top and bottom and is bordered all around in gold. Upon the white cross is a green serpent wrapped around a golden torch, an image that evokes the Staff of Asclepius, symbol of both healing and the healing arts and symbolic of the unit motto “To Lead and Manage” (formerly the motto of the 30th Hospital Center). Maroon and white are colors associated with the Army’s Medical Corps.
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