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The 1st Moreau Infantry Brigade was stood up by the United States Army in 1964 as a self-sufficient light infantry unit with the largest percentage of combat manpower being predator Moreau Morphs. On paper the unit was allotted 2,000 personnel, though that number in combat was typically much smaller. The unit served with distinction in Vietnam from 1964 until 1972. The unit was officially disbanded in 1975 and folded reflagged as the 4th Light Brigade of the 25th Infantry Division, the "Velvet Tigers," paying homage to the unit's most famous member "Mac" Caruso, of Velvet Fang.

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  1. #11st Moreau Infantry

    Keys: , 1st Moreau, 1st Moreau Infantry Division, 1st MIB

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    1st Moreau Infantry Division is a majority Moreau Unit stood up by the US Army in 1964 for deployment and augmentation of human units in the Vietnamese Area of Responsibility. It has a billeted manpower allotment of 2,000 personnel of which 72% are Moreaus, and virtually the entirety of their rifle battalions are predator morphs. It is an unspoken truth that if you are a predator morph serving in the US Army you will be assigned here and do at least one combat tour.

    Commander: Colonel Keith "Razorback" Grimm, a Rhodesian Ridgeback morph beloved by the men.

  2. #21st Battalion, 1 MIB Fang Strikers

    Keys: 1st Battalion, 1st of the 1st MIB, Fang Strikers

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    1st Battalion of the 1st Moreau Brigade, the "Fang Strikers," a standard rifle Battalion with 500-700 men. A light infantry Battalion with almost no vehicle support, usually transported via helicopter or road marching.

  3. #32nd Battalion, 1MIB Shadow Serpents

    Keys: , 2nd Battalion, Shadow Serpents, Second of the 1st MIB

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    2nd Battalion of the 1st Moreau Brigade, the "Shadow Serpants," a standard rifle Battalion with 500-700 men. A light infantry Battalion with almost no vehicle support, usually transported via helicopter or road marching. Bravo Company of this unit is known for having a large amount of smaller predator morphs, (badgers, possums, skinks) and are ideal tunnel rats.

  4. #43rd Battalion, 1 MIB Silverbacks

    Keys: , 3rd Battalion, 3rd of the 1st MIB, Silverbacks

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    1rd Battalion of the 1st Moreau Brigade, the "Silverbacks," a standard rifle Battalion with 500-700 men. A light infantry Battalion with almost no vehicle support, usually transported via helicopter or road marching.

  5. #5Scout Troop "Owl Eyes"

    Keys: Flight Troop, Scout Troop O, Heli Troop, "Owl Eyes"

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    The Scout Troop of the 1st Moreau Infantry Battalion. Comprised of 200 men and broken into three platoons. They are the Brigade's native air assets.

    1st Platoon: 8 OH-6 Loach observation helicopters.

    2nd Platoon: 8 UH-1 Huey gunship helicopters.

    3rd Platoon: 9 UH-1/H "Slick" Hueys for troop transport.

  6. #6Fires Battalion, 1 MIB "Thunder Growl"

    Keys: Artillery Battalion, "Thunder Growlers", Fires Batalion, Artillery, "Thunder"

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    The organic artillery battalion of the 1st MIB, they possess twelve 105mm and six 155mm towed howitzers for direct fire, mobile, and general support.

  7. #7MP Company

    Keys: Military Police, MPs, Paw Patrol

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    Every Brigade needs a way to keep the peace, the "Paw Patrol" is no exception for the 1st MIB, these 121 soldiers, police other soldiers, yes, but also have the unenviable task of helping keep Route 2 from Tu Do to the north, clear of NVA and VC activity. They are outfitted like any other infantry unit on the line, but when engaging in military police activities wear a black and white 'MP' armband and usually only carry an M1911A1 handgun.

    The unit is also afforded use of a dozen Jeeps and three M113 APCs for route clearance.

  8. #8H&H Battalion

    Keys: HQ, 'Dog Chow', Headquarters

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    1st Brigade's Battalion level Headquarters. Mission directives and orders are delivered here, and the size of the unit varies wildly, as all new arrivals to 1st Brigade are transferred here before being given their final assignments. It is physically located at Tu Lo Air Base, five miles North of Saigon. Unit medical, supply, logistics, and intelligence operate out of the base as well.

  9. #9Combat Loadout

    Keys: load out, M16A1, combat kit, M79, combat gear, M60, rifle

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    Expected light infantry loadout/SOP for the 1st Moreau Infantry Brigade

    Rifleman: Olive green (OG-107) jungle fatigues, jungle boots, M1 steel helmet with OD green cover, M-1956 pistol belt with suspenders, ammunition pouches, 2 canteens, M-1961 butt pack, first aid pouch. Primary Weapon: M16A1 Assault Rifle, M7 bayonet, 3 M67 frag grenades.

    Machine Gunner: Same as Rifleman, with exceptions as follows. M60 Machine Gun with 50 round belt carried in the gun, and additional 250 round belt carried in dump pouch or slung over shoulder. M1911A1 Pistol for personal protection.

    Grenadier: Same as Rifleman, with addition of M79 "Thumper" Grenade Launcher, a single shot, break action, 40mm launcher. 8-20 HE rounds, 8-20 smoke.

    Radioman: Same as Rifleman, but also carrying an AN/PRC-77 Radio on his back. The antenna of which sticks 4 feet in the air, making it a target.

    Squad Leader: Same as Rifleman, with addition of an M1911A1 pistol.

    Medic: Same as Rifleman with addition of a larger aid bag carrying 4-6L of saline and 2-4 bottles of plasma.

  10. #10Delta Company, 2nd BTN, 1st MID

    Keys: Dog Company, Delta, D Boys, Delta Company

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    D Company of the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Moreau Infantry Battalion. "Dog Company" has served with distinction since the unit was first activated. They are a light infantry company of 150 soldiers, 80% Moreau, and combat very effective. They routinely liase with MACV-SOSG, the "Mike Moreaus" that go deep behind enemy lines. Home to SSgt. 'Mac' Caruso.

    CO: Captain Jack 'Blackjack' Morrison. A human who graduated from Georgia Military Academy and somehow did not carry any Jim Crowe segregation or intolerance with him. He speaks with a relaxed southern drawl and fiercely loves his men. Scuttlebutt is he was offered postings in Hawaii and Japan and rejected them all. He'll go home when his boys do.

  11. #112nd Platoon

    Keys: , 2nd Platoon

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    Notable members:

    1LT David "Butterbar" Hensley (Human) — Twenty-three years old, West Point class of '66, with the soft hands and clean conscience of a man who's never had to smell what a white phosphorus round does to a village. He means well, listens to his NCOs more than most, and might even survive long enough to become competent.

    Sgt Alex Rodriguez (Wolf - Moreau) Senior squad leader of the platoon, Mac's right hand man when he's away. Has a wife and kids back home he hasn't seen for eighteen months but still loves fiercely.

    SP4 Tomás "Tommy" Reyes (Moreau - Jaguar) — Machine Gunner, stocky and spotted, with a rosette pattern across golden fur and eyes that have seen too much for his twenty-nine years. He hums old corridos while he cleans his pig and has a wife in San Antonio who sends him jalapeño cornbread that he shares with no one.

    PFC Winston "Drum" Oyelaran (Moreau - Hyena) — Tommy's assistant gunner, Nigerian-born, naturalized citizen, built like a fire hydrant with a laugh that sounds like grinding rocks. He carries four hundred rounds of linked 7.62 like it's nothing and has a philosophy degree from Howard that he never talks about.

    Specialist Fourth Class Ellis "Sparks" Monahan (Moreau - German Shepherd) — Radioman, wiry and twitchy, ears permanently cocked toward whatever frequency Command is squawking on. He's got a talent for scrounging and a morphine habit he thinks nobody's noticed; Mac's noticed.

    Private First Class Jerome "Jet" Washington (Moreau - Raven) — One of the rare avian morphs, coal-black feathers instead of fur, hollow bones that make him fast but fragile, eyes like polished obsidian. He's the best point man in the company when Mac needs a break, and he doesn't talk about what happened to the rest of his original unit at Pleiku.

    Private First Class Daryl Kowalski (Human) — Draftee from Milwaukee, nineteen years old, pale as milk and jumpier than a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs. He volunteered for moreau units because the hazard pay might get his mom out of debt; whether he'll live long enough to send it home is still an open question.

  12. #12Colonel Keith "Razorback Actual" Grimm

    Keys: Colonel Grimm, Razorback Actual, Grimm

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    The CO of 1st Moreau Infantry Battalion, the first Moreau officer in the US Army to see combat, and beloved by his men. He is a Rhodesian Ridgeback Moreau, standing 6' tall and proud. He routinely makes the rounds, going to every firebase and muck pit his troops are sent to, and rarely a few weeks go by without him firing his weapon in combat. He believes in leading from the front, and also believes more than just Moreaus need to fight this war. This belief has cost him any chance of earning a general's stars, he has long since stopped caring.

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