There were two additional armored brigades, one to reinforce the forward brigade, and the other to counterattack the main Egyptian attack.

Soon they encountered an additional brigade of Wilson's troops who quickly joined the retreat.

London said it would send an additional armored brigade of more than 120 tanks and 6,000 combat troops.

He said the last of five additional brigades for the troop increase would begin operating in "the next couple of weeks."

Two additional brigades had recently been converted to motorized and armoured units, but they retained their cavalry traditions.

Several additional brigades had been assembled into a pair of new polyglot divisions.

In 1996, the division received three additional brigades as part of an Army consolidation of training commands.

The Army plans to create 10 additional brigades and perhaps even 5 more later, increasing pressure for a permanent increase in the number of soldiers.

The state level state of emergency allows for additional, federal brigades to be pulled in.

Therefore, to sustain one active brigade (about 3,500 troops) in a war zone, one or two additional brigades must be ready to replace it.