Introducing project “Military Insignia”, featuring top quality military heraldry designs. Here you will find designer apparel, accessories, custom postage and gifts decorated with insignia of the 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team ("Thunderbolt"). It is an infantry brigade of the United States Army National Guard in the state of California. The 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team was originally made up of the 50th and 90th Infantry Regiments and served as part of the 20th Infantry Division from October 1918 to February 1919. During its existence, the shoulder patch used by this unit was that of the 40th Armoured Brigade, who was authorised use of the same SSI on 2 February 1970. However, the unit never had official authorisation from the Institute of Heraldry to do so. In late 2008, the 40th Infantry Brigade Combat Team was redesignated as the 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team without changing its composition. The IBCT was originally activated in 2005 as part of the reorganisation of the California National Guard, which in turn was part of the restructuring of the total US Army. The Army is restructuring and moving from the Division to the Brigade as the primary building block of Combat Power. To this effect the 2nd and 3rd Brigades of the 40th Infantry Division of the California Army National Guard were merged into the 79th IBCT. As of February 2007, most of the brigade was stateside. However, individual soldiers were in Iraq working in other active duty units.