The mission of the Organization shall be to perpetuate the memory of 2nd Armored Division (Forward), US Army Europe, by honoring the service and sacrifice of its former soldiers and its subordinate commands. It perpetuates the memory of the 2nd Armored Division (Forward) by maintaining the heritage of 3rd Brigade and its predecessor, Brigade 75, as the former forward deployed presence of 2nd Armored Division in the Federal Republic of German during the Cold War from 1975 until deactivation in 1992.