Lineage and Honors Information as of 4 October 2018

10th Mountain Division Band

  • Constituted 13 April 1942 in the Army of the United States as the Band, 505th Coast Artillery
  • Activated 20 June 1942 at Camp Edwards, Massachusetts
  • Reorganized and redesignated 27 June 1944 as the 232d Army Ground Forces Band
  • Inactivated 25 September 1945 in Italy
  • Redesignated 17 May 1947 as the 232d Army Band
  • Redesignated 18 June 1948 as the 10th Infantry Division Band
  • Allotted 25 June 1948 to the Regular Army
  • Activated 1 July 1948 at Fort Riley, Kansas
  • Inactivated 14 June 1958 at Fort Benning, Georgia
  • Redesignated 3 November 1987 as the 10th Mountain Division Band and activated at Fort Drum, New York

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • North Apennines
  • Po Valley
  • War on Terrorism
  • Afghanistan:
  • Consolidation I
  • Consolidation II
  • Consolidation III
  • Iraq
  • Iraqi Surge
  • Iraqi Sovereignty

Decorations

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2006-2007
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2010-2011

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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