Lineage and Honors Information as of 25 May 2011
HEADQUARTERS
2d BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM,
1st ARMORED DIVISION
(IRON BRIGADE)
Organized 1 January 1942 in the Regular Army at Fort Knox, Kentucky, as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, Combat Command B, 1st Armored Division
Reorganized and redesignated 20 July 1944 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Combat Command B, 1st Armored Division
Inactivated 9 April 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Activated 7 March 1951 at Fort Hood, Texas
Inactivated 23 December 1957 at Fort Polk, Louisiana
Redesignated 3 February 1962 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 1st Armored Division, and activated at Fort Hood, Texas
Headquarters, 2d Brigade, 1st Armored Division, reorganized and redesignated
16 September 2010 as Headquarters, 2d Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division (Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 1st Armored Division – hereafter separate lineage)
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead)
Tunisia
Naples-Foggia
Anzio
Rome-Arno
North Apennines
Po Valley
Southwest Asia
Defense of Saudi Arabia
Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Cease-Fire
War on Terrorism
Global War on Terrorism
(Additional campaigns to be determined)
DECORATIONS
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered AL KUT AND AN NAJAF
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 1991
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2005-2006
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1995-1996
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History