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Lineage and Honors Information as of 18 March 2011

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HEADQUARTERS
3d BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM,
1st ARMORED DIVISION
(BULLDOGS)

 

Constituted 27 June 1944 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, Reserve Command, 1st Armored Division

Activated 20 July 1944 in Italy

Inactivated 25 April 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey

Redesignated 27 February 1951 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Reserve Command, 1st Armored Division

Activated 7 March 1951 at Fort Hood, Texas

Reorganized and redesignated 26 June 1954 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Combat Command C, 1st Armored Division

Inactivated 23 December 1957 at Fort Polk, Louisiana

Redesignated 3 February 1962 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 1st Armored Division, and activated at Fort Hood, Texas

Inactivated 15 April 1995 at Fort Lewis, Washington

Activated 16 February 1996 at Fort Riley, Kansas
HEADQUARTERS

Headquarters, 3d Brigade, 1st Armored Division, reorganized and redesignated 16 April 2007 as Headquarters, 3d Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division (Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 1st Armored Division – hereafter separate lineage)

Inactivated 15 March 2008 at Fort Riley, Kansas

Activated 16 August 2009 at Fort Bliss, Texas

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                                                        World War II
                                                        Rome-Arno
                                                        North Apennines
                                                        Po Valley

                                                        Southwest Asia
                                                        Defense of Saudi Arabia
                                                        Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
                                                        Cease-Fire

                                                        War on Terrorism
                                                        Campaigns to be determined

 

DECORATIONS

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ-KUWAIT 1991

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

 

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History


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