Lineage and Honors Information as of 18 March 2011
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