Lineage and Honors Information as of 14 December 2011
SPECIAL TROOPS BATTALION
4th BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM,
1st CAVALRY DIVISION
Constituted 15 May 1971 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, and activated at Fort Hood, Texas
Inactivated 30 June 1972 at Fort Hood, Texas
Headquarters Company, 4th Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, redesignated 16 October 2005 as Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, and activated at Fort Bliss, Texas (Headquarters, 4th Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division – hereafter separate lineage)
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2006-2007
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History