Lineage and Honors Information as of 25 May 2011
HEADQUARTERS
1st BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM,
1st INFANTRY DIVISION
(DEVIL BRIGADE)
Constituted 24 May 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 1st Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 1st Expeditionary Division (later redesignated as the 1st Division)
Organized 8 June 1917 at New York, New York
Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1921 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Infantry Brigade
Redesignated 23 March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade
Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Infantry Brigade
Disbanded 11 October 1939 at Camp Wadsworth, New York
Reconstituted 1 July 1943 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Airborne Infantry Brigade
Activated 6 July 1943 at Camp Meade, South Dakota
Disbanded 27 January 1944 at Camp Mackall, North Carolina
Reconstituted 8 July 1958 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Infantry Brigade
Activated 25 July 1958 at Fort Benning, Georgia
Inactivated 24 September 1962 at Fort Benning, Georgia
Redesignated 23 October 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division
Activated 2 January 1964 at Fort Riley, Kansas
Headquarters, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, reorganized and redesignated 16 September 2009 as Headquarters, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division (Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division – hereafter separate lineage)
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War I Vietnam
Montdidier-Noyon Defense
Aisne-Marne Counteroffensive
St. Mihiel Counteroffensive, Phase II
Meuse-Argonne Counteroffensive, Phase III
Lorraine 1917 Tet Counteroffensive
Lorraine 1918 Counteroffensive, Phase IV
Picardy 1918 Counteroffensive, Phase V
Counteroffensive, Phase VI
Tet 69/Counteroffensive
Summer-Fall 1969
Winter-Spring 1970
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 AL ANBAR PROVINCE
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2006-2009
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1968
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970
Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1970
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History