Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 31 August 2015
Special Troops Battalion
37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
- Constituted 6 February 2007 in the Ohio and Michigan Army National Guard as Special Troops Battalion, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
- Organized 1 September 2007 from new and existing units with Headquarters at Springfield
- Ordered into active Federal service 4 January 2008 (less Company B) at home stations; released from active Federal service 9 January 2009 and reverted to state control
- Ordered into active Federal service 15 October 2011 at home stations; released from active Federal service 17 November 2012 and reverted to state control
Campaign Participation Credit
- War on Terrorism
- Global War on Terrorism
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Headquarters Company (Springfield) additionally entitled to:
- World War II
- Air Offensive, Japan
- Guadalcanal
- Northern Solomons
- Luzon
Company A (St. Marys) additionally entitled to:
- World War I
- Ypres-Lys
- Meuse-Argonne
- Lorraine 1918
- World War II
- Northern Solomons (with arrowhead)
- Luzon (with arrowhead)
- Normandy (with arrowhead)
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Governance
- National Resolution
Decorations
- Headquarters Company (Springfield), additionally entitled to:
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2012
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered: 2004-2005
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered: 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
- Company A (St. Marys) additionally entitled to:
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BOUGAINVILLE
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered LUZON
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004-2005
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN DEC 2011 – SEP 2012
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at ST. VITH
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
RICHARD W. STEWART
Chief of Military History