Headquarters and Headquarters Company,
1st Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division
(Artic Wolves)
Lineage and Honors Information as of 20 November 2008
Headquarters and Headquarters Company,
1st Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Lineage
Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters, 167th Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 84th Division
Organized 25 August 1917 at Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky
Demobilized in February 1919 at Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky
Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 167th Infantry Brigade, and
assigned to the 84th Division
Organized in November 1921 in southern Indiana
Redesignated 23 March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 167th Brigade
Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 167th Infantry Brigade
Converted and redesignated 23 February 1942 as the 84th Reconnaissance Troop (less 3d Platoon), 84th Division (Headquarters
and Headquarters Company, 168th Infantry Brigade, concurrently converted and redesignated as the 3d Platoon, 84th
Reconnaissance Troop, 84th Division)
Troop ordered into active military service 15 October 1942 and reorganized at Camp Howze, Texas as the 84th Cavalry
Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 84th Infantry Division
Reorganized and redesignated 12 August 1943 as the 84th Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized
Inactivated 24 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Redesignated 19 December 1946 as the 84th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Platoon, an element of the 84th Airborne Division
Activated 11 June 1947 at Madison, Wisconsin
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Reorganized and redesignated 6 April 1948 as the Reconnaissance Platoon, 84th Airborne Division
Reorganized and redesignated 29 March 1951 as the 84th Airborne Reconnaissance Company, an element of the 84th Airborne
Division
Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1952 as the 84th Reconnaissance Company, an element of the 84th Infantry Division;
location concurrently changed to Appleton, Wisconsin
Location changed 18 May 1953 to Wausau, Wisconsin
Disbanded 18 May 1959 at Wausau, Wisconsin; concurrently reconstituted (less 3d Platoon) in the Regular Army as Headquarters
and Headquarters Company, 167th Infantry Brigade (3d Platoon, 84th Reconnaissance Company - hereafter separate lineage)
Redesignated 21 June 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division
Activated 26 August 1963 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
Reorganized and redesignated 27 July 2005 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry
Division
Inactivated 1 June 2006 at Fort Lewis, Washington
Activated 16 December 2006 at Fort Wainwright, Alaska
Headquarters and Headquarters Company,
1st Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War I: Streamer without inscription
Vietnam: Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Vietnam: Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII
War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered TAY NINH PROVINCE
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered NINEVEH PROVINCE 2005
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1968
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1970
Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1970