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Lineage and Honors Information as of 14 December 2011

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HEADQUARTERS
3d BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM,
82d AIRBORNE DIVISION
(THE GOLDEN BRIGADE)

 

                Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters, 156th Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 78th Division

               Organized 25 August 1917 at Camp Dix, New Jersey

               Demobilized 3 June 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey

               Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 156th Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 78th Division

               Organized in November 1921 at Newark, New Jersey

               Redesignated 23 March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 156th Brigade

               Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 156th Infantry Brigade

               Converted and redesignated 20 February 1942 as the 3d Platoon, 78th Reconnaissance Troop, 78th Division (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 155th Infantry Brigade, concurrently converted and redesignated as the 78th Reconnaissance Troop [less 3d Platoon], 78th Division)

               Troop ordered into active military service 15 August 1942 and reorganized at Camp Butner, North Carolina, as the 78th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 78th Infantry Division

               Reorganized and redesignated 9 August 1943 as the 78th Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized

               Reorganized and redesignated 7 August 1945 as the 78th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop

               Inactivated 22 May 1946 in Germany

               Activated 21 February 1947 at Plainfield, New Jersey

               Location changed 20 June 1947 to Newark, New Jersey

               (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

               Reorganized and redesignated 21 February 1949 as the 78th Reconnaissance Company

               Location changed 5 June 1951 to Irvington, New Jersey

               Inactivated 29 April 1953 at Irvington, New Jersey

               Disbanded 1 May 1959

               3d Platoon, 78th Reconnaissance Company, reconstituted 22 October 1963 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 156th Infantry Brigade (remainder of company -- hereafter separate lineage)

               Redesignated 6 March 1964 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 82d Airborne Division

               Activated 25 May 1964 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina

               Headquarters, 3d Brigade, 82d Airborne Division, reorganized and redesignated
16 January 2006 as Headquarters, 3d Brigade Combat Team, 82d Airborne Division (Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade Combat Team, 82d Airborne Division – hereafter separate lineage)


CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War I
St. Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne
Lorraine 1918

World War II
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe

Vietnam
Tet Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive, Phase IV
Counteroffensive, Phase V
Counteroffensive, Phase VI
Tet 69/Counteroffensive
Summer-Fall 1969
Winter-Spring 1970

Armed Forces Expeditions
Dominican Republic
Grenada

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 2003-2004

               Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991

               Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2006-2007

               Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969

               Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: 

 

 

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History


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