Special Troops Battalion
3d Brigade Combat Team, 82d Airborne Division
Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 April 2008
Special Troops Battalion
3d Brigade Combat Team, 82d Airborne Division Lineage
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 Company, 3d Brigade, 82d Airborne Division, reorganized and redesignated 16 January 2006 as Special Troops
Battalion, 3d Brigade Combat Team, 82d Airborne Division (Headquarters, 3d Brigade Combat Team, 82d Airborne Division - hereafter
separate lineage)
Special Troops Battalion
3d Brigade Combat Team, 82d Airborne Division Honors
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
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