Lineage and Honors Information as of 20 December 2011
HEADQUARTERS
3d BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM,
101st AIRBORNE DIVISION
Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters, 160th Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 80th Division
Organized 27 August 1917 at Camp Lee, Virginia
Demobilized 7 June 1919 at Camp Lee, Virginia
Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 160th Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 80th Division
Organized in September 1922 at Baltimore, Maryland
Redesignated 23 March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 160th Brigade
Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 160th Infantry Brigade
Converted and redesignated 12 February 1942 as the 3d Platoon, 80th Reconnaissance Troop, 80th Division (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 159th Infantry Brigade, concurrently converted and redesignated as the 80th Reconnaissance Troop [less 3d Platoon], 80th Division)
Troop ordered into active military service 15 July 1942 and reorganized at Camp Forrest, Tennessee, as the 80th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 80th Division (later redesignated as the 80th Infantry Division)
Reorganized and redesignated 12 August 1943 as the 80th Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized
Inactivated 6 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Redesignated 15 July 1946 as the Reconnaissance Platoon, 80th Airborne Division
Activated 21 May 1947 at Richmond, Virginia, as the 80th Airborne Reconnaissance Platoon, an element of the 80th Airborne Division
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Reorganized and redesignated 20 April 1948 as the Reconnaissance Platoon, 80th Airborne Division
Reorganized and redesignated 18 September 1950 as the 80th Airborne Reconnaissance Company
Reorganized and redesignated 10 May 1952 as the 80th Reconnaissance Company, an element of the 80th Infantry Division
Disbanded 29 March 1959 at Richmond, Virginia
3d Platoon, 80th Reconnaissance Company, reconstituted 22 October 1963 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 160th Infantry Brigade (remainder of company – hereafter separate lineage)
Redesignated 21 January 1964 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 101st Airborne Division
Activated 3 February 1964 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Headquarters, 3d Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, reorganized and redesignated
16 September 2004 as Headquarters, 3d Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 101st Airborne Division – hereafter separate lineage)
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War I
Somme Offensive
Meuse-Argonne
Picardy 1918
World War II
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
Vietnam
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
Consolidation I
Consolidation II
Southwest Asia
Defense of Saudi Arabia
Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DONG AP BIA MOUNTAIN
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered THUA THIEN PROVINCE
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003-2004
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971
Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1970
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History