Lineage and Honors Information as of 14 September 2014
Headquarters and Special Troops Battalion,
77th Sustainment Brigade
(Statue of Liberty)
- Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters, 77th Division
- Organized 18 August 1917 at Camp Upton, New York
- Demobilized 9 May 1919 at Camp Upton, New York
- Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters, 77th Division
- Organized in November 1921 at New York, New York
- Reorganized and redesignated 20 February 1942 as Division Headquarters, 77th Division
- Ordered into active military service 25 March 1942 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 August 1942 as Headquarters, 77th Infantry Division
- Inactivated 15 March 1946 in Japan
- Activated 1 November 1946 at New York, New York
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1949 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 77th Infantry Division
- Inactivated 30 December 1965 at New York, New York
- Redesignated 12 April 2006 as the 77th Sustainment Brigade
- Activated 18 September 2008 at Fort Dix, New Jersey (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
- Ordered into active military service 22 January 2011 at Fort Dix, New Jersey; released from active military service 26 December 2011 and reverted to reserve status
- Reorganized and redesignated 16 September 2012 as Headquarters and Special Troops Battalion, 77th Sustainment Brigade
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War I
- Oise-Aisne
- Meuse-Argonne
- Champagne 1918
- Lorraine 1918
- World War II
- Western Pacific
- Leyte (with arrowhead)
- Ryukyus
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- New Dawn
DECORATIONS
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2011
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO
4 JULY 1945
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
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