Lineage and Honors Information as of 19 October 2018
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery,
38th Air Defense Artillery Brigade
- Constituted 21 June 1918 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 38th Artillery Brigade, Coast Artillery Corps
- Organized 9 August 1918 at Camp Eustis, Virginia
- Demobilized 28 February 1919 at Fort Monroe, Virginia
- Reconstituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 38th Coast Artillery Brigade
- Activated 10 February 1941 at Camp Stewart, Georgia
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 38th Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade
- Inactivated 30 June 1946 in Germany
- Activated 14 March 1951 at Fort Bliss, Texas
- Inactivated 11 May 1953 at Fort Bliss, Texas
- Redesignated 20 March 1961 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 38th Artillery Brigade
- Activated 25 March 1961 in Korea
- Redesignated 15 March 1972 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 38th Air Defense Artillery Brigade
- Inactivated 31 July 1981 in Korea
- Activated 16 October 2018 in Japan
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War I
- Streamer with inscription
- World War II
- Normandy
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
Decorations
- Air Force Outstanding Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1978-1981
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History