Lineage and Honors Information as of 23 July 2012
HEADQUARTERS
316th CAVALRY BRIGADE
- Constituted 5 September 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 8th Tank Destroyer Group
- Activated 13 October 1942 at Camp Hood, Texas
- Inactivated 20 October 1945 at Camp Bowie, Texas
- Converted and redesignated 27 August 1947 as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 316th Cavalry Group, Mechanized, and allotted to the Organized Reserves
- Activated 24 September 1947 at Omaha, Nebraska
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Inactivated 31 December 1948 at Omaha, Nebraska
- Redesignated 1 March 1952 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 316th Armored Cavalry Group, and activated at Roswell, New Mexico
- Redesignated 5 July 1953 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 316th Armor Group
- Inactivated 1 April 1959 at Roswell, New Mexico
- Redesignated 24 July 2007 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 316th Cavalry Brigade and transferred to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
- Headquarters activated 27 August 2007 at Fort Knox, Kentucky
- Location changed 1 October 2010 to Fort Benning, Georgia
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
Decorations
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History
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