Lineage and Honors Information as of 11 Jan 2021
Headquarters and Headquarters Company
3d Brigade Combat Team
1st Cavalry Division
(Grey Wolf)
- Constituted 29 August 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 3d Cavalry Brigade
- Organized in December 1917 at Camp Harry J. Jones, Arizona, as an element of the 15th Cavalry Division
- Relieved 12 May 1918 from assignment to the 15th Cavalry Division
- Demobilized 15 July 1919 at Camp Harry J. Jones, Arizona
- Reconstituted 20 August 1921 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 3d Cavalry Brigade, and assigned to the 2d Cavalry Division
- Activated 15 October 1940 at Fort Riley, Kansas
- Relieved 15 July 1942 from assignment to the 2d Cavalry Division; concurrently converted and redesignated as Headquarters, 9th Armored Division Trains
- Inactivated 13 October 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia
- Relieved 15 July 1963 from assignment to the 9th Armored Division; concurrently converted and redesignated as Headquarters, 3d Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division
- Activated 1 September 1963 in Korea
- Inactivated 15 September 1980 at Fort Hood, Texas
- Activated 21 May 1991 at Fort Hood, Texas
- Reorganized and redesignated 17 October 2005 as Headquarters, 3d Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 16 October 2013 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- Vietnam
- Defense
- Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase II
- 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
- Cease-Fire
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- National Resolution
- Iraqi Surge
- Iraqi Sovereignty
- New Dawn
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PLEIKU PROVINCE
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered QUANG TIN PROVINCE
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered FISH HOOK
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPE 1944
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPE 1945
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004-2005
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2006-2007
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2011
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2017
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1969
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970-1971
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971-1972
- Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History