Lineage and Honors Information as of 8 June 2021
Headquarters and Headquarters Company
2d Brigade Combat Team
1st Infantry Division
(Dagger Brigade)
- Constituted 24 May 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 2d Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 1st Expeditionary Division (later redesignated as the 1st Division)
- Organized 8 June 1917 at New York, New York
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1921 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Infantry Brigade
- Redesignated 23 March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade
- Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Infantry Brigade
- Relieved 11 October 1939 from assignment to the 1st Division
- Inactivated 1 June 1940 at Fort Ontario, New York
- Redesignated 30 June 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Airborne Infantry Brigade, and activated at Camp Mackall, North Carolina
- Disbanded 10 February 1945 in Europe
- Reconstituted 12 February 1958 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Infantry Brigade
- Activated 15 February 1958 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts
- Inactivated 19 February 1962 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts
- Redesignated 23 October 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 1st Infantry Division
- Activated 2 January 1964 at Fort Riley, Kansas
- Headquarters, 2d Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, reorganized and redesignated 16 March 2008 as Headquarters, 2d Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division (Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 1st Infantry Division -- hereafter separate lineage)
- Reorganized and redesignated 16 October 2014 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War I
- Montdidier-Noyon
- Aisne-Marne
- St. Mihiel
- Meuse-Argonne
- Lorraine 1917
- Lorraine 1918
- Picardy 1918
- World War II
- Normandy
- 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
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- Cease-Fire
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- National Resolution
- Iraqi Surge
- New Dawn
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered SAMARRA, IRAQ
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969
- 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 2010-2011
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ASIA 2015-2016
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1996-1997
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1968
- Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1970
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History