Special Troops Battalion
3d Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division
Lineage and Honors Information as of 15 May 2007
Special Troops Battalion, 3d Brigade Combat Team
1st Infantry Division Lineage
Constituted 24 May 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters Troop, 1st Expeditionary Division
Organized 8 June 1917 at New York, New York
Reorganized and redesignated 6 July 1917 as Headquarters Troop, 1st Division
Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1921 as Headquarters and Military Police Company (less Military Police Platoon), 1st
Division
Reorganized and redesignated 1 August 1942 as Headquarters Company, 1st Infantry Division
Disbanded 20 April 1960 at Fort Riley, Kansas
Reconstituted 23 October 1963 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 1st Infantry Division
Activated 2 January 1964 at Fort Riley, Kansas
Redesignated 21 July 1975 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Infantry Division Forward
Inactivated 15 August 1991 in Germany
Redesignated 16 February 1996 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, and activated in
Germany
Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, reorganized and redesignated 16 April 2007 as Special Troops Battalion,
3d Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division (Headquarters, 3d Brigade, 1st Infantry Division - hereafter separate lineage)
Special Troops Battalion, 3d Brigade Combat Team
1st Infantry Division Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War I: Montdidier-Noyon; Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Lorraine 1918; Picardy 1918
World War II: Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead); Tunisia; Sicily (with arrowhead); Normandy (with arrowhead); Northern France; 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
War on Terrorism: Iraq
Decorations
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered AN NAJAF
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004-2005
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1997
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered KASSERINE
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
French Croix de Guerre, World War II, Fourragere
Belgian Fourragere 1940
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Mons
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Eupen-Malmedy
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