Lineage and Honors Information as of 23 December 2010
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY
2d BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, 2d INFANTRY DIVISION
(LANCER BRIGADE)
Organized in October 1920 in the Regular Army at Camp Travis, Texas, as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Infantry Brigade, an element of the 2d Division
Redesignated 23 March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Brigade
Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Infantry Brigade
Disbanded 16 October 1939 at Fort Francis E. Warren, Wyoming
Reconstituted 25 January 1963 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 2d Infantry Division
Activated 15 February 1963 at Fort Benning, Georgia
Headquarters, 2d Brigade, 2d Infantry Division, reorganized and redesignated 16 November 2005 as Headquarters, 2d Brigade Combat Team, 2d Infantry Division (Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 2d Infantry Division concurrently reorganized and redesignated as Special Troops Battalion, 2d Brigade Combat Team, 2d Infantry Division)
Headquarters and Special Troops Battalion each inactivated 15 March 2008 at Fort Carson, Colorado
Headquarters activated 22 July 2010 at Fort Lewis, Washington (Special Troops Battalion, 2d Brigade Combat Team, 2d Infantry Division, concurrently redesignated as Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade Combat Team, 2d Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington)
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2006-2008
Headquarters Company additionally entitled to:
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2006-2008
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
PETER D. CREAN
COL, LG
Director, Center of Military History