Lineage and Honors Information as of 5 June 2014
Headquarters,
45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
- Constituted 19 October 1920 as Headquarters, 45th Division (to be organized with troops from Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Oklahoma)
- Organized and Federally recognized 3 August 1923 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Headquarters Detachment organized and Federally recognized 1 July 1924 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 45th Division, inducted into Federal service 16 September 1940 at Oklahoma City
- Redesignated 23 February 1942 as the 45th Infantry Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 23 February 1942 as Headquarters, 45th Infantry Division
- Inactivated 7 December 1945 at Camp Bowie, Texas
- Reorganized and Federally recognized 5 September 1946 in the Oklahoma National Guard at Oklahoma City
- Ordered into active Federal service 1 September 1950 at Oklahoma City
- (Headquarters, 45th Infantry Division [NGUS], organized and Federally recognized
15 September 1952 at Oklahoma City)
- Released from active Federal service 30 April 1954 and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from Headquarters, 45th Infantry Division (NGUS)
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1968 as Headquarters, 45th Infantry Brigade, and location changed to Edmond (Headquarters Company, 45th Infantry Brigade, concurrently reorganized and redesignated from Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 179th Infantry - see ANNEX)
- Location changed 1 October 1996 to Oklahoma City
- Ordered into active Federal service 19 September 2003 at Oklahoma City; released from active Federal service 17 September 2004 and reverted to state control
- Ordered into active Federal service 19 October 2007 at Oklahoma City
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 2008 as Headquarters, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
- Released from active Federal service 21 November 2008 and reverted to state control
- Location changed 1 July 2010 to Norman
- Ordered into active Federal service 27 March 2011 at Norman; released from active Federal service 29 April 2012 and reverted to state control
- ANNEX
- Organized and Federally recognized 31 August 1918 in the Oklahoma National Guard at Edmond as Headquarters Company, 2d Infantry
- Redesignated 14 October 1921 as Headquarters Company, 179th Infantry, an element of the 45th Division (later redesignated as the 45th Infantry Division)
- Inducted into Federal service 16 September 1940 at Edmond
- Inactivated 21 September 1945 at Camp Bowie, Texas
- Reorganized and Federally recognized 10 September 1946 at Edmond
- Ordered into active Federal service 1 September 1950 at Edmond
- (Headquarters Company, 179th Infantry [NGUS], organized and Federally recognized 15 September 1952 at Edmond)
- Released from active Federal service 30 April 1954 and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from Headquarters Company, 179th Infantry (NGUS)
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1959 as Headquarters Company, 1st Battle Group, 179th Infantry
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1963 as Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 179th Infantry
HOME STATION: Norman
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- Sicily (with arrowhead)
- Naples-Foggia (with arrowhead)
- Anzio
- Rome-Arno
- Southern France (with arrowhead)
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- Korean War
- Second Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
- Third Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer 1953
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AGHANISTAN 2011-2012
- French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered ACQAFONDATA
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
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