Lineage and Honors Information as of 22 Mar 2021
Headquarters and Headquarters Company
2d Brigade Combat Team
4th Infantry Division
(Warhorse)
- Constituted 19 November 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 7th Infantry Brigade, an element of the 4th Division
- Organized in December 1917 at Camp Greene, North Carolina
- Reorganized and redesignated in March 1921 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 7th Infantry Brigade
- Inactivated 21 September 1921 at Camp Lewis, Washington
- Redesignated 23 March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 7th Brigade
- Relieved 15 August 1927 from assignment to the 4th Division and assigned to the 7th Division
- Relieved 1 October 1933 from assignment to the 7th Division and assigned to the 4th Division
- Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 7th Infantry Brigade
- Disbanded 16 October 1939
- Reconstituted 21 August 1963 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 4th Infantry Division
- Activated 1 October 1963 at Fort Lewis, Washington
- Inactivated 15 December 1989 at Fort Carson, Colorado
- Activated 16 January 1996 at Fort Hood, Texas
- Headquarters, 2d Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, reorganized and redesignated 16 December 2004 as Headquarters, 2d Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division (Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 4th Infantry Division – hereafter separate lineage)
- Inactivated 15 January 2015 at Fort Carson, Colorado
- Redesignated 16 April 2015 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Carson, Colorado
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War I
- Aisne-Marne
- St. Mihiel
- Meuse-Argonne
- Champagne 1918
- Lorraine 1918
- Vietnam
- 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
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Surge
- Iraqi Sovereignty
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003-2004
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered WESTERN AND SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN 2011-2012
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2016
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1969
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970
- Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1969
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History