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Special Troops Battalion,
1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division

Lineage and Honors Information as of 25 April 2007

Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team,
4th Infantry Division Lineage

Constituted 19 November 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters Troop, 4th Division

Organized 16 December 1917 at Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont

Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1921 as Headquarters and Military Police Company (less Military Police Platoon), 4th Division

Inactivated 21 September 1921 at Camp Lewis, Washington

Activated 1 June 1940 at Fort Benning, Georgia

Reorganized and redesignated 6 July 1942 as Headquarters Company, 4th Division

Reorganized and redesignated 1 August 1942 as Headquarters Company, 4th Motorized Division

Reorganized and redesignated 4 August 1943 as Headquarters Company, 4th Infantry Division

Inactivated 12 March 1946 at Camp Butner, North Carolina

Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Ord, California

Disbanded 13 June 1960 at Fort Lewis, Washington

Reconstituted 21 August 1963 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division

Activated 1 October 1963 at Fort Lewis, Washington

Inactivated 15 October 1995 at Fort Carson, Colorado

Activated 16 January 1996 at Fort Hood, Texas

Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, reorganized and redesignated 16 December 2004 as Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division (Headquarters, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division - hereafter separate lineage)


Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team,
4th Infantry Division Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War I: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Champagne 1918; Lorraine 1918

World War II: Normandy (with arrowhead); Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe

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

Decorations

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PLEIKU PROVINCE

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DAK TO DISTRICT

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003-2004

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1996-1997

Belgian Fourragere 1940

    Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in BELGIUM

    Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the ARDENNES

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


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