Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 10 June 2013
HEADQUARTERS
2d BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM,
101st AIRBORNE DIVISION
- Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters, 159th Infantry Brigade, an element of the 80th Division
- Organized 27 August 1917 at Camp Lee, Virginia
- Demobilized 1 June 1919 at Camp Lee, Virginia
- Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 159th Infantry Brigade, an element of the 80th Division
- Organized in September 1922 at Richmond, Virginia
- Redesignated 23 March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 159th Brigade
- Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 159th Infantry Brigade
- Converted and redesignated 12 February 1942 as the 80th Reconnaissance Troop (less 3d Platoon), 80th Division (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 160th Infantry Brigade, concurrently converted and redesignated as the 3d Platoon, 80th Reconnaissance Company, 80th Division)
- Troop ordered into active military service 15 July 1942 and reorganized at Camp Forrest, Tennessee, as the 80th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 80th Division (later redesignated as the 80th Infantry Division)
- Reorganized and redesignated 12 August 1943 as the 80th Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized
- Inactivated 6 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
- Redesignated 15 July 1946 as the Reconnaissance Platoon, 80th Airborne Division
- Activated 21 May 1947 at Richmond, Virginia, as the 80th Airborne Reconnaissance Platoon, an element of the 80th Airborne Division
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Reorganized and redesignated 20 April 1948 as the Reconnaissance Platoon, 80th Airborne Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 18 September 1950 as the 80th Airborne Reconnaissance Company
- Reorganized and redesignated 10 May 1952 as the 80th Reconnaissance Company, an element of the 80th Infantry Division
- Disbanded 29 March 1959 at Richmond, Virginia
- Reconstituted (less 3d Platoon) 22 October 1963 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 159th Infantry Brigade (3d Platoon, 80th Reconnaissance Company--hereafter separate lineage)
- Redesignated 21 January 1964 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 101st Airborne Division
- Activated 3 February 1964 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
- Headquarters, 2d Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, reorganized and redesignated 16 September 2004 as Headquarters, 2d Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 101st Airborne Division – hereafter separate lineage)
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War I
- Somme Offensive
- Meuse-Argonne
- Picardy 1918
- World War II
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- Vietnam
- 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
- Consolidation I
- Consolidation II
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq
- Iraqi Governance
- National Resolution
- Afghanistan
- Consolidation III
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
DECORATIONS
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971
- Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1970
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History