Lineage and Honors Information as of 29 March 2018
Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion
101st Airborne Division
(Screaming Eagles)
- Constituted 23 July 1918 in the National Army as Headquarters, 101st Division
- Organized 2 November 1918 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi
- Demobilized 11 December 1918 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi
- Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters, 101st Division
- Organized 10 September 1921 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Redesignated 31 March 1942 as Division Headquarters, 101st Division
- Disbanded 15 August 1942; concurrently reconstituted in the Army of the United States as Headquarters, 101st Airborne Division, and activated at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
- Inactivated 30 November 1945 in France
- Allotted 25 June 1948 to the Regular Army
- Activated 6 July 1948 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
- Inactivated 27 May 1949 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
- Activated 25 August 1950 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
- Inactivated 1 December 1953 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
- Activated 15 May 1954 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
- Reorganized and redesignated 3 February 1964 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 101st Airborne Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 16 September 2004 as Headquarters and Tactical Command Posts, 101st Airborne Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 16 October 2009 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (organic elements of Headquarters Battalion concurrently constituted and activated)
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Normandy (with arrowhead)
- Rhineland (with arrowhead)
- 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:
- Liberation of Iraq
- Transition of Iraq
- Iraqi Governance
- National Resolution
- Afghanistan:
- Consolidation II
- Consolidation III
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BASTOGNE
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2014-2015
- French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
- Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm, Streamer embroidered BASTOGNE; cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Bastogne
- Belgian Fourragere 1940
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in France and Belgium
- Netherlands Orange Lanyard
- 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
- Headquarters Battalion additionally entitled to:
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2013-2014
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History