Headquarters
196th Infantry Brigade
(CHARGERS)
Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 May 2009
Headquarters, 196th Infantry Brigade Lineage
Constituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 196th Infantry
Brigade, and assigned to the 98th Division (later redesignated as the 98th Infantry Division)
Organized in November 1921 at Buffalo, New York
Redesignated 23 March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 196th Brigade
Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 196th Infantry Brigade
Converted and redesignated 20 February 1942 as the 3d Platoon, 98th Reconnaissance Troop, 98th Division (Headquarters and
Headquarters Company, 195th Infantry Brigade concurrently converted and redesignated as the 98th Reconnaissance Troop [less 3d
Platoon], 98th Division)
Troop ordered into active military service 15 September 1942 and reorganized at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky, as the 98th Cavalry
Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 98th Infantry Division
Reorganized and redesignated 13 August 1943 as the 98th Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized
Inactivated 16 February 1946 in Japan
Redesignated 26 February 1947 as the 98th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop
Activated 12 March 1947 at Utica, New York
Location changed 4 February 1948 to Syracuse, New York
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Location changed 13 August 1948 to Rochester, New York
Reorganized and redesignated 21 February 1949 as the 98th Reconnaissance Company
Disbanded 1 May 1959 at Rochester, New York; 3d Platoon, 98th Reconnaissance Company, concurrently reconstituted in the Regular
Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 196th Infantry Brigade (remainder of company - hereafter separate lineage)
Brigade activated 10 September 1965 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts
Inactivated 30 June 1972 at Oakland, California
Headquarters activated 16 October 1999 at Fort Shafter, Hawaii
Headquarters, 196th Infantry Brigade Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Asiatic - Pacific Theater, Streamer without inscription
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; Consolidation I; Consolidation II; Cease-Fire
Decorations
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered QUANG TIN PROVINCE
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2004-2007
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969, 1970
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM, APR-JUN 1971
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM, JUN-OCT 1971