HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS BATTERY
138th FIRES BRIGADE
(BLUEGRASS BRIGADE)

• Constituted 15 September 1953 in the Kentucky Army National Guard as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, XXIII Corps Artillery
• Organized and Federally recognized 22 November 1953 at Lexington
• Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 138th Artillery Group
• Redesignated 1 March 1972 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 138th Field Artillery Group
• Redesignated 1 July 1978 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 138th Field Artillery Brigade
• Ordered into active Federal service 15 March 2003 at Lexington; released from active Federal service 4 June 2003 and reverted to state control
• Redesignated 27 October 2006 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 138th Fires Brigade
• Ordered into active Federal service 7 July 2007 at Lexington; released from active Federal service 9 August 2008 and reverted to state control
• Ordered into active Federal service 1 September 2012 at Lexington

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