Lineages and Honors Information
Support / Sustainment

Lineage and Honors Information as of 11 September 2019

700th Support Battalion

  • Organized 23 May 1923 from new and existing units in the Oklahoma National Guard as the 120th Medical Regiment and assigned to the 45th Division (later redesignated as the 45th Infantry Division)
  • Inducted into Federal service 16 September 1940 at home stations
  • Reorganized and redesignated 11 February 1942 as the 120th Medical Battalion
  • Inactivated 17-24 November 1945 at Camp Bowie, Texas
  • Reorganized and Federally recognized 10 December 1946 with Headquarters at Norman
  • Ordered into active Federal service 1 September 1950 at home stations
  • (120th Medical Battalion [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized 7 January 1953 with Headquarters at Oklahoma City)
  • Released 30 April 1954 from active Federal service and reverted to state control with Headquarters at Oklahoma City; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from the 120th Medical Battalion (NGUS)
  • Relieved 1 February 1968 from assignment to the 45th Infantry Division; battalion concurrently broken up and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
  • Headquarters and Company A as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 120th Medical Battalion
  • Company B as Company B, 700th Support Battalion, an element of the 45th Infantry Brigade
  • (Company C as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 120th Supply Service Battalion; Company D as the 145th Medical Company – hereafter separate lineages)
  • Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 120th Medical Battalion, consolidated 1 October 1996 with the 700th Support Battalion (see ANNEX) and consolidated unit designated as the 700th Support Battalion, an element of the 45th Infantry Brigade
  • Ordered into active Federal service 23 October 2007 at home stations; reorganized and redesignated 1 September 2008 as Headquarters, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, released from active Federal service 25 November 2008 and reverted to state control
  • Location of Headquarters changed 1 July 2010 to Norman
  • Ordered into active Federal service 27 March 2011 at home stations; released from active Federal service 29 April 2012 and reverted to state control
  • ANNEX
  • Organized and Federally recognized 1 April 1963 from existing units in the Oklahoma Army National Guard at Oklahoma City as the 120th Supply and Transport Battalion and assigned to the 45th Infantry Division
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1968 as the 700th Support Battalion (45th Infantry Division concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 45th Infantry Brigade)

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • Sicily (with Arrowhead)
  • Naples-Foggia (with arrowhead)
  • Anzio
  • Rome-Arno
  • Southern France (with arrowhead)
  • Rhineland
  • Ardennes-Alsace
  • Central Europe
  • Korean War
  • Second Korean Winter
  • Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
  • Third Korean Winter
  • Korea, Summer 1953
  • War on Terrorism
  • Campaigns to be determined

Headquarters and Headquarters Company (Norman), additionally entitled to:

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

Decorations

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2011-2012
  • Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2005
  • French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered ACQUAFONDATA
  • Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1951-1953
  • Company B (Norman) and Company C (Midwest City) each additionally entitled to:
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered ITALY
  • Company C (Midwest City), additionally entitled to:
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER
  • Company E (Stillwater), additionally entitled to:
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN JUL 2011- MAR 2012
  • Company F (Tulsa), additionally entitled to:
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN JUN 2011- MAR 2012

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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