Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
246th Transportation Battalion

• Organized in 1905 in the Michigan National Guard at Ionia as Company A, Signal Corps
• Redesignated in November 1910 as Company B, Signal Corps
• Converted and redesignated in 1911 as Company E, 2d Infantry
• Redesignated 22 April 1915 as Company E, 32d Infantry
• Mustered into Federal service 1 July 1916 at Camp Grayling, Michigan; mustered out of Federal service 15 February 1917 at Fort Wayne, Michigan
• Drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
• Reorganized and redesignated 23 September 1917 as Company D, 126th Infantry, an element of the 32d Division
• Demobilized 24 May 1919 at Camp Custer, Michigan
• Reorganized and Federally recognized 6 April 1921 in the Michigan National Guard at Ionia as Company H, Infantry
• Redesignated 28 November 1921 as Company H, 126th Infantry, an element of the 32d Division
• Inducted into Federal service 15 October 1940 at Ionia
• (Headquarters, 32d Division redesignated 1 February 1942 as Headquarters, 32d Infantry Division)
• Inactivated 28 February 1946 at Kokura, Japan
• (126th Infantry relieved 31 May 1946 from assignment to the 32d Infantry Division and assigned to the 46th Infantry Division)
• Reorganized and Federally recognized 17 December 1946 at Ionia
• Reorganized and redesignated 15 March 1959 as the Combat Support Company, 1st Battle Group, 126th Infantry
• Reorganized and redesignated 15 March 1963 as Company B, 1st Battalion, 126th Infantry
• Relieved 1 February 1968 from assignment to the 46th Infantry Division; concurrently consolidated with part of Company A, 1st Battalion, 126th Infantry (organized and Federally recognized 15 November 1965 at Ionia), and consolidated unit converted and redesignated as the Supply Platoon, 1st, 2d, and 3d Direct Support Platoons, and the Avionics Section, 1463d Transportation Company
• Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1972 as Detachment 1, 1463d Transportation Company
• Consolidated 1 July 1972 with Detachment 1, Company A, 3d Battalion, 126th Infantry (organized and Federally recognized 1 February 1972 at Wyoming), and consolidated unit designated as Detachment 1, Company A, 3d Battalion, 126th Infantry, an element of the 38th Infantry Division
• Converted and redesignated 1 March 1977 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 107th Supply and Service Battalion; concurrently relieved from assignment to the 38th Infantry Division
• Redesignated 13 April 1984 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 107th Supply and Service Battalion
• Reorganized and redesignated 1 August 1994 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 107th Support Battalion
• Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1997 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 146th Support Battalion; concurrently, location changed to Bay City
• Consolidated 1 September 2005 with and Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 107th Quartermaster Battalion (organized and Federally recognized 12 December 2002 at Jackson); consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 107th Quartermaster Battalion, and location changed to Jackson
• Ordered into active Federal service 21 May 2006 at Jackson; released 16 November 2007 from active Federal service; consolidated with Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 746th Maintenance Battalion (see ANNEX); and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 246th Transportation Battalion
• ANNEX
• Constituted 13 May 1946 in the Michigan National Guard as the 746th Ordnance Maintenance Company and assigned to the 46th Infantry Division
• Organized and Federally recognized 12 December 1946 at Fort Custer
• Location changed 15 December 1952 to Battle Creek
• Expanded, reorganized, and redesignated 5 January 1953 as the 746th Ordnance Battalion, with Headquarters at Lansing, and remained assigned to the 46th Infantry Division
• Redesignated 15 March 1959 as the 107th Ordnance Battalion and remained assigned to the 46th Infantry Division
• Redesignated 15 March 1963 as the 107th Maintenance Battalion
• Ordered into active Federal service 24 July 1967 at Camp Grayling, Michigan; released 2 August 1967 from active Federal service and reverted to state control
• Relieved 1 February 1968 from assignment to the 46th Infantry Division; battalion concurrently broken up and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
• Headquarters and Company A as Headquarters and Company A, 107th Maintenance Battalion (Company B as the 1071st Heavy Equipment Maintenance Company; Companies C and D as the 1072d Light Maintenance Company; Company E as the 1463d Transportation Company - hereafter separate lineages)
• Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1972 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 107th Supply and Service Battalion
• Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1977 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 746th Maintenance Battalion

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