Constituted 25 January 1907 in the Regular Army as the 133d Company, Coast Artillery Corps

Organized 1 August 1907 at Fort Terry, New York

Redesignated 3 July 1916 as the 3d Company, Fort Terry [New York]

Redesignated 31 August 1917 as the 13th Company, Coast Defenses of Long Island Sound

Redesignated in December 1917 as Battery A, 56th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps)

Demobilized 31 July 1921 at Camp Jackson, South Carolina

Reconstituted 1 June 1922 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with the 4th Company, Coast Defenses of Long Island Sound (organized in June 1917 as the 7th Company, Fort H.G. Wright [New York]; redesignated 31 August 1917 as the 4th Company, Coast Defenses of Long Island Sound), and consolidated unit redesignated as the 133d Company, Coast Artillery Corps

Redesignated 1 July 1924 as Headquarters Battery, 11th Coast Artillery (Headquarters, 11th Coast Artillery, concurrently constituted and activated at Fort H.G. Wright, New York)

Inactivated 7 April 1944 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri

Disbanded 14 June 1944

        Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 11th Coast Artillery, reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 11th Antiaircraft Artillery Group (active) (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 11th Antiaircraft Artillery Group

Inactivated 27 April 1953 at Fort Tilden, New York

Activated 15 January 1955 at Camp Stewart, Georgia

Redesignated 20 March 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 11th Artillery Group 

Inactivated 26 August 1960 at Rehoboth Defense Area, Massachusetts 

Activated 1 May 1967 at Fort Carson, Colorado

Inactivated 26 May 1967 at Fort Carson, Colorado

Activated 1 September 1971 at Fort Bliss, Texas

Redesignated 15 March 1972 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 11th Air Defense Artillery Group

Reorganized and redesignated 16 December 1980 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade 

ANNEX

Constituted 19 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 11th Antiaircraft Automatic Weapons Group 

Activated 20 January 1943 at Camp Davis, North Carolina

Redesignated 26 May 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 11th Antiaircraft Artillery Group

lnactivated 6 October 1945 in Germany

Allotted 9 December 1948 to the Regular Army

Activated 15 January 1949 at Fort Bliss, Texas

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

 

DECORATIONS

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered SAUDI ARABIA AND BAHRAIN 1991

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2002-2003

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: