Lineage and Honors Information as of 4 November 2011
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY
COMBAT AVIATION BRIGADE,
1st INFANTRY DIVISION
Constituted 1 September 1986 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Riley, Kansas
Inactivated 15 December 1995 at Fort Riley, Kansas
Activated 16 February 1996 in Germany
Reorganized and redesignated 16 October 2006 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
Southwest Asia
Defense of Saudi Arabia
Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Cease-Fire
War on Terrorism
Iraq:
Transition of Iraq
Iraqi Governance
Iraqi Surge
(Additional campaigns to be determined)
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004-2005
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2010-2011
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1997
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Chief of Military History