
Lineage and Honors Information as of 2 June 2010
HEADQUARTERS
5th ARMORED BRIGADE
Constituted 25 August 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters, 5th Tank Destroyer Group
Activated 1 September 1942 at Camp Hood, Texas
Inactivated 4 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Converted and redesignated 8 February 1951 as Headquarters, 5th Armored Cavalry Group, and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 2 March 1951 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
Reorganized and redesignated 13 September 1954 as Headquarters, 5th Armor Group
Inactivated 16 March 1956 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
Withdrawn 1 January 1975 from the Regular Army and allotted to the Army Reserve; concurrently converted and redesignated as Headquarters, 5th Brigade (Training), and activated at Lincoln, Nebraska
Inactivated 15 September 1995 at Lincoln, Nebraska
Withdrawn 24 October 1997 from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army; concurrently converted and redesignated as Headquarters, 5th Armored Brigade, and activated at Fort Carson, Colorado
Inactivated 16 October 1999 at Fort Carson, Colorado
Activated 1 December 2006 at Fort Carson, Colorado
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
DECORATIONS
None
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History