Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 15 February 2012
SPECIAL TROOPS BATTALION
30th ARMORED BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM
- Constituted 1 September 2005 in the North Carolina Army National Guard as the Special Troops Battalion, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team
- Organized 1 September 2006 from new and existing units with Headquarters at Durham
- Ordered into active Federal service 11 February 2009 at home stations; released from active Federal service 17 March 2010 and reverted to state control
- HOME AREA: East Central North Carolina
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
- World War I
- Somme Offensive
- Ypres-Lys
- Flanders 1918
- World War II
- Normandy
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
Headquarters Company (Durham), additionally entitled to:
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- Cease-Fire
DECORATIONS
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010
- Headquarters Company (Durham), and Company A (Burlington) additionally entitled to:
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DUFFESCHEIDE TO EUCHEN
- Portuguese Order of “Torre e Espade” (Tower and Sword), Cavalier, Streamer embroidered FRANCE
- French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered FRANCE
- Belgian Fourragere 1940
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in Belgium
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History