Lineage and Honors Information as of 21 December 2017
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery
31st Air Defense Artillery Brigade
- Constituted 1 January 1918 in the National Army as Headquarters, 31st Heavy Artillery Brigade, Coast Artillery Corps, and organized at Key West, Florida
- Demobilized 30 June 1921 at Camp Lewis, Washington
- Reconstituted 14 October 1936 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 31st Coast Artillery Brigade; concurrently consolidated with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 31st Coast Artillery Brigade (constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 31st Coast Artillery Brigade
- Activated 20 November 1942 at Camp Haan, California
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 January 1944 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 31st Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade
- Inactivated 30 June 1946 in Germany
- Activated 30 November 1948 at Fort Bliss, Texas
- Reorganized and redesignated 20 March 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 31st Artillery Brigade
- Inactivated 26 July 1960 at McChord Air Force Base, Washington
- Activated 15 December 1961 at Lockport Air Force Station, New York
- Redesignated 15 March 1972 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 31st Air Defense Artillery Brigade
- Inactivated 30 September 1979 at Homestead Air Force Base, Florida
- Activated 1 April 1988 at Fort Hood, Texas
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War I
- Aisne-Marne
- Oise-Aisne
- Meuse-Argonne
- Champagne 1918
- World War II
- Rome-Arno
- Southern France
- Rhineland
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2013-2014
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2015-2016
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History