Lineage and Honors Information as of 23 August 2010
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS BATTERY
32d ARMY AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE COMMAND
Constituted in January 1918 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 32d Artillery Brigade (Coast Artillery Corps), and organized at Key West Barracks, Florida
Demobilized 18 January 1919 at Camp Hill, Virginia
Reconstituted 14 October 1936 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 32d Coast Artillery Brigade; concurrently consolidated with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 32d Coast Artillery Brigade (constituted 18 October 1927 in the Regular Army), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 32d Coast Artillery Brigade
Activated 20 November 1942 at Fort Bliss, Texas
Redesignated 28 May 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 32d Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade
Inactivated 30 May 1947 in the Philippine Islands
Activated 6 February 1951 in England
Redesignated 20 March 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 32d Artillery Brigade
Redesignated 11 May 1966 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 32d Army Air Defense Command
Inactivated 15 July 1995 in Germany
Redesignated 16 October 1998 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 32d Army Air and Missile Defense Command, and activated at Fort Bliss, Texas
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War I
St. Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne
World War II
New Guinea
Leyte
War on Terrorism
Global War on Terrorism
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2002-2003
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1990-1992
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1993-1994
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO
4 JULY 1945
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History