Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 1 April 2013
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS BATTALION
XVIII AIRBORNE CORPS
- Constituted 14 January 1942 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, II Armored Corps
- Activated 17 January 1942 at Camp Polk, Louisiana
- Reorganized and redesignated 9 October 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, XVIII Corps
- Redesignated 25 August 1944 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, XVIII Airborne Corps
- Inactivated 15 October 1945 at Camp Campbell, Kentucky
- Activated 21 May 1951 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Reorganized and redesignated 24 September 1965 as Headquarters, XVIII Airborne Corps; Headquarters Company, XVIII Airborne Corps, concurrently constituted and activated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company, XVIII Airborne Corps reorganized and redesignated 16 October 2009 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, XVIII Airborne Corps
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- Armed Forces Expeditions
- Dominican Republic
- Grenada
- Panama
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Surge
- Iraqi Sovereignty
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
DECORATIONS
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2011
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History